Britain and the United States said Tuesday it was not too late for a peaceful solution to the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program, but said they were determined to enforce new sanctions. The United Nations approved sanctions against the Islamic …
WTO member states must find answers to bilateral squabbles if they want to achieve any global breakthrough in free trade talks, Canada’s trade minister said Friday. In an interview with Reuters, Peter Van Loan said he would not point fingers …
Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn’t quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday. Was it a truck passing by? A low-flying plane? Gerasimos Michalitsianos, who will …
Installation is nearly complete on a network of earthquake-detecting instruments being placed across North Dakota as part of a national project, officials say. Fred Anderson, a geologist with the state Geological Survey in Bismarck, said about 30 seismometers have been …
$25 Million Amount sought in a wrongful death lawsuit that has been filed in connection with a 2008 shooting rampage in Virginia that left one man dead and two other people injured. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month in …
Steven D. Johnson has been named CEO of the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet). Johnson has held staff leadership roles in five associations over the last 26 years. Most recently, he was executive director of the National Association of Quick …
Meant It “I meant exactly what I said in August 2007. I did not expect actual, economic losses on the portfolio. That said, I was truthful at all times about the unrealized accounting losses and did my very best to …
Louisiana and Oklahoma enjoy the distinction of having the least affordable auto insurance rates in the country, according to one body of research that considers how much of a family’s income goes to pay for car insurance. Massachusetts, often rapped …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas has honored Corpus Christi, Texas, independent insurance agent Wallace C. (Wally) Goodman with the Drex Foreman Award; Landon Ogilvie, partner at Gans & Smith Agency in Longview, with the André P. Juneau Young Agent …
Good Risk Manangement “Having a plan, notifying employees in advance to work from home, incurring expenses to prepare … for what could happen … there’s no coverage for that. That’s good risk management.” —Chris Behymer, director of marketing for Markel’s …
