American International Group (AIG) has introduced its new risk financing solution, Collateral Flex Option (CFO), for firms with large deductible casualty insurance programs in the US. The new technology offers a flexible option for firms ...
Tags: risk financing solution, liability insurance, insurance
When Cree and Philips recently introduced LEDs at Home Depot that cost $13 to $15, half the price of earlier light emitting diode bulbs, one of Consumer Reports' secret shoppers raced to buy them so our lighting experts could begin to test ...
The bedding industry took a dismal turn in February, with units declining 7.4% and the dollar value of wholesale shipments dropping 6.7%. For the first two months of the year, units are down 3.9% while dollars are down 3.2%, according to ...
Tags: Bedding Sales, bed, furniture
The steel giant ArcelorMittal predicted that the CIS's steel demand would remain strong till 2018. Besides, it's expected that the CIS's steel consumption would reach 72 million tons, calculating according to the annual growth rate of 4.2%. ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
Open GI has appointed Nick Yost as the new head of Insurer Relations team, and will be responsible for driving strategy and growth opportunities from both existing and new Open GI insurer partners. Prior to joining Open GI, Yost served ...
Tags: insurer relations, insurer, GI insurer
Esri, a US-based location analytics and GIS software provider, has signed a teaming agreement with Motion Computing to help insurance agencies enhance their claims workflow. The companies will provide access to Esri's ArcGIS platform on ...
Insurance Technologies’ FireLight has been selected by national insurance and financial services company Ameritas Life Insurance, as its electronic application and business fulfillment solution for its life and disability income ...
Florida’s residential property business writer American Integrity Insurance has teamed up with Wright Flood, to offer flood insurance coverage to its new and existing customers. As per terms of the alliance, which is applicable from ...
XL Group has introduced a new pollution insurance policy to help the North American food and beverage industry address their environmental liability, clean up and disaster response concerns. The new Environmental Food and Beverage policy ...
Tags: pollution insurance, insurance, pollution insurance policy
Compact refrigerators are designed to use space efficiently—they fit in a home office, master bedroom, bar or dorm room. But they aren't as efficient at using energy. In our latest refrigerator tests, some mini refrigerators used as ...
Some common Chinese herbal remedies contain aristolochic acid, which has been linked to kidney disease and cancer. And despite efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to keep the ingredient out of herbal products sold in this country, ...
Every year $80 million in property damage is caused by clothes dryer fires, many of which are ignited by lint build-up in or around the machine. It's a problem that manufacturers have been trying to solve for decades. One of the most recent ...
Tags: Dryer, Consumer Electronics
Even the best backpack leaf blowers have one crucial flaw. As powerful as they are for clearing leaves or, in early spring, wintertime debris, their very design typically requires a 90-degree bend in the blower tube somewhere between the ...
Tags: Tools, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Leaf Blower
Dan Wingold has joined Standard Linens here in the newly created position of vice president of sales and marketing. He reports to Oliver Altiparmakyan, CEO and president. Before joining Standard Linens, Wingold was national sales and ...
The Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) has revised its estimations for Australian nickel production in 2012-13. According to the latest estimates, world refined nickel production increased to around 1.7 million mt in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, nickel