The nation’s mine safety czar said Friday that the U.S. must put a stop to black lung disease, a work-related illness that has killed roughly 10,000 coal miners this decade. “Now is the time to act to end this disease,” …
The Texas City Dike was not built to serve as a fishing pier or recreation area. But in the 74 years since it was built, the dike turned into more than just a way to protect the Texas City Ship …
An earthquake early warning system for California is feasible in coming years, according to research being presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this week. The ongoing study demonstrates that an earthquake early warning system for California …
Rains late in the growing season that inundated some cropland and pummeled rice and cotton plants caused an estimated $309 million in losses, according to economists at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. The $309 million loss is equal …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on the following core subsidiaries of Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. to ‘A’ from ‘A-‘: — Bermuda-based Catlin Insurance Co. Ltd. — U.S.-based Catlin Specialty …
Wells Fargo Insurance Services is pleased to announce Jennifer Schaeffer is a senior broker with the Professional Risk Group. Schaeffer will be based in San Francisco, Calif. She will focus on directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for both new and …
The participation of two big insurers in the $700 billion financial rescue contradicted the goals of the government program, according to a bailout watchdog. The inclusion of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and Lincoln National Corp. “was incongruous with the …
A Massachusetts teacher injured while voluntarily chaperoning students on a ski trip is entitled to workers compensation benefits, the state’s highest court has ruled. On a Peabody High School ski club trip, Karen Sikorski, a mathematics teacher at the school, …
A retired Union Pacific conductor can seek compensation for a knee injury because walking into work from the parking lot was part of the conductor’s job, the Nebraska Supreme Court said in a ruling released Dec. 11. The ruling reinstates …
At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide. Brokers in both states are working to stay on top of the …
