Dr. Shealynn Buck, an expert in employee wellbeing and improving health outcomes, has joined Lockton Benefit Group in Dallas as chief medical officer. Buck will advise employers on health strategies that improve employee wellbeing, reduce costs and improve productivity. Dr. …
Lloyd’s of London insurer Beazley said on Friday it reckoned that its losses from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in the Caribbean and southern United States and a series of earthquakes in Mexico would reduce its 2017 earnings by about …
A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to Trisura Specialty Insurance Co. (Trisura Specialty), based in Oklahoma City. The ratings outlook is stable. Trisura Specialty is a newly …
When Sam Brody and his wife were shopping for a new home in Houston six months ago, they had very different priorities. Brody, a researcher who analyzes ways to minimize the impact of natural disasters, was focused on the fact …
Three men were killed when scaffolding collapsed next to a television signal tower in Florida. News outlets report that the collapse occurred Wednesday afternoon in Miami Gardens. The approximately 1,000-foot (300-meter) tower was built in 2009 to transmit signals for …
Jetty, a financial services company, has expanded its renters products – Jetty Passport Deposit, Jetty Passport Lease, and Jetty Renters Insurance – into Kansas, Utah, Maryland, and Tennessee. Used together or à la carte, each product operates in a digitally-native …
A clash over Houston’s mounting expenses from Hurricane Harvey escalated on Sept. 25 when Gov. Greg Abbott accused the mayor of holding the state “hostage” by pushing a local tax increase unless an emergency Texas piggybank of nearly $10 billion …
More than half of U.S. businesses (53 percent) have experienced a cyber attack in the past year, according to a survey of business executives. The nationwide survey, released by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB), part of …
Equifax Inc. promised to make it easier for consumers to control access to their credit records in the wake of the company’s massive breach after the top U.S. consumer financial watchdog called on the industry to introduce such a system. …
Architect Kobi Karp has a vision for affordable housing in the Florida Keys: residences set at coconut-tree height to keep them dry, atop concrete columns holding them in place. Key West clients sought out his designs before Hurricane Irma struck …
