It’s scorching on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as Afonso Oliveira strides around the lunch-break crowds, unbent beneath his 45-pound, $350 industrial backpack. He is carrying everything that might be needed to tighten a leaking faucet at a digital marketing agency …
Deaths from heroin and opioid use outnumbered highway fatalities in Virginia for the first time last year, officials said. Records show that 728 Virginians died from drug overdoses in 2014, while 700 people died on the state’s roads. The increase …
People’s United Bank N.A., a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based regional bank with nearly 400 retail locations in six states, announced that its subsidiary, People’s United Insurance Agency, has acquired Kesten-Brown Insurance, a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based insurance brokerage. People’s United Bank said the acquisition …
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named DeAnna Slater a principal and property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Fresno, Calif. office. She will report Terri Parreira, managing principal. She will be responsible for new business production, the development and management of risk management and …
Central Texas may currently be under drought conditions and suffering from elevated wildfire risk but merely months ago the situation was just the opposite. In May, the Austin and Central Texas areas were deluged with flooding from a widespread storm …
Lloyd’s has issued a new report, addressing the “accumulations of liability risk,” which indicates that they “have the potential to send shockwaves through the insurance industry and are one of the most complex exposure management challenges faced by insurers.” The …
Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez says any GOP-sponsored bill aimed at repealing New Mexico’s immigrant driver’s license law won’t make it to the Senate floor next session. Again. One of state’s most powerful Democratic legislators told The Associated Press this …
Oil and gas industry bosses called for an “effective” agreement at the United Nations climate change summit in December, recognizing that current greenhouse gas emissions were inconsistent with the goal of limiting global warming. The leaders of 10 companies said on …
American International Group (AIG) announced leadership appointments in its Commercial Insurance business, including a new chief underwriting officer and the newly-established roles of global head of Cyber, and presidents of Credit Lines and Portfolio Solutions. Madhu Tadikonda, who had served …
The American Insurance Association (AIA), Insurance Europe, and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) have jointly issued a bulletin that reiterates their support “for the full inclusion of insurance in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).” The three …