July 10, 2014
How a company manages its risk in the face of a changing global climate is slated to become an ever-greater factor in a company’s worth. Today’s business leaders, whether or not they believe in climate change, face having to take …
July 10, 2014
Ann D. Davidson joined St. Paul, Minn.-based Allied Solutions, as vice president of risk consulting in the company’s bond division. Davidson will use her consulting expertise along with educational presentations and seminars to help credit unions manage risk and ensure …
July 10, 2014
Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) honored the top branch offices and agents from across the network of more than 300 insurance agencies affiliated under the TWFG Insurance Services umbrella with awards. The Personal Lines Agent of the Year recognition …
July 10, 2014
Jonathan Danial is a concierge, making sure guests have bottled water, crisp linens and the signature house banana bread — in his home. David Pavel has been a classic limo driver, chatting up his passengers as he gets them where …
July 10, 2014
Residents of this rural central New York town on Wednesday picked through debris from homes battered by a deadly tornado, and utility crews worked to restore power in several Eastern states hit by severe storms. In all, five people died …
July 10, 2014
A federal appeals court in New York has revived claims by 211 cleanup workers who sought compensation for their alleged exposure to toxic contaminants in buildings near the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The 2nd …
July 10, 2014
A Yankees fan has filed a $10 million lawsuit in New York against two ESPN announcers contending they mocked him when he was caught on national television sleeping in his seat during a game at Yankee Stadium. Andrew Robert Rector …
July 10, 2014
Privately-held insurance broker Lockton said that James R. Dickson III, has joined its Nashville office as a vice president, client advisor, and business development executive in risk management and commercial insurance. Dickson specializes in risk management strategy and business development …
July 10, 2014
A recent ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisiana clarified that an umbrella policy may be triggered even when the underlying insurance is exhausted by claims that would not be covered by the umbrella policy itself. The …
July 10, 2014
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is unveiling a database aimed to reducing what the city pays in legal settlements and judgments. The program will track the thousands of claims filed annually against the nation’s largest city. It is modeled …