Canada will have to set aside more money to deal with natural disasters like wildfires, storms and floods as climate change starts to bite, the head of the country’s property insurance industry group said on Wednesday. A wildfire sweeping through …
An EgyptAir plane headed to Cairo from Paris with 66 people on board disappeared from radar in the early hours of the morning on Thursday, reviving memories of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that went missing in March 2014. …
NAS Insurance Services has enhanced its NetGuard Plus cyber liability product. The new coverage features offer greater protection for emerging privacy and security threats for businesses of all sizes across a range of industries. The enhancements include: Unknown prior acts …
Duke Energy Corp. must clean up its coal-ash ponds in North Carolina by 2024 due to environmental and public health safety risks, state regulators said in a proposal that could be scaled back at a later date. Duke must dig …
With dozens of farmers in the lobby and lawmakers cheering every speech, the South Carolina House on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill offering $40 million in state aid to farmers who lost their crops …
RMS, a global catastrophe risk management firm, has opened a new office in Tallahassee, Florida after the acquisition of HWIND Scientific in October 2015. According to a statement from RMS, the new Florida office gives it better access to the …
Brit Limited has appointed Yesid Rodriguez as vice president, Engineering, for Brit Global Specialty USA with responsibility for Latin America and the Caribbean. Rodriguez will be based in Miami, reporting to Juan Calvache. Rodriguez has more than 20 years of …
Georgia transportation officials are studying how to add semi-only lanes for truck traffic on Interstate 75 between Macon and Atlanta’s southern suburbs. Georgia is trying to deal with a port of Savannah that’s expanding to handle more cargo and a …
Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies throughout the country, has added new agency owners in North Carolina and Florida. New owners have opened personal lines agencies in the following cities: Charlie …
Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers in Tustin, Calif. adopted a new logo and created an insignia as part of new look for the firm. The firm said it worked with employees and partners to develop a brand identity that …
