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• China and India Endorse Copenhagen Climate Change Agreement
  China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United ...
• Swiss Re Estimates Chile Quake Loss at $500 Million; Xynthia $100 Million
  Swiss Re released its preliminary estimates for losses from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile on February 27 - $500 million - and from European windstorm Xynthia - $100 million. Both ...
• U.S. Trade Rep Describes Doha WTO Deal as Doubtful in 2010
  The top U.S. trade official expressed doubt Tuesday that negotiators could reach a deal this year in long-running world trade talks despite a goal set by President Barack Obama and other ...
• EPIC Names Two Principals in California
  EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has added Beth Ward as a senior principal in its San Francisco office, and Bruce ...
• Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. Names McCable VP in Employee Benefits Practice
  San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.named Jim McCabe a vice president, producer in the Employee Benefits practice. He will focus on supporting clients with an emphasis on strategic ...
• Oregon Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses Decrease
  Oregon's private sector workers suffered work-related injuries and illnesses at a rate of 4.6 percent for every 100 full0time employees in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. ...
• Ironshore Releases Site Pollution Liability Program for Medical Facilities
  Ironshore Inc. has introduced an environmental insurance program to help healthcare facilities manage environmental liability exposures and curtail restitution expenses. Ironshore's Environmental ...
• Zurich, Sonoma Risk Insurance Design Plaintiff Litigation Insurance
  Zurich and Sonoma Risk Insurance Agency are now offering an attorneys' fees insurance program in the U.S. called Plaintiff Contract Litigation Insurance (PCLI). This new PCLI program is designed ...
• North Carolina Insurance Department Helps Consumers Recover $9 Million
  Consumers in North Carolina were able to recover more than $9 million from insurance companies in 2009 with the assistance of the state insurance department. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin ...
• Utah Considers Changes to Motor Vehicle Insurance Coverage, Liability
  Utah state Sen. Stephen Urquhart is hoping to change the law on motor vehicle coverage by proposing three bills that would affect uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, liability and ...
• Toyota to Investigate Prius California Police Say Accelerated
  The driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius said his car uncontrollably accelerated to over 90 miles per hour on a San Diego County freeway before a California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the ...
• Two Lawyers Named to Minnesota Auto Insurance Plan Governing Committee
  Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson has appointed two public members to the governing committee of the Minnesota Automobile Insurance Plan (MAIP). Thomas J. Evenson is an associate with ...
• Bermuda Insurers, Reinsurers Oppose State Cat Fund Bill - HR 2555
  The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has filed an opposition to HR 2555 which, the Association warns would "replace private sector risk bearing capital with government ...
• Navigators Expands Professional Liability Team
  Navigators Management Co. Inc., has expanded its professional liability division by hiring several industry experts in the Architects & Engineers Professional Liability arena. Bill Farran has ...
• North Carolina Insurance Regulator Launches Mobile Web Site
  Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has launched a mobile version of the North Carolina Department of Insurance's Web site, www.ncdoi.com, to provide a mobile-friendly way for consumers to link ...