Flood control officials in the Houston-area have released a list of projects to be funded by the county’s $2.5 billion flood infrastructure bond proposal. The Houston Chronicle reports that the Harris County Flood Control District announced the 237 projects on …
Waterloo (Iowa) Fire Rescue’s proposal to bill insurance companies for its emergency response costs has been rejected. City council members have voted 5-2 against the plan that would seek payments for the city’s manpower and equipment costs when responding to …
Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services LLC. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in South Portland, Maine, Kilbride & Harris provides multi-line insurance solutions, including medical malpractice, …
After three banner years, the U.S. workers compensation market will face increasing pricing pressure and an erosion in results heading into next year. That means 2019 will be closer to a break-even combined ratio rather than a profitable one, Fitch …
Washington D.C. business owners joined Assurance on August 6, 2018, at its new office location in Arlington, Va., to celebrate the independent insurance brokerage’s official move into the Mid-Atlantic region. Assurance recently moved into the region with a goal to …
Investigators in China have begun recalling defective vaccines produced by a Chinese drugmaker from domestic and overseas markets, health authorities said. Investigators found Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd. had blended expired fluids in its vaccines and falsified records from as …
The American Medical Association, which represents U.S. physicians, urged the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to stop CVS Health Corp.’s plan to buy insurance provider Aetna Inc., saying the deal could result in higher prices for prescription medicines. The AMA …
The third transitional period for New York’s first-in-the-nation cybersecurity regulation for all Department of Financial Services (DFS) regulated entities ends on September 4, 2018. Beginning on September 4, banks, insurance companies and other financial services institutions regulated by DFS are …
The New York City Council on Wednesday agreed to cap the number of licenses for ride-hailing services such as Uber for one year, dealing a blow to the companies that have relied on the largest U.S. metro area for a …
The Treasury Department has moved to clear up some confusion in the Trump tax cut law by proposing that the full 20 percent deduction for pass-through businesses be made available to a broad spectrum of small businesses, including insurance agents …
