AmWINS Group Inc. (AmWINS) has formed a new managing general agency with a focus on marine risks, Sentinel Marine Underwriters (SMU). Executive vice presidents Mark Bernas and Keith Blair will lead SMU from Houston, Texas, and New York, N.Y., respectively. …
The collapse of a Kentucky distillery’s warehouse last month has crews still cleaning up and trying to salvage roughly 18,000 barrels of aging bourbon. News outlets reported Wednesday the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown has been working one barrel at …
BNSF Railway has acknowledged that flooding played a role in a derailment that loosed thousands of gallons of oil into northwest Iowa floodwaters. Railroad spokesman Andy Williams wouldn’t say whether the train engineer knew or should have known about washed-out …
The theft of an empty plane by an airline worker who performed dangerous loops before crashing into a remote island in Washington’s Puget Sound illustrated what aviation experts have long known: One of the biggest potential perils for commercial air …
Big Island Mayor Harry Kim is planning to ask the Hawaii Legislature for $550 million for disaster recovery following the effects of the Kilauea volcano eruption. Kim said he discussed a conceptual plan with Gov. David Ige last week, and …
Gov. Mary Fallin’s office says four counties in northeastern Oklahoma have been designated disaster areas because of drought, making farmers and ranchers eligible for federal assistance. Fallin’s office said Friday that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue notified Fallin of …
Three teenagers from Kansas were killed and 10 other people were injured Friday after a church van heading for an outing crashed in southwestern Missouri. The wreck happened around 10:40 a.m. on Missouri Route 13, five miles north of Bolivar. …
Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager Burns & Wilcox, North America’s leading, has moved its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, office to a new location amid expansion plans. The company said its strategic move facilitates growth expectations and demonstrates Burns & Wilcox’s dedication …
A Florida company kept more than 100 temporary farmworkers in “inhumane” and “unsanitary” working conditions while not paying them what they were due as they harvested watermelons in southeast Missouri, according to federal labor officials. The U.S. Labor Department issued …
Louisiana’s Highway Safety Commission is touting new laws that toughen DWI provisions and create new penalties to stem dangerous driving during floods. The laws, passed during this year’s regular legislative session, took effect Aug. 1. Anyone convicted of driving while …
