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Technology E&O Nuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency Inc. is offering technology errors and omission coverage that combines tech E&O with network security, media and advertising and miscellaneous professional liability coverages. Coverage includes: E&O cover for both technology products and …

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Nurseries and Tree Farms Nuts & Bolts: Advanced AFT insures trees, plants and shrubs both in the ground and in containers for property insurance excluding crops (wheat, corn etc.). Dollars: $250,000 to $10 million. Carrier: Rated “A” by A.M. Best. …

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170,000 The year-round population of coastal Delaware’s Sussex County which is growing and has state officials concerned about evacuation plans for hurricanes and other natural disasters. There are few ways off the Delmarva Peninsula and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, crossed …

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Environmental Casualty Coverage Nuts & Bolts: USAssure Insurance Services provides enhancements such as general liability, automobile, workers’ compensation, owners and contractors protective liability, as well as umbrella/excess coverage. Our target market includes, but is not limited to: environmental contractors, consultants …

Sept. 11 responders’ insurance fund under fire

Two senators want to know why a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund appropriated by Congress to help ailing ground zero workers has not been used to compensate those exposed to harmful substances. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and …

Lloyd’s Donates $110,000 to International Alert Peace Fund

Lloyd’s Charities Trust announced that it plans to donate £50,000 ($110,000) to “a unique fund set up by International Alert to aid companies operating in conflict areas around the world.” The organization is in the process of developing a “Business …

S.C. Firefighters’ Families to Receive Workers Compensation, Donations

The families of nine firefighters killed in a furniture store fire are set to receive $700,000 each in donations and workers’ compensation payments. Relatives could also receive a federal death benefit that could put compensation over $1 million. The firefighters …

First Responders Testing Video Game in Emergency Preparation

Sandia National Laboratories scientists in Livermore, Calif., are developing a lifelike video game that helps first responders experience the drama and adrenaline of a disaster. Sandia, along with the University of Southern California’s GamePipe Laboratory, is one year into a …

Neighbors Worry About Toxins from Building Next to WTC Site

Panicked residents fear a partially dismantled building where a recent blaze killed two firefighters and stripped away protective coverings may be releasing some of the toxic contaminants that blanketed the neighborhood on Sept. 11, 2001. Some experts, however, aren’t so …

Lloyd’s to Unveil New Marine Policy Contract Wordings

Lloyd’s announced that “experts from across the Lloyd’s and London markets are set to unveil a suite of new contract wordings for the marine market in the coming weeks and months.” Spurred by the ongoing growth in marine transport, a …