Monthly Archives: <span>July 2014</span>

S&P Green Lighting Climate Risk Mitigation

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 …

Davidson Joins Allied Solutions as VP of Risk Consulting

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 …

TWFG Top 2014 Branches, Agents Honored

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 …

‘Share’ Economy to Bring Sweeping Changes to Pittsburgh

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 …

Cleanup From Deadly Thunderstorms Gets Underway in Eastern States

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 …

U.S. Appeals Court Revives WTC Cleanup Workers’ Health Claims

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 …

Napping Yankees Fan Files $10M Suit Against TV Announcers in N.Y.

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 …

Willis’ Dickson Joins Lockton in Nashville

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 …

Non-Covered Claims May Exhaust Primary Limits, Trigger Umbrella

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 …

New Database to Track Thousands of Legal Claims Filed Annually Against NYC

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 …