On Saturday, December 11, a car bomb detonated in Stockholm, Sweden, in the busy shopping center of Drottninggatan. Shortly after, another blast occurred approximately 1,000 feet away. Both bombs were timed to go off on a bustling Saturday evening during …
Petersen International Underwriters has launched a new type of insurance known as Corporate Accumulation Death and Disability Insurance. This insurance protects firms that may have a sizeable accumulation of employees or principals in one location from the concerns of a …
Indianapolis, Ind.-based independent agency MJ Insurance announced it has added Tamra Brodie as marketing underwriter in the Employee Benefits Division and BJ Moore as a property and casualty producer in the Construction Practice Group. Brodie has more than 15 years …
The federal government’s new role in insurance regulation poses significant challenges and opportunities for the insurance industry, according to insurer trade group executives. The establishment of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) is one of the few provisions under the Dodd-Frank …
Drunk Driving Suit “It’s crazy that they have the ability to do this behind bars. Inmates have too many rights. They’re the ones who committed the crimes, not us. And we’re the ones who suffer more.” —Joanne Kenney, a Connecticut …
Marsh has launched its innovative Mobile Asset and Commodity Expropriation (MACE) insurance facility, which, it said will “meet the increased concern of multinational companies about the rise in political risks globally.” The product provides up to $100 million of cover …
A deal reached by New York City and workers exposed to toxic dust that blanketed ground zero after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will resolve an overwhelming majority of the lawsuits over the city’s failure to provide protective equipment to …
Thousands of laborers, police officers, firefighters and other first responders suing New York City over their exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust had until Nov. 15 to decide whether to join a legal settlement over their injuries. The settlement …
Armistice Day/Veteran’s Day – the “war to end war;” the dead, the wounded and the missing. Almost faded from memory now – 92 years after it ended – the “Great War,” World War I. The consequences have been unfolding ever …
A federal judge has given thousands of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers more time to join a legal settlement that would pay millions of dollars to people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center, if enough of them agree …
