China’s work safety agency warned that a new wave of accidents could be triggered as coal mines shut by the wintry weather resume operations. The State Administration of Work Safety warned on its Web site that the buildup of deadly …
Some meat for school lunches in Michigan has been affected by the largest beef recall ever in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from Westland/Hallmark Meat …
A Lincoln cemetery plans to reimburse several hundred funeral accounts that had missing funds that were not properly transferred. The department released a report indicating a lawyer with the Nebraska Department of Insurance said the department could not determine what …
A new report from Marsh’s London office focuses on the increasing problems of transport and logistics firms across Europe in coping with new categories of liability and an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. “Liability Insurance Buyers Report Europe 2007”, analyzes “the …
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said an investigation by his office, local authorities and federal officials has determined that the explosion and fire at the Imperial Sugar Co. refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., was accidental. “We believe …
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to three years’ probation for defrauding an insurance company with the help of a chiropractor. A federal judge in Pittsburgh also ordered 31-year-old Brandon Burns of Murrysville to pay back Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield …
There is only one anti-bias law — the one against discrimination based on age — that would cover all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices, if such laws applied to them. The justices, ranging in age from 53 to 87, are …
A display case manufacturer has reached three settlement agreements with the federal government over workplace injuries since 2002. Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration records show Packaging Concepts Ltd. reported 125 injuries from 2000 and 2006. The number of injuries …
Rick Murray, Managing Director at Swiss Re, made some important observations on the insurance industry’s role in dealing with problems caused by the changing climate. Speaking at a United Nations Climate Risk Summit (also addressed by Al Gore) in New …
AXA Art, the specialty branch of France’s AXA Group that offers coverage for art works, has issued a bulletin “offering to conduct security protocol assessments of museums in its key markets. The goal is to identify weaknesses and to provide …