March 14, 2017
Warnings have been posted in much of West Virginia for up to a foot of snow from a late-season storm. The National Weather Service said snow was expected to start Monday night and last in some places through early Wednesday. …
March 14, 2017
Everest Insurance has expanded its environmental offering with the new Everest Environmental Apex policy form, which provides up to $10 million in capacity in a lead or excess position with the ability to schedule general liability, auto, employers liability, contractors …
March 14, 2017
Floods a year ago took everything from Vivian, La., resident Gwen Smith. “I lost my home completely,” she said. Before the flood hit on March 9, 2016, Smith had lived most of her adult life in the mobile home. For …
March 14, 2017
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE announced a change in its global cyber leadership team. Emy R. Donavan is being promoted to global head of Cyber, reporting to Bernard Poncin, global head of Financial Lines at AGCS. Donavan, who is …
March 14, 2017
Gary C. McKinney has joined EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants’ Southwest Region Employee Benefits Consulting Practice in Houston, Ascende – an EPIC Company, as business development manager. McKinney began his career in human resource leadership positions with Schlumberger Ltd. and …
March 14, 2017
XL Catlin has promoted Angie Strack to senior vice president and underwriting manager for its Global Risk Management division’s North Central Region. Strack will manage and develop XL Catlin’s U.S. risk management business, customizing casualty programs, including workers compensation, general …
March 14, 2017
An Ohio city is going to allow golf carts and other low-speed vehicles on downtown streets and two residential neighborhoods. Toledo’s city council approved the plan and, starting in April, drivers who are at least 16 and hold a valid …
March 14, 2017
Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor has issued a reminder to Ohio farmers that the deadline to purchase or modify certain insurance coverage for spring-planted crops is March 15. “Farmers should contact an agent if they have not already addressed their …
March 14, 2017
Lloyd’s and modeling company Arium have launched a tool designed to enable insurers and reinsurers to model liability exposure probabilistically across their entire portfolios, Lloyd’s announced. “The new approach categorizes casualty events based on a company’s business activities – its …
March 14, 2017
Demolition of a major plutonium plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state has resumed after radioactive contamination was detected in a rubble pile. The work restarted this week at the Plutonium Reclamation Facility after being halted in late …