All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 21 2016 // Product recalls are on the rise. Last quarter alone, there were dozens of recalls, including peanut butter, cars and bicycles. As consumer safety concerns come under greater regulation and scrutiny, recall risks are not...
Mar 21 2016 // While oil and gas industry job losses had an impact in the South Central states over the last year, Arkansas, Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas still saw decreases in unemployment rates in 2015.Year-over-year from 2014 to 2015,...
Mar 18 2016 // General Star Management Co. has launched a trio of specialized product liability coverages called “Encore!” designed to protect manufacturers, importers and distributors from product liability exposures arising...
Mar 17 2016 // It’s not just computers and mobile phones that are vulnerable to cyber attack, according to software firm Trend Micro. As more devices are hooked up to the internet, it could be anything from medical equipment to...
Mar 16 2016 // Chicago-based CNA has appointed Dieter Korte as vice president, Underwriting for the company’s Manufacturing Segment. He will report to John Tatum, senior vice president, Commercial Segments. Dieter joins CNA from...
Mar 7 2016 // Current and former employees are suing Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary Pierce Manufacturing and calling for a jury trial in the case related to compensation.Oshkosh Northwestern Media reports that the class-action lawsuit accuses...
Mar 3 2016 // Virginia-based independent insurance brokerage, AHT Insurance, has expanded its Chicago operations with the addition of Adam Billmeyer as a risk consultant in the manufacturing practice. Opened in 2014, AHT’s Chicago...
Feb 24 2016 // Mars Inc. has recalled chocolate bars and other products in 55 countries, mainly in Europe, due to choking risk after a piece of plastic was found in a Snickers bar in Germany.All of the recalled products, which include...
Feb 22 2016 // British corporate leaders will likely vote for the U.K. to remain a part of the European Union, according to lobby groups for business, manufacturing and financial services.The Institute of Directors said the deal reached...
Feb 5 2016 // New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company’s stellar financial strength rating has been downgraded a notch by A.M. Best, based on concerns about its underwriting and operating performance.The workers’...
Jan 29 2016 // Repeatedly, we have described 2015 as the “year the future arrived for insurance.” Across the board, we saw significant changes in how carriers thought about the impact of new technology and innovation.It was...
Jan 25 2016 // With food recalls on the rise and the threat to food security growing, food manufacturers are going to want to know more details about farmers’ and ranchers’ food safety and security practices, an agribusiness...
Jan 25 2016 // Hilary Rowen, a partner in the law firm of Sedgwick LLP in Sacramento, Calif., for the last three years has been analyzing and following the insurance issues relating to the emergence of autonomous vehicles, particularly...
Jan 18 2016 // America’s system for ensuring that medical devices are safe failed at every turn when dirty endoscopes began spreading deadly superbugs, according to a Senate investigation released today.The report, from Senator...
Jan 15 2016 // U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigations of cyber attacks on the nation’s critical manufacturing sector nearly doubled in the year ended Sept. 30, according to the agency.The Department of Homeland...
Jan 13 2016 // Building on its expertise in technology, Israel is emerging as a leader in the race to keep cars secure and prevent the nightmare scenario of a hacker commandeering your vehicle.Most cars today are equipped with some level...
Jan 12 2016 // Editor’s note: To hear the full interview click on the podcast above or visit www.insuarncejournal.tv.Hilary Rowen, a partner in the law firm of Sedgwick LLP in Sacramento, Calif., for the last three years, has been...
Jan 11 2016 // With food recalls on the rise and the threat to food security growing, food manufacturers are going to want to know more details about farmers’ and ranchers’ food safety and security practices, an agribusiness...
Dec 27 2015 // From 2010 to 2012, Honda Motor Co. said it made multiple attempts to notify the owner of a 2001 Accord that the car’s air bag was faulty and needed replacing.Last July, with the car sold to another person and repairs...
Dec 22 2015 // The answer: No one knows. But plaintiff’s lawyers are salivating at the prospects for big paydays from such accidents. If computers routinely crash, they say, then so will cars operated by them. And with no one...