Most employers around the world are leery of using temporary workers and other contingent labor, but they will have to get over their reluctance if they are to thrive during an economic recovery, according to employment services firm Manpower Inc …
Four eastern New Mexico counties have been declared eligible for disaster assistance due to their proximity to Texas counties that are disaster areas due to drought and other problems. Farmers and ranchers in Lea, Curry, Quay and Roosevelt counties can …
The family of an 82-year-old Boston woman who died on an MBTA escalator claims in a lawsuit that she was strangled when her hair and scarf became stuck in the machine. The allegations in the suit filed in Suffolk Superior …
Fire officials say six people, including four firefighters, were taken Tuesday to a hospital because of a toxic spill inside a supermarket in Irvine. Orange County Fire Authority Captain Greg McKeown said firefighters were called to the Ralphs market at …
Bruce White hauled thousands of gallons of gas a day for years. These days, carrying a gallon of milk is a challenge for the Union County, South Carolina man. White worked 15-plus hours many days, manhandling hoses that, full of …
The Chartis Group has formed a marketing alliance between its Global Marine and Energy Division and PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services. Chartis said the alliance will leverage Global Marine and Energy’s renewable energy underwriting, loss control and claims experience for property, …
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has been appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) after a vote taken at the IAIS’s recent annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. The Executive Committee, …
A cluster of brush fires believed ignited by a malfunctioning truck threatened suburban homes and swept past a high school before aircraft and firefighters quashed its spread Tuesday. Four civilians suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation and a firefighter suffered …
Tal P. Piccione, Chairman and CEO of international reinsurance brokerage firm U.S. RE Corp., announced that it “has formed a strategic, exclusive, and reciprocal alliance with San Segur, a prominent insurance and reinsurance broker in Buenos Aires, Argentina with access …
Chicago-based Unitrin Inc. announced that Richard C. Vie will be stepping down as chairman of the board at the end of 2009 and that Donald G. Southwell, Unitrin’s president and chief executive officer, will assume the position of chairman, effective …
