Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton announced it is now offering a private health benefit marketplace for businesses. The Assurex Global Private Exchange is a private marketplace platform that gives employers a range of administrative flexibility and employee health benefit …
Small businesses and private nonprofit organizations in two counties in West Virginia can apply for federal disaster loans for economic injury resulting from drought. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s economic injury disaster loans are available in Pendleton and Pocahontas for …
A deadline is looming for Virginia businesses, private nonprofits, homeowners and renters to seek disaster loans for physical damage caused by severe weather and flooding on July 5. The U.S. Small Business Administration says low-interest loans are available in Bland, …
Vanner Insurance Agency, an independent agency based in Amherst, New York, announced that it recently boosted its marine insurance business by acquiring Buffalo, New York-based agency Edmund D. Stevens Inc. and its marine division, Stevens Marine Insurance Agency. Terms of …
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened his U.S. visit by seeking to ease concerns on almost every dispute between the two powers, even expressing readiness to cut a deal on one of the thorniest issues, cybersecurity. In a 35-minute speech in …
John Iannotti has joined OneBeacon Insurance Group as president of Professional Liability. Iannotti will oversee OneBeacon’s financial services, management liability and design professional liability business units, which are led by Craig Collins, Stacy Paquet and Bruce Demeter, respectively. He will …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is extending the deadline for submitting comments on a proposed rule that it says clarifies an employer’s continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness. The …
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster Tuesday in a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed at least 1,200 homes and killed at least three people. The declaration issued for the fire that broke out in Lake County 90 miles …
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T said that H. Wade Reece, chairman and CEO of BB&T Insurance Holdings Inc., will retire at the end of the year. Reece will complete a 37-year career with BB&T in which BB&T Insurance Holdings has grown through …
Brit Limited, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer based in London, announce that it has made a significant strategic investment in Ambridge Partners LLC, a New York-based managing general underwriter of transactional insurance products and a key trading partner of …