All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 31 2011 // ISO has announced new general liability classifications for alternative energy sources and nanotechnology. ISO is introducing most of the new classifications with accompanying estimated loss potentials.“With...
May 25 2011 // China asked Foxconn Technology Group and other Taiwanese firms to pay more attention to safety, after a deadly blast at a Chinese factory making iPads for Apple.Production in parts of the plant in the southwestern Chinese...
May 24 2011 // The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that occurred in March 2011 served as a wake up call of sorts for businesses vulnerable to supply chain exposures. Subsequent intense weather events in the United States during April and...
Apr 22 2011 // World Trade Organization members face a somber Easter Sunday because of a fight over manufacturing trade between the United States and major emerging economies like China, India and Brazil that could finally kill...
Apr 18 2011 // Backed by government policy and growing public support, demand for technology that is both clean and sustainable has increased substantially in the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world over the last...
Apr 8 2011 // Munich Re announced that it has agreed to guarantee the performance of solar modules in France for the first time. The reinsurer will be working with industrial insurance broker Filhet-Allard and solar manufacturer...
Apr 4 2011 // Backed by government policy and growing public support, demand for technology that is both clean and sustainable has increased substantially in the United States, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world over the last...
Mar 28 2011 // Hundreds of people gathered Friday in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood to mark the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire that killed 146 people and helped galvanize the U.S. labor...
Mar 24 2011 // Worldwide Facilities, Inc. has introduced a new cover for life science innovators. The coverage provides protection for life sciences risks and can be tailored to protect companies ranging from those in the pre-clinical...
Mar 22 2011 // Just over a week after the massive earthquake hit the sprawling Texas Instruments chip plant here, a gardener is reworking the Japanese garden in an inner courtyard of the office tower attached to the plant.The garden is a...
Mar 21 2011 // Here’s what some insurers and brokers have been up to recently, inventing and tweaking key programs and coverages.Liability: Professional, E&O, D&O, EPLI CNA launched Epack Extra, an enhanced version of its...
Mar 17 2011 // The Florida Senate has approved a bill that would change the apportionment of damages in product liability cases so that a judge or jury must consider the fault of all parties. The bill is designed to shield or limit the...
Mar 15 2011 // Despite a last-minute attempt to derail it, the U.S. government launched a public database Friday that allows Americans to report and search safety complaints on thousands of products — from cribs and toys to power...
Mar 1 2011 // It’s something Nikki Johns wishes had been around before her infant son died in a drop-side crib: a centralized federal database of people’s safety complaints about thousands of products, from baby gear to...
Feb 21 2011 // I believe that one of the favorable trends impacting workers’ compensation in the decades ahead will be driven by our service based economy. There will be relatively fewer manufacturing and construction injuries for...
Feb 16 2011 // Sales by car manufacturers and dealers of additional services to car buyers may mean the difference between profit and loss. A new study from the financial market research group Finaccord concluded that sales of...
Feb 7 2011 // A Travis County (Texas) jury recently returned a record-setting verdict for damages against drug manufacturer Actavis Mid-Atlantic LLC, the Texas Attorney General’s office announced. The jury determined that Actavis...
Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....
Jan 27 2011 // The U.S. Chemical Safety Board believes either metal shavings or dust were the source of an explosion that killed three men in a West Virginia factory, but the investigator in charge said his team has yet to determine...
Jan 27 2011 // Oklahoma State Rep. Pat Ownbey and the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma Board of Directors’ are seeking to develop sample emergency plans for mobile home communities to prevent deaths in the event of a...