Chemicals linked to severe health issues including cancer, infertility, birth defects and immune system disruptions are everywhere and no one is safe from them — not even top politicians, according to a campaign advocating for a European Union-wide ban. Former …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Probitas, Liberty Specialty Markets, and CFC. A summary of these new hires follows here. Probitas Appoints Botnick to Launch Canadian Service Company Probitas, the Lloyd’s insurer, announced appointment of Robbin Botnick …
A former senior Goldman Sachs manager is seeking around 1.0 million pounds ($1.27 million) from the Wall Street bank in London over allegations that bullying and a dysfunctional workplace destroyed his physical and psychological health. Ian Dodd, a 55-year-old former …
Allstate, headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., named Mike Fiato as executive vice president and chief claims officer, effective Jan. 22. Fiato joins Allstate with more than 32 years of industry experience. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief …
Tiny white plastic pellets are washing ashore in Spain’s northwestern coast by the millions, with hundreds of volunteers leading the clean up as authorities struggle to coordinate and companies decline any responsibility. A tanker ship lost six containers off the …
The Bank of England may tighten supervision of life insurers’ use of the “funded reinsurance” market, typically alternative asset managers who make riskier investments, as corporate pension providers increasingly rely on this offshore sector. Funded reinsurers help insurers manage the …
Britain’s departure from the European Union has reduced the size of its economy by 6% so far – an annual cost of 140 billion pounds ($178 billion) – London mayor Sadiq Khan said on Thursday, with the shortfall seen reaching …
A federal investigation into how an employee suffered a serious hand injury at an Omaha, Nebraska beef processing plant in June 2023 identified more than a dozen willful and serious violations related to the company’s failures to protect its workers …
AOD Ventures, Inc. doing business as Autos of Dallas, a local retailer of pre-owned vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will pay $22,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity …
An Indiana lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow employees to choose their attending physician in workers’ compensation cases. Rep. Charles Moseley, a Democrat, introduced House Bill 1246 this week, which would permit an injured worker to choose a …