August 23, 2019
The captain of a commuter ferry that ran aground in Boston Harbor has been placed on leave pending drug test results. The Boston Globe reported Saturday that the captain was taken off the job pending the test, which is routine …
August 23, 2019
Everest Insurance has added three members to the Financial Lines Private Company/Not‐For‐Profit group. This group provides management liability insurance for private and not‐for‐profit companies of all sizes and industries. Michelle Bockin has joined Everest Insurance as a director, managing all …
August 23, 2019
The Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA) has hired Ellen Dion as chief financial officer (CFO). Dion has property and casualty insurance industry expertise spanning more than 25 years and will oversee budget preparation and administration, financial planning and operations, …
August 23, 2019
Alliant has added John Shaffer III to its Mid-Atlantic team. The Bethesda, Md.-based property and casualty specialist will serve as senior vice president, designing and delivering a range of insurance and risk management services to clients throughout the region as …
August 23, 2019
An Illinois construction company that waited six years to inform its excess insurer that it had been sued cannot expect coverage from that carrier, and it can’t go after the insurance brokerage that sold it the policy either, a federal …
August 23, 2019
Authorities say two motorists have been injured when their cars went airborne over a collapsed bridge span near the Florida-Georgia Line. Officials closed a short stretch of Hutchinson Ferry Road northwest of Tallahassee on Wednesday morning because of the gap …
August 23, 2019
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Thursday named 22 people to a new panel that will advise the department on aviation safety oversight and certification programs as the Federal Aviation Administration continues to grapple with the fallout from two fatal …
August 23, 2019
As the country enters peak season for major natural disasters, new research indicates which states and communities are the riskiest for those needing to evacuate whether from wildfires or hurricanes. StreetLight Data Inc., a company that collects and analyzes data …
August 23, 2019
Electric luxury cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) may be 40% more likely to cause accidents than their standard engine counterparts, possibly because drivers are still getting used to their quick acceleration, French insurer AXA said. The numbers, based on …
August 23, 2019
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay the Navajo Nation $6.5 million to settle a lawsuit over “predatory and unlawful practices” by the bank, the Native American tribe said on Thursday. The Navajo Nation sued Wells Fargo in federal and tribal …