A Boeing plan to redesign the 787 Dreamliner’s fire-plagued lithium-ion batteries won approval Tuesday from the Federal Aviation Administration, moving the cutting-edge planes a step closer to flying passengers again. The plan includes changes to the internal battery components to …
Crawford & Company, a global independent provider of claims management solutions, named Larry C. Thomas to the new position of chief executive officer of Contractor Connection. Thomas previously served as president for Contractor Connection, which provides insurers with an efficient, …
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced that Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (Peak Re), a reinsurer headquartered in Hong Kong focusing primarily on the Asia-Pacific market, has selected AIR’s catastrophe modeling solutions to manage its catastrophe risk. “Catastrophes are a …
Nichole Ritz joined The Institutes as director of member knowledge for the CPCU Society on March 12, 2013. She is responsible for developing and implementing an effective strategy that will achieve the CPCU Society’s strategic goal of providing members with …
Researchers commissioned by a state panel studying natural gas drilling in western Maryland have come up with recommendations. The researchers studied hydraulic fracturing, which uses sand, water and chemicals to free gas from shale. The technique has sparked an energy …
Police say eight people have been arrested in what authorities say was a monthlong spree of copper thefts at 13 electric substations in the Philadelphia area last year. The Bucks County Courier Times reports police believe the suspects were part …
Both sides in a legal dispute involving the trademark for the name “Sturgis” say recommendations by a federal magistrate judge are positive. Judge John Simko says a jury ultimately should decide the matter. The Rapid City Journal reports Simko is …
Commercial insurance prices rose by almost 7 percent in aggregate during the fourth quarter of 2012, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of price increases and the fourth showing increases across every line surveyed, according to the latest Commercial Lines Insurance …
Rimkus Consulting Group, a leader in forensic engineering consulting services, has announced the opening of a new office in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 1, 2013. This new office is led by Rimkus District Manager Christopher R. Grubbs, P.E. …
Illinois and agriculture industry officials have produced a web program that offers guidelines for farmers and others to prevent accidents involving anhydrous ammonia. A grant secured by the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association funded the effort. The association and the …