September 30, 2011
A woman who broke her skull and collarbone when a member of the band Fishbone dived from a Philadelphia stage will soon have her day in court. A federal judge has upheld a negligence lawsuit filed by Kimberly Myers. The …
September 30, 2011
U.N. climate talks resume in Panama next week, but expect more action in Cape Town 10 days later, where an informal panel will quietly agree the outlines of a climate fund which could surpass lending by the World Bank. Climate …
September 30, 2011
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a law requiring that group homes and other private facilities licensed by the state to house juvenile delinquents assess workplace safety, record violent incidents and take preventive steps. It takes effect in January. …
September 30, 2011
Thousands of public pools in cities and towns nationwide will be taking a fresh look at their safety systems after federal regulators changed course Wednesday on measures required to keep swimmers, especially children, from getting trapped in pool drains. The …
September 30, 2011
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faces hurdles proving wrongdoing at credit-rating agencies, the agency’s enforcement chief said, pointing to the complexity of the cases and the industry’s strong legal defenses. SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami’s comments to Reuters came …
September 30, 2011
ClimateWise, the global insurance industry’s leadership group on climate change, announced that John R. Coomber, Swiss Re’s former CEO and now a member of the Board of Directors, will become the new Chairman of ClimateWise. The organization focuses on reducing …
September 30, 2011
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s latest bulletin on Typhoon Nesat notes that it “made landfall as a moderate Category 1 storm on the northeastern corner of the island of Hainan at 2:30 pm local time (6:30 UTC) Thursday, near the …
September 30, 2011
The North P&I club announced that it has joined forces with specialist maritime intelligence, investigation and crisis management company GRAY PAGE to vet armed maritime security providers (AMSPs) on behalf of the club’s members. North P&I said its goal is …
September 30, 2011
Insurance companies judged too big to fail are likely to face different rules than their banking counterparts, who were told this week that they will be subject capital surcharges, insurance industry standard setters said on Friday. The International Association of …
September 30, 2011
Home Value Insurance Co. has re-entered the insurance market with a product that promises to protect homeowners from falling home values. Home Value Insurance initially launched the product in 2009. The company has retooled it to make it an insurance …