Kids of lower socioeconomic status, those riding in rural areas, and those riding mostly on the sidewalk have higher risk of injury than others, according to a new review. Not surprisingly, injuries related to motor vehicle collisions are more severe …
Crystal & Company, a New York based strategic risk and insurance advisor addressing clients’ risk management, insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting needs, has hired Scott Strenger as an executive director. In this role, Strenger will be responsible for new …
A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will subject workers to invasions of their medical privacy. Rules released in May by the U.S. …
The Windham Group has launched Logical IME, an independent medical examination company that serves workers’ compensation payers. Based in Manchester, N.H., Logical IME provides independent medical exams (IMEs) as well as peer review, functional capacity examinations, permanency ratings and record …
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., the world’s second-largest insurer by market value, is undervalued by as much as 45 percent, a senior executive at the company said. The $94 billion company, whose businesses span insurance, banking and asset management, is …
Exxon Mobil Corp. is headed to a courtroom in New York for the first time to try to block the state’s demand for accounting documents about how climate change will affect its finances. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, probing …
A tractor trailer full of beer drove itself down Colorado’s I-25 last week with nobody behind the wheel. Uber Technologies Inc. and Anheuser-Busch InBev NV teamed up on the delivery, which they said is the first time a self-driving truck …
Susan Donegan has been named as the new chief regulatory services officer for the NCCI. Donegan assumed the position on Sept. 19, and succeeds Helen Westervelt, who announced her retirement in January of this year. Westervelt remained at NCCI through …
Insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services (USI) has added Brianna Berry, Nick Giancola and Kim Patrick in the USI Independence, Ohio, office. In addition, Heidi King has been promoted to consultant and Brian Muldoon has been promoted to senior account executive. …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) elected new officers to its board of governors this week during the association’s annual meeting. John Barbagallo, commercial lines group president, Progressive Insurance Group, was elected PCI’s chair; Kurt Bock, CEO, Country …
