Tough new food safety precautions and produce-tracking systems implemented last year after a fatal E. coli outbreak were put to the test when spinach from a Salinas Valley produce company came up positive for salmonella bacteria, prompting a new recall. …
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has expanded its suite of environmental liability insurance products to cover the exposures of U.S. multinational organizations with global locations. This coverage, available for ACE USA’s environmental …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman today reported that an F-4 tornado that tore through the Northwood area last Sunday has caused approximately $27 million in damage to private and public property in the area. This figure is expected to …
Atlanta-based Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB) has acquired the assets of BCK, Inc., d/b/a ClaimStar.net, which specializes in producing distance learning and providing Learning Management Systems (LMS) hosting services. ClaimStar.net has provided the property and casualty industry with online …
Data on 313 Minnesota bridges can be found online, thanks to the work of an environmental group that compiled information from state and federal sources. The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy organized the data and listed structural ratings for bridges …
Underground coal miners in the United States are facing a new and apparently growing safety threat: the theft of emergency air packs. Authorities say the devices have been disappearing from mines, particularly in the state of West Virginia, the nation’s …
A western massachusetts family that claimed author Augusten Burroughs defamed them in his best-selling book “Running with Scissors” has settled a lawsuit against the author and his publisher, according to the family’s attorney. Burroughs and his publisher, St. Martin’s Press, …
Vermont’s Public Service commissioner said the collapse of a cooling tower at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant appears to have been an isolated problem and that the plant could be back to full power in a matter of days. “We …
ACE USA announced from its Philadelphia headquarters that it has expanded its suite of environmental liability insurance products to meet “the unique exposures of U.S. multinational organizations with global locations.” ACE is making the expanded coverage available for its “environmental …
Prosecutors have enough evidence to put North Dakota’s workers’ compensation director and the agency’s top investigator on trial for conspiracy, a judge has ruled. Sandy Blunt, the chief executive officer of Workforce Safety and Insurance, and Romi Leingang, the director …