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Suez Shipping Operating Normally Despite Egypt Unrest: Marine Insurers
Jan 31 2011 // No direct threat to ships passing through the strategic Suez Canal waterway exists at the moment, despite unrest in Egypt, a senior official with London’s marine insurance market said on Monday. “We are not...
Davos Leaders Warn on Food Inflation, Speculation amid Mideast Unrest
Jan 27 2011 // World leaders warned on Thursday that soaring food prices risked stoking unrest and even war, but top executives meeting in the Swiss resort of Davos rejected calls for curbs on commodity speculation. Indonesian President...
French Retirement Protests Take Violent Turn
Oct 21 2010 // Masked youths clad in black have torched cars, smashed storefronts and thrown up roadblocks, clashing with riot police across France as protests over raising the retirement age to 62 took a radical turn. Hundreds of...
Thai Doctors Protest Proposed Malpractice Liability Law
Jul 30 2010 // Across Thailand many doctors traded their white coats for black on Thursday to protest a draft law that would give victims of medical malpractice legal rights to win compensation. The law would be the first of its kind in...
House Committee Passes Mine Safety Bill As Industry Protests
Jul 23 2010 // A House panel this week approved sweeping mine and workplace safety reforms prompted by the deadly explosion in April that killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia. The 30-17 vote came over the objections of the mine...
Understanding Business Income Claims During Times of Civil Unrest
Jul 19 2010 // California’s Mehserle Verdict a Reminder to Review Coverages While Oakland, Calif., police donned riot gear to ward off potential violence and vandalism following the Mehserle verdict announcement, businesses may be...
U.N. Copenhagen Climate Change Talks to Resume after African Protest
Dec 14 2009 // African nations agreed to resume U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen on Monday after a half-day suspension, accusing rich countries of trying to kill the existing Kyoto Protocol. “We’re going back,” Pa...
Montana Surplus Lines Group Protests Stamping Office Takeover
Sep 7 2009 // The surplus lines industry is taking issue with the Montana insurance department’s takeover of the surplus lines industry’s stamping and fee collection functions. The stamping office had been run by the Montana...
Protesters Visit AIG Officials’ Lavish Connecticut Homes
Mar 23 2009 // A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits Saturday to the lavish homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by...
Anti-AIG Protests Draw Small Crowds
Mar 20 2009 // Small crowds of protesters angered by the government’s $180 billion bailout of AIG marched in cities across the United States Thursday, mocking bonuses paid to employees who helped push the company to the brink of...
Immigrants’ Advocate Protests South Carolina Workers’ Comp Limits
Feb 20 2009 // South Carolina legislators are pushing a bill to cut workers’ compensation benefits for illegal immigrants in an effort to strengthen what’s already one of the nation’s toughest laws aimed at keeping...
Ex-CEO Greenberg Protests AIG Sale of Asian Life ‘Crown Jewel’
Jan 23 2009 // Former AIG Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said in a letter Thursday the insurer should halt asset sales until the new administration in Washington can assess what is best for the now...
Travelers, Chubb Protest U.S. Aid for Insurers; Life Insurers Welcome Help
Oct 28 2008 // Property/casualty insurers Travelers Cos. Inc. and Chubb Corp. said they do not need federal financial assistance and chided other insurers pushing to be included in the $700 billion bailout. “Most companies in the...
Liberty Mutual Protests S&P’s Downgrade to ‘A-‘ after Safeco Close
Oct 6 2008 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group is not pleased with Standard & Poor’s announcement that it is lowering the company’s financial strength rating from ‘A’ to ‘A-‘ with a stable...
Protestor at GOP Convention to File Brutality Lawsuit
Sep 29 2008 // An anti-war protester who claims he was shot with a police projectile at close range during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul announced on September 26 that he is planning to sue the city of St. Paul and...
Carriers Protest Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund’s Rates
Sep 2 2008 // Maryland’s private auto insurance industry is objecting to a proposal by the state’s insurer of last resort to lower rates as gasoline and food prices rise. At a hearing in Baltimore on Friday, industry...
Insurers Protest Private Lawyers in Former Louisiana AG’s Katrina Case
Aug 18 2008 // A judge in Louisiana has asked a state official to review the validity of private attorneys’ contracts to represent Louisiana’s attorney general in a case over the state’s Road Home hurricane recovery...
Workers Protest Project Safety in Vegas
Jun 4 2008 // Workers have walked off the job at a massive Las Vegas Strip casino construction site, calling for safety improvements following a sixth worker death since work began in 2006. The majority of union workers on MGM Mirage...
Over Protests of Insurers, Businesses, La. Senate OKs Prosthetics Bill
May 29 2008 // Beginning next year, health insurance policies written in Louisiana would have to provide at least $50,000 worth of coverage for those who need artificial limbs, under legislation approved 26-7 by the state Senate. There...
Bush Vacation Town Weighs Protesters’ Insurance
May 5 2008 // Kennebunkport, a Maine town occasionally targeted by crowds of demonstrators, will be voting in June on the latest revision to its mass-gathering ordinance. The Maine Civil Liberties Union objected to the initial...
