December 11, 2020
An administrative judge has approved a $76,000 fine against an Iowa cattle feedlot for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging polluted wastewater into the East Fork of the Des Moines River. Tony and Joshua Brown, of Armstrong, Iowa, discharged …
December 11, 2020
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” to CompSource Mutual Insurance Co. (CompSource Mutual), based in Oklahoma City. The outlook assigned to these ratings is stable. The ratings …
December 11, 2020
Hundreds of firefighters battled a fire on Dec. 10 in Chicago’s West Side that engulfed an auto parts warehouse. Crews were called to flames shooting through the roof of Best Value Autobody Supply Inc., Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt …
December 11, 2020
DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC (DOXA) has acquired Conroe, Texas-based Marine Underwriters of America (MUA), a niche agency serving the marine industry with specialized insurance policies for ocean marine, inland marine and related property for commercial and recreational marine customers. Marine …
December 11, 2020
LONDON – A record rebound in merger activity this year and a rise in litigation has brought with it an upsurge in insurance policies that give companies and private equity firms cover for when a deal goes wrong, industry officials …
December 11, 2020
Chubb has announced the creation of a new digital team for Continental Europe (CE) and the United Kingdom & Ireland (UK&I). The team has been formed to develop and execute the insurer’s plans to broaden its digital product and service …
December 11, 2020
Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Britain quit the EU in …
December 11, 2020
The family of a veteran helicopter pilot who died when his aircraft crashed as he was dropping water over a California wildfire filed suit Wednesday against the companies that designed and maintained the aircraft. Michael Fournier of Rancho Cucamonga, California, …
December 11, 2020
A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse by a band teacher 30 years ago – a trauma so profound she said it caused her to stop teaching …
December 11, 2020
LONDON — Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus. A French drugs firm …