Health insurers in Massachusetts are pitching in to help the Gloucester Police Department with their well-known program to get heroin addicts into treatment. Under a pilot program launched Monday, members of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans will help addicts …
As floodwaters move south along the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is weighing steps it could take to prevent widespread flooding from southern Missouri down to the Gulf Coast. In Louisiana, the Corps and local levee districts …
Canopius Group AG, a Zurich-based global specialty lines platform of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, has hired Ivan Breen as senior vice president of its U.S. Direct Property team. Breen is based in New York and will report to Bradley Winfield, …
Drivers in Billings, Mont. who are hoping to join Uber are getting their vehicles inspected while waiting for the app-based ride service to get started after the Montana Public Service Commission gave statewide approval for the program on Dec. 15, …
New data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency on National Flood Insurance Program policies shows a big increase in NFIP policies written in California during the month of November 2015, a jump FEMA is crediting to the anticipation of an …
The family of a Virginia woman who was killed by shrapnel from a Takata Corp. air bag is seeking to reopen a lawsuit it previously settled over her death based on allegations the company knew the device was defective. Gurjit …
San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney has named Hal Dunning, the firm’s chief operating officer, to the additional role of president. This is a new position at the firm, and the move is effective immediately. In his new combined role, …
Total economic losses from the weather events in the U.S. during the month of December will exceed $4 billion, with insured losses likely to approach or exceed $2 billion, according to Aon Benfield’s catastrophe modeling team, Impact Forecasting. The severe …
The sulfurous scent of a natural-gas leak hangs in the air as mail carriers wearing gas masks make rounds to mostly deserted homes in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Porter Ranch. Life in the community of 30,000 people chiseled into …
Giant insurer American International Group Inc. is betting on new technology, artificial intelligence and connectivity to give companies more control over workers in risky jobs and make workplaces safer and more efficient. AIG, which is one of the world’s largest …
