Canada’s TD Bank Financial Group reported that it will acquire the Mid-Atlantic regional bank Commerce Bancorp Inc. in a 25 percent cash and 75 percent stock deal valued at $8.5 billion. If approved, the purchase would double TD Bank’s presence …
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12% The decrease in workplace deaths in Virginia last year, according to the state’s labor department. There were 164 occupational fatalities in the state in 2006, down from 186 the previous year. Transportation accidents led with 60 deaths. $1.2 million …
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Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) promoted Jamie Bourg to claims manager for the company’s large accounts team. Bourg will manage and direct the claims department, including claims handling and investigation, and return-to-work for injured employees. She was previously a claims …
Proponents push plans for natural catastrophe insurance solutions Federal backstop proposals aired at NAIC public hearing in Alabama The need for solutions to address insurance costs and availability in natural catastrophe-vulnerable U.S. coastal regions — including a federal safety net …
People The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins on Sept. 4. PCI represents more than 1,000 …
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The need for solutions to address insurance costs and availability in natural catastrophe-vulnerable U.S. coastal regions — including a federal safety net — was the general theme at a public hearing in Mobile, Ala., on Sept. 24. Dozens of concerned …
