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Lung Experts Urge Ban on E-Cigarettes Citing Unknown Health Impacts
Experts from the world's leading lung organizations have released a position statement on electronic cigarettes, focusing on their potential adverse effects on human health and calling on governments ...
USGS: 16 States At Particular Risk For Damaging Earthquakes
As many as 16 states are at high risk of damaging earthquakes, but 42 in all are vulnerable to some degree, the U.S. Geological Survey has concluded in an update of its seismic hazard maps. Alaska, ...
Forms are the foundation of every insurance product. So why does managing them still feel like the slowest part of...
M&A Adviser MarshBerry Nabs Re Broker, Investment Banker Gill & Roeser
MarshBerry has acquired the assets of Gill & Roeser, Inc., a New York City based boutique investment banking and reinsurance intermediary firm. Gill & Roeser is an independently-owned capital ...
Brains of High Stock Market Earners Have Built-In Crash Detectors
If you're not getting rich in the stock market, it may be because you're brain just isn't wired like Warren Buffett's—or that of any other successful investor who has a built-in detector for ...
BRICS to Form $50B Bank in Challenge to World Bank, IMF
Leaders of the five BRICS nations agreed on the structure of a $50 billion development bank by granting China its headquarters and India its first rotating presidency. Brazil, Russia and South Africa ...
EEOC Toughens Protections for Pregnant Workers
For the first time in 30 years, the federal government is issuing new guidelines designed to protect pregnant workers from on-the-job discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...
Munich Re America Backs Public-Private Effort on Extreme Weather Mitigation
The number of loss-relevant weather catastrophes worldwide has almost tripled since 1980, according to Munich Re's NatCatSERVICE database. The company said that finding ways to create broader ...
Eight New Companies Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking
Eight new nominees join Ward Group's 2014 roundup of the 50 top performing property/casualty insurers. The recently released analysis crowns the best performers out of more than 3,000 companies in ...