Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races say they plan more of a festival atmosphere at 51st competition at Reno Stead Airport in September. The Reno Air Racing Association said in an open letter to its fans on Tuesday …
The snowpack atop mountain peaks in California and Colorado has a new set of eyes watching from high above to better gauge the amount of water that will rumble down rivers and streams each spring as runoff. In a new …
Business-backed legislation to prohibit workers from filing lawsuits alleging they were unfairly denied workers’ compensation benefits for on-the-job injuries is going nowhere at the Arizona Legislature. According to the Arizona Capitol Times, supporters of the legislation decided to shelve it …
Personal Lines Quote Sheets. In most agencies, CSRs base their personal lines quotes off the data gathered per their quote sheets. Two common problems exist using quote sheets. The first is many agencies’ quote sheets are inadequate. The questions are …
After a slowdown following the 2008 financial crisis, the volume of insurance mergers and acquisitions should increase over the next one to three years, according to North American insurance executives. A sizable 86 percent of those executives participating in a …
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has approved a measure to help accommodate pregnant women in the workplace. The Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act allows employees to request modified duties and other accommodations from employers, such as a chair for cashiers …
North Carolina regulators have asked a judge to withdraw a proposed settlement that would have allowed Duke Energy to resolve environmental violations by paying a $99,000 fine with no requirement that the $50 billion company clean up its pollution. The …
Bermuda-based Watford Holdings Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Watford Re Ltd. (collectively, “Watford” or the “Company”), a newly-formed Bermuda-based multi-line reinsurer, announced have announced that “it has raised capital and expects to commence reinsurance operations shortly. Watford is led by …
Relatives of three victims have filed lawsuits against the owner of a property where a house fire killed seven children and two adults in 2012. The lawsuits allege that the property’s owner, Delores Shamblin of Mammoth, failed to maintain smoke …
The Coast Guard has begun unannounced inspections of cruise ships at U.S. ports, targeting those with patterns of safety problems, officials told the National Transportation Safety Board at its first-ever forum on safety on board the vessels. Capt. Eric Christensen, …
