Flight data point to possible flight crew errors rather than ice accumulation as a key factor in last month’s plane crash near Buffalo, New York, that killed 50 people, aviation safety experts said. The National Transportation Safety Board said information …
Ron Kurth, who grew up in Gary, Ind., and worked in the steel mills, raised his family in the region near the outskirts of Chicago. He always wondered about the smoke and smog that overcast the Lake Michigan shoreline. “It’s …
Global warming is more than a third to blame for a major drop in rainfall that includes a decade-long drought in Australia and a lengthy dry spell in the United States, a scientist said on Wednesday. Peter Baines of Melbourne …
AIG executives in Europe are adamant they should not have to return their controversial bonuses and some feel that pressure on them to do so may amount to blackmail, according to a company employee and internal emails. AIG Financial Products …
A resolution urging the federal government to amend regulations banning the sale of youth all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles has been passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. House Resolution 1024, by state Reps. Ken Luttrell and Rex Duncan, urges the …
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) announced that Paul K. Furlong has joined the association staff as president of the IBA West Service Corp. He will be responsible for the management of the association’s for-profit activities, including …
Flooding in the upper Midwest, which could rival the high water levels experienced in 2006 and possibly 1997, and continued drought in the South and West are among the warnings contained in the national outlook for this Spring from federal …
Research showing an El Nino event in 1918 was far stronger than previously thought is challenging the notion that climate change is making El Nino episodes more intense, a U.S. scientist said on Tuesday. El Nino causes global climate chaos …
World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy pressed U.S. trade officials Monday for a strong commitment to finishing the Doha round, while a U.S. business leader warned against accepting a “phony deal” just to wrap up the talks. Lamy’s trip …
Kate Westover, vice president of Alternative Risk Financing at Innovative Captive Strategies, has received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA). Based in Colchester, Vermont, Westover has 20 years experience in the captive insurance industry …
