World Trade Center first responders who had high-level exposures to the initial dust cloud on Sept. 11, 2001, now have high-risk features of atherosclerosis (plaque in arteries), according to latest findings from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The researchers used …
The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) added eight new member agencies in the East region in October. SIAA added 45 new member agencies nationwide last month. The new members in the East region are: Cosgrove General Insurance of Towson, Md.; …
CDS Business Mapping, a Boston-based online hazard mapping service provider, added a new straight line wind report to its RiskMeter.com service. Straight line winds are also known as thundergusts or hurricanes of the prairie. They are produced by the downward …
XL Group’s surety unit is expanding with the appointment of James Hoyas as vice president and executive underwriter. He is based in XL’s Baltimore office and reports to Bill Mills, senior vice president of underwriting for surety. Prior to joining …
Lockton Benefit Group of Lockton Companies appointed Nicholas Dobelbower as senior consultant for its international benefits services practice. Based in Washington, D.C., he will provide international employee benefits guidance to clients. Dobelbower is responsible for strategic international benefits consulting and …
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center expects to file an appeal after two Allegheny County juries have awarded $12.5 million in damages to the family of a 24-year-old accountant who died in 2003 after an abscess was misdiagnosed as a …
A lawyer says there’s no such thing as the free breakfast promised by a high-end New York City health club, and he says he should get more than $200,000 for the missing meals. Richard Katz says in a fraud suit …
Risk and Insurance Management Society’s latest survey found average renewal premium rates rising in three out of the four business lines it tracked. This “strongly suggests” that an eight-year period of falling commercial insurance rates is at its end, according …
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi told a legislative committee that Connecticut saw 58,002 claims for Hurricane Irene. Of those claims, 84.8 percent have been closed (88 percent for homeowners’ claims) and $161 million have been paid out to policyholders as …
Students in suburban New York are getting a chance to learn the perils of distracted driving without having to worry about an accident or a traffic ticket. A texting-while-driving simulator that resembles an old-fashioned video game is being demonstrated at …
