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Most manufacturers approach workplace safety as they did a generation ago, But there are new management systems that can guide employers to 60 to 70 percent reductions in injuries.
The massive and global expansion of demand for wind turbines is good news for manufacturers. But, naturally, these manufacturers, whether large original-equipment manufacturers or smaller component-parts producers, also face a number of risks which can cripple a company wlacking the proper coverage.
With Workers Compensation, the big shift is the medical component of costs exceeding indemnity costs. With Supply Chain risk, its the realization that supply and upstream customer chains can be far more fragile than anticipated in a catastrophe. And for food processors, the emerging challenge is a food-safety law that...
Total insurance-industry employment grew by over 5,000 jobs in December 2011 compared to November, but Insurance Information Institute President Robert Hartwig notes that the big news is not the month-to-month changes, but rather the recalibrating of current and recent industry employment.
Another year of costly natural catastrophes is causing many insurance industry stakeholders to wonder just how many more unexpected levels of loss they can tolerate.
With Workers Compensation, the big shift is the medical component of costs exceeding indemnity costs. With Supply Chain risk, its the realization that supply and upstream customer chains can be far more fragile than anticipated in a catastrophe. And for food processors, the emerging challenge is a food-safety law that...
The insurance and other industries affected by floods are making a big push to get the Senate to act on legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program.
Robert S. Steve Miller, the man who could have become American International Groups president and chief executive officer, is taking a leadership role elsewhere.
Mergers and acquisitions activity should be robust over the next 12 months as a recent survey shows many property and casualty chief financial officers will be looking to acquire a company or block of business, but targets might be hard to come by.