Marsh’s UK office announced senior appointments to its Scottish National Corporate business, which provides risk and insurance advice for mid to large size corporations. They follow Marsh’s acquisition of HSBC Insurance Brokers, completed on April first [See IJ web site …
The Insurance Accounting and Systems Association Inc. (IASA) has elected Craig S. Lowenthal as president of the association. Lowenthal, a social media strategist for Pennsylvania-based Glatfelter, has been a technology professional for 25 years, and focused in the insurance industry …
Imperial Sugar has agreed to pay more than $4 million in fines for safety violations at its Georgia refinery where a dust explosion killed 14 workers in 2008, federal regulators said. The settlement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health …
CNA Financial Corp. has opened its newest branch office in Birmingham, Alabama. The office is one of five new branches the global business insurer has opened or will open within the past year. Kent Skidmore, recently appointed branch vice president, …
A new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows that small businesses shoulder a sizable burden of the nation’s tort liability costs, having paid $105.4 billion in 2008— a third of it out of their own pockets. According to …
Reed Insurance Agency based in New Windsor, New York has joined the Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc. Agency Owner Kevin Reed and Matt Masiello, president and chief operating officer of New Hampshire-based SAN Group, announcing the move, said the …
U.S. companies that partner with hospitals and other health providers could face steep fines if they disclose private patient information under a new federal rule proposed Thursday. Billing companies, customer service contractors and other businesses regularly handle private health records, …
“Brokers are now significantly more positive about conducting business at Lloyd’s than two years ago,” according to a survey of the Lloyd’s market from part of the Gracechurch London Market Study 2010, an independent annual study by an insurance consultancy. …
The ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies has announced the appointment of six additional global client executives in four countries: Jeff Carr and Shaun Edwards in London, Olivier Roussel in Paris, Wolfgang Ruffert in Frankfurt, Andrea Pearson in Los …
Leading climate scientists on Thursday welcomed a British report that cleared researchers of exaggerating the effects of global warming and said they hoped it would restore faith in the fight against climate change [See IJ web site – https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/07/07/111360.htm]. The …
