April 21, 2010
W.B. Adams Co., a regional independent agency located in the Portland, Ore., area, has announced that Linda Beymer has joined the firm as a producer and assistant vice president. She has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance …
April 21, 2010
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has estimated the Easter earthquake caused about $91 million in damage in impoverished Imperial County. Schwarzenegger’s office sent a letter to the federal government with the preliminary estimate and asked that the quake that left two people …
April 20, 2010
Flights from large parts of Europe are set to resume on Tuesday under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano. However, with …
April 20, 2010
Insurance companies are gearing up to recoup from Toyota money they paid for claims in crashes involving sudden acceleration, the subject of major safety recalls by the Japanese automaker. It could also mean money back for some drivers who paid …
April 20, 2010
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has declined to upset a 2008 agreement between the state’s former insurance commissioner and insurers that hiked insurance rates for some coastal homeowners up to 30 percent and cut them for others in inland …
April 20, 2010
The financial crisis and its aftermath may yet revive the political career of disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the author of a new book about Spitzer says. Other politicians might have been finished by the scandal surrounding Spitzer, …
April 19, 2010
Things are heating up in the world of Chinese drywall. Courts are issuing opinions, a U.S. consumer products safety agency is recommending gutting homes with the product, and a consumer watchdog group is insisting that President Obama board Air Force …
April 19, 2010
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will pay a record $16.4 million fine to U.S. safety regulators to settle a complaint that the company delayed a recall over defective accelerator pedals. Toyota, however, said it made a “good faith” effort …
April 19, 2010
The fraud charges against Goldman Sachs & Co. that rocked financial markets Friday are no slam dunk, as hazy evidence and strategic pitfalls could easily trip up government lawyers. Yet that hardly matters, experts say, because the allegations will kick …
April 19, 2010
Robin McNeill has joined the architects & engineers professional liability team at underwriter Beazley Group. McNeill, who will be based in Washington, D.C., was most recently a vice president with Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., the underwriting manager for CNA’s …