Aon has announced a major realignment in its London and Bermuda offices that handle major corporate global risks. The world’s number 2 broker is centralizing those operations in Bermuda, and is moving a high level executives from the London office …
A new online search tool will help Florida homeowners who are participating in the My Safe Florida Home program find approved contractors. By visiting www.mysafefloridahome.com, homeowners may search by county or type of work performed from a universe of nearly …
“What happened to the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season?” This question and others will be addressed by Max Mayfield, newly retired director of the National Hurricane Center, during his keynote address at the Eighth Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference, set for Jan. …
The recent death of a skier who collided with a snowboarder at Mount Hood Meadows is triggering demands for safety on the slippery slopes of Oregon ski areas. “People are constantly asking me about it,” says Dick Knowles, director of …
More than a foot of snow fell on parts of northern Arizona, and several more inches were possible while children as far south as Tucson got a rare chance to play in the snow. Sunday’s storm was the latest of …
Freezing temperatures that destroyed a wide swath of crops in California are expected to bring in a flood of claims, according to California regulators. With a $1 billion agricultural damage estimate, officials said citrus growers alone will likely file 3,000 …
In a written opinion issued January 19, 2007, United States District Court Judge Nancy G. Edmunds of the Eastern District of Michigan has ordered United National Insurance Co. to pay the city of Sterling Heights over $10 million for coverage …
The Louisiana Recovery Authority is asking south Louisiana residents to weigh in on their ideas for how the region should address growth, economic development, transportation and coastal restoration issues after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The recovery authority on Jan. 22 …
Arkansas’ top highway official urged legislators on Jan. 22 to consider additional revenue sources – a new bond issue, sales tax revenues from car products, new fees or a combination of all those – to fill a gap of nearly …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation on Dec. 29, 2006, adopted state-wide return-to-work guidelines; the DWC selected Reed Group’s The Medical Disability Advisor: Workplace Guidelines for Disability Duration, Fifth Edition, by Presley Reed, MD. This rule establishes …