Wood News

Pilgrim’s Pride Recalls Chicken Products Due to Foreign-Matter Contamination

Pilgrim’s Pride, based in Waco, Texas, on April 26 ordered a massive recall of cooked chicken products after consumers and federal meat inspectors found contamination by such foreign material as wood, plastic, rubber and metal. The recent recall of almost …

Insurance Center for Building Materials Expands into Washington, Oregon, Nevada

The Insurance Centre for Building Materials (ICBM), a specialist managing general agent focused on building materials dealers, wood risks and secondary forest products, is now available in the primary wood growing and processing centers of Washington, Oregon and Nevada, in …

Mitsui Sumitomo Promotes Wood to Class Underwriter-Professional Indemnity

Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s announced the promotion of Stuart Wood to Class Underwriter for Professional Indemnity (PI) within its Professional Lines operation. Wood joined Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s in 2009. He has been underwriting PI risks in the London market …