A worker who was mauled feeding the bears at a tourist attraction near Montana’s Glacier National Park is eligible for workers’ compensation even though he smoked marijuana that morning, a judge has ruled. Brock Hopkins’ use of marijuana before he …
Hastings Mutual Insurance Co., a 125-year-old regional property/casualty insurance organization headquartered in Hastings, Mich., has added Iowa as its sixth state for writing farm, commercial and personal insurance products exclusively through independent agency partnerships. Vallery Jameson was named territory manager …
Swiss Re is hosting an “Investors Day” Conference in London focused on the current state of the reinsurance market, its future prospects and the potential reguylatory changes affecting capital. The reinsurer said it expects the growth outlook for the reinsurance …
For the first time in its 80 year history the Football (Soccer) World Cup will be played on the African Continent. The quadrennial event matches 32 of the world’s best national teams in a tournament that lasts a month. It …
Increased melting of glaciers and snow in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau threatens the food security of millions of people in Asia, a study shows, with Pakistan likely to be among the nations hardest hit. A team of scientists in …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for 10 companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Regulation program. These 10 companies …
The board of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) elected two new vice-presidents at its meeting in Brussels on June 9: former chairman of the UK’s Airmic Julia Graham, Chief Risk Officer of law firm DLA Piper UK, …
The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, has been named 2010 Company of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA). According to the IIAA, this award recognizes the company that most demonstrates a strong commitment to the independent …
The Willis Commercial Network (WCN), a successful alliance between independent UK insurance brokers, leading insurers and global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, announced that two of its largest members, Berkeley Insurance Group UK Ltd and Beaumonts Insurance Brokers Ltd, have …
Vehicle thefts among Allstate insured Texans dropped 2.5 percent last year, the company announced, but the cars being snapped off the street are heading farther south of the border — even overseas. The insurer and police are urging drivers to …
