An association for operators of car sharing services has developed guidelines for what insurance they should make available to consumers participating in their services. The San Francisco-based CarSharing Association released a draft liability insurance guideline for round-trip carsharing operators in …
U.S. bus regulators are overlooking or not catching serious safety hazards before fatal crashes and need to change their auditing practices, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration repeatedly has known about deficiencies before …
In its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, highlights the damage caused by Windstorm Christian as it moved across western and northern Europe during the latter half of October, …
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide issued a bulletin shortly before Super Typhoon Haiyan [known locally as Yolanda] came ashore across the central Philippines. As predicted the extremely powerful storm – the 30th tropical cyclone of 2013 – will cause a …
Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, increased its full-year earnings goal after third-quarter profit rose 6.3 percent, beating analysts’ estimates. Net income advanced to €1.45 billion ($1.946 billion) from €1.36 billion [$1.825 billion] a year earlier, the Munich-based company said in …
The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land, battered the central Philippines on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground, cutting power lines and blowing apart houses. Haiyan, …
Data provided by the state shows that more than 5,000 workers in Ohio have suffered amputation injuries since 2005. The statistics from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation were analyzed by The Dayton Daily News. They show there have been …
Managing general agency, J.M. Wilson, has added Gina Fee, as branch manager of its Westerville, Ohio, location. Fee will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Westerville office and staff, and foster growth and development of their agent base in Ohio, …
Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance is partnering with Seattle-based start-up, AssureStart, to sell small business insurance online to Texas businesses beginning in mid-November. After launching in Texas, AssureStart plans to enter three more states – Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington – …
Capstone Underwriters LLC announced that Roger F. Bogan has joined the group in Dallas as executive vice-president, brokerage. Bogan will head a new brokerage department specializing in oil and gas, hard-to-place casualty and excess liability risks. He has experience and …
