UK-based maritime intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime announced the appointment of Nik Askaroff as Chair, the first appointment of its type at the company. He has “over 25 years’ experience of growing international businesses and is Chair and Non-Executive member of …
The ACE Group announced two management appointments as part of a program of investment to further strengthen its proposition for corporate clients across the Nordic region. Both appointments are effective immediately. ACE promoted Per Bengtsson to the new role of …
Germany’s Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, announced that it has signed the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) of the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), effective February 2014. The PSI is the “largest collaborative initiative between the United Nations …
San Diego, Calif. (02/20/2014) – American Claims Management Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator (TPA), is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2014, it began claims handling for the Commercial Property and Manufactured Homes Program with Ascot Underwriting …
Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Criminal Justice have developed commercial technology that public safety practitioners and researchers worldwide are using to fight crime. Leslie Kennedy and Joel Caplan of Rutgers invented a technique that uses crime data to identify and …
Government attorneys have appealed two injunctions issued by federal judges on challenges by religious organizations over contraceptive coverage requirements in the new health care law. Department of Justice attorneys asked the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to …
Bank of America Corp.’s $8.5 billion settlement with mortgage-bond investors won’t be delayed after American International Group Inc. and other objectors asked for a hearing to address loan modifications excluded from the accord, a state judge ruled. New York State …
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has launched its Global Casualty Single Solution (GCSS), a new product to cover cross-border casualty risks for U.S.-based multinational companies. The product is designed for middle market businesses with up to $700 million in annual …
Traffic fatalities are down but the number of wrecks has risen in a 23-county area of South Texas where oil drilling has boomed in recent years. The San Antonio Express News reports there were 236 fatalities in 2013, a drop …
Workers at a small company in Belding, Mich., are working long hours in an effort to meet the demand of homeowners who want to keep ice dams from damaging their roofs. KMI Inc.’s 65 employees manufacture patented 3-inch calcium chloride …
