February 28, 2007
Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corporation announced that Hardy (Underwriting Agencies) Limited, a subsidiary of Hardy Underwriting Group plc, has licensed AIR’s catastrophe risk management systems. Hardy, a prominent Lloyd’s underwriter, specializes in several different lines of business, including both Treaty and …
February 28, 2007
Insurance industry advocates urged Congress today to ensure the availability of terrorism risk insurance through a continued federal government role and to examine long-term solutions before the current backstop legislation, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act (TRIEA) of 2005, expires …
February 28, 2007
Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will host its second of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on March 7 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. School violence and sexual abuse are pressing concerns for school …
February 28, 2007
The Boulder, Colo., man charged with vehicular homicide while under the influence in a fatal crash that happened in Montana told police he failed to halt at a stop sign because he was trying to use his cell phone. Shawn …
February 28, 2007
A landslide of rocks and boulders tumbled down onto a San Francisco apartment building early Tuesday, sending 150 residents of the North Beach district into the streets. No injuries were reported, but at least four buildings were evacuated after the …
February 28, 2007
Washington state officials are trying to find new ways to ensure that school bus drivers are properly licensed, following an investigation that showed six around the state were working with suspended licenses. Last week, Terry Bergeson, the superintendent of public …
February 28, 2007
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has authorized an additional $438,000 to help food banks feed farm workers who were left jobless after a severe January cold snap destroyed more than $1 billion in crops. The announcement brings to $2.2 million the total …
February 28, 2007
Most Americans are not prepared to deal with the possibility of becoming disabled and, in turn, unable to work, according to new research by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). More than half (56 percent) of U.S. adults say …
February 28, 2007
Bradley J. Schlozman, U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of a medical supply business was sentenced in federal court for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars through …
February 28, 2007
Commissioners in Radnor Townshp, Pa. have voted unanimously to end a plan to bill out-of-town motorists involved in traffic accidents for police services. “It’s time to give people their money back and kiss and make up,” Commissioner William Spingler said. …