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Zurich is now offering accident benefits to U.S. government contract workers who are employed overseas. Zurich’s new Defense Base Act (DBA) Accident Wraparound policy provides benefits for employees who are involved in accidents while off the job. Zurich also offers … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Accident Fund Holdings Inc. has appointed Sue Jenkins, of Williamston, Mich., as general counsel. Jenkins is replacing Steven Hess, current general counsel, who is retiring on September 1, 2011. In this role, Jenkins will be responsible for representing the enterprise … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

A judge has set aside $2,000 in public money for a Jackson woman to hire an expert in her fight against a drunken driving charge. The Clarion-Ledger reported that 46-year-old Jeanette Sterling is charged with aggravated DUI from a 2009 … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

Golf-cart accidents rarely cause serious injury or death in Beaufort County — only about a half-dozen have been documented in the past decade. Yet a recent accident that killed a woman in Sun City Hilton Head has law enforcement officials, … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that the ratings on the U.K.-based Aviva Group (core operating entities rated AA-/Stable) are unchanged by its agreed sale of breakdown recovery firm RAC to The Carlyle Group for £1 billion [$1.597 billion] S&P … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

[PR Newswire] – Lincoln Financial Group announced the launch of its Rollover to Lincoln Program for Lincoln Accident Insurance, a voluntary group protection benefit that provides employees with cash benefits in the event of an accidental injury. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

[Business Wire] – Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company , a leading group insurance carrier specializing in flexible employee benefits, today announced the launch of two new lines of group coverage to help employees safeguard their financial security in the face of unplanned illness and accident. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

The widow of Thomas L. Moore, who drowned when a fishing boat and ship collided in the Mississippi Sound, has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of both vessels. Beverly Ann Moore is suing Omega Protein Inc., owner of … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill to stop local governments from charging accident response fees. House Bill 2003, sponsored by Rep. John Kavanaugh, R-Fountain Hills, prohibits local governments from levying a a fee for emergency response services at … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

The risk to public health from Japan's nuclear accident is no worse after a change in the disaster's status on Tuesday, the World Health Organization said. View full post on Yahoo! Health News