- Comp insurer looks to sell policies outside state lines
Colorado’s state-chartered workers compensation insurer, Pinnacol Assurance, has released proposed language for legislation that would allow the company to sell comp policies outside the state.
- Aon alleges construction group poaching by Alliant
A federal judge in Chicago has issued a temporary restraining order forbidding Alliant Insurance Services Inc. from soliciting Aon construction services group employees and clients.
- Hamilton Insurance chairman Weill retires
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. said Wednesday that Sandy Weill has retired as chairman of the board, effective immediately.
- Co-worker dad who saw son die on jobsite can sue for distress
The emotional distress claim filed by the father of a worker who died on the job isn’t barred by the exclusive remedy provision of Wyoming’s Worker’s Compensation Act, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
- Scalia's death could leave court deadlocked on contraceptives
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s vote in the next case challenging the health care reform law had been expected to be pivotal.
- Catastrophe model to predict severe thunderstorm losses
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon P.L.C., said it has launched a U.S. severe thunderstorm scenario model.
- Diabetes programs battle other physical, mental drains on workplace
SAN FRANCISCO — Employers should help workers prevent and manage diabetes before it weighs on productivity and drives up medical costs, benefits and health experts say.
- Specialty insurer takes on environmental liability
Pioneer Underwriting Ltd. said Wednesday that Pioneer Special Risk has begun underwriting environmental liability.
- Appeals group upholds Apple e-book settlement
(Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld Apple Inc.’s $450 million settlement of claims that it harmed consumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices.