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Coastal residents are still largely uninformed, unworried and unprepared for a major hurricane, a survey has found.

Not only did Eric Dinallo do an excellent job as New York's insurance superintendent in the most difficult of times, but he's destined for far bigger positions down the road, says Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

The Fairfax, Va.-based Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) announced recipients yesterday of its 2009 PERISHIP Dissertation Fellowships in hazards, risks and disasters, awarded to five doctoral program students.

William Corrigan has been named chief financial officer of Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, which targets the insurance needs of small to middle market businesses and personal lines clients, it was announced.

Insured losses are expected to be minimal after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras early yesterday morning, according to AIR Worldwide.

The June 15 deadline is looming for risk managers to submit an entry for the third annual National Underwriter "Award For Excellence In Workers' Compensation Risk Management," sponsored by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.