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21 09, 2015

Injuries from Wearing High-Heeled Shoes on Rise: Study

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Injuries from wearing high-heeled shoes are increasing, recent research has found. Gerald McGwin, Ph.D., professor and vice chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, recently published a paper on the epidemiology of injuries from …

21 09, 2015

Fitch’s Rendez-Vous Roundup: 4 Hot Topics Affecting Reinsurance Industry

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Fitch published a list of key takeaways from last week’s reinsurance Rendez-Vous in Monte Carlo, where some of the major trends affecting the industry were discussed: mergers & acquisitions, alternative capital, pricing and the Tianjin Port explosion in China. This …

21 09, 2015

EU Weighs Solvency II Capital Relief for Insurers’ Investments in Infrastructure

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The European Union is preparing reduced capital requirements for insurers in a bid to spur investment in long-term infrastructure projects. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is considering amending insurance rules known as the Solvency II Delegated Act to define an …

21 09, 2015

Sierra Specialty Launches New Agri-Services Insurance Program

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Sierra Specialty has launched a new program that provides general liability & professional liability for agri-services, including agricultural crop spraying; advisors & farm managers; pest & weed applicators & advisors; farm labor contractors; farm machinery operators; and landscape contractors & …

21 09, 2015

Beazley, Aspen and Brit Launch ‘International Cyber Consortium’ at Lloyd’s

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Beazley has joined forces with Lloyd’s syndicates managed by Aspen and Brit Global Specialty to launch the International Cyber Consortium. The consortium will focus on providing robust data breach cover to businesses domiciled outside the United States with revenues in …

21 09, 2015

California Wildfires Destruction Total Now Tops 1,000 Homes

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It has been several days since two huge wildfires in Northern California peaked in their ferocity, yet the damage they did is still being revealed daily. The tally of homes destroyed topped 1,000 on Saturday after authorities assessing damage in …

21 09, 2015

California Wildfires Destruction Total Now Tops 1,000 Homes

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It has been several days since two huge wildfires in Northern California peaked in their ferocity, yet the damage they did is still being revealed daily. The tally of homes destroyed topped 1,000 on Saturday after authorities assessing damage in …

21 09, 2015

Bloomberg View: California’s Wildfires Didn’t Have to Be So Extreme

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Warming temperatures and a historic drought made Northern California’s Valley fire faster to spread and harder to fight. But the bigger culprit, sadly but thankfully, was something under human control: forest mismanagement. There are five times as many trees per acre …

21 09, 2015

Bloomberg View: California’s Wildfires Didn’t Have to Be So Extreme

By | September 21st, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Bloomberg View: California’s Wildfires Didn’t Have to Be So Extreme

Warming temperatures and a historic drought made Northern California’s Valley fire faster to spread and harder to fight. But the bigger culprit, sadly but thankfully, was something under human control: forest mismanagement. There are five times as many trees per acre …

21 09, 2015

Wyoming Man And His Insurers to Pay $2.9M for 2012 Wildfire

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A man who accidentally started a 2012 wildfire that burned over a mountain and threatened the town of Jackson has agreed to a $2.9 million payment under a legal settlement. James G. Anderson Jr., 79, will be responsible for $425,000. …