Saskatchewan, Canada’s largest wheat and canola producer, had 25 percent fewer acres that were too wet to plant this year, the province’s insurer said. A total of 1.5 million acres of an approximate 27 million acres of insured farmland has …
American International Group Inc. has appointed Damian Coory to the newly created role of vice president for Corporate Marketing and Communications for Asia Pacific. Coory will report to Christina Pretto, senior vice president, Corporate Communications, and to Jose Hernandez, CEO, …
The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year. The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis Bureau says there were 34 workplace fatalities in 2012. That is down by 15 from the previous year. The agency …
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a risk alert on business continuity and disaster recovery planning for investment advisers. The SEC risk alert from its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) follows a joint advisory issued on August …
Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit agreed to pay $160 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by black financial advisers, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. The case, filed in 2005, was brought on behalf of one employee …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday it will offer health insurance benefits to domestic partners of its U.S. employees starting next year, following the lead of other major companies. The world’s largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, also plans to …
The Leavitt Group’s Woodland Hills office named Robert Clarke vice president in commercial insurance. Clarke specializes in hospitals, clinics, and environmental and manufacturing industries. Clarke has 18 years of insurance experience. He co-founded the Affordable Medical Benefits Health Plan, an …
Brooke Kelley-Hunt is the new director of Public Affairs for the Southeast for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Kelley-Hunt will be responsible for representing PCI in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, …
With respect to the science of climate change, many experts regard the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the world’s authoritative institution. A draft summary of its forthcoming report was leaked last week. It describes the panel’s growing confidence that …
The U.S. will face a cyber-attack in the future that will cause major disruption in the economy, the outgoing Homeland Security Department chief said. “Our country will, at some point, face a major cyber-event that will have a serious effect …
