WTO approves Russia’s Membership after Marathon Meeting

Russia was admitted into the World Trade Organization on Friday after 18 years of negotiation, finally binding it into the global economy two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed.

U.S. Healthcare Law Keeps More Young Adults Insured

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Four New Hampshire Agencies Form Regional Alliance

Four insurance agencies in New Hampshire announced the formation of a new partnership called Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA). The agencies said the move will help combine their resources to meet the needs of a changing marketplace. The four participating New Hampshire agencies are: Clark-Mortenson Agency in Keene; Davis & Towle Insurance Group in Concord; Eaton & Berube Insurance Agency in Nashua; and The Melcher & Prescott Insurance Agency in Laconia

U.S. Court Affirms $50M Verdict for Rice Farmers

The Arkansas Supreme Court has affirmed a nearly $50 million verdict for farmers who say they lost money because Bayer’s genetically altered rice seeds contaminated the food supply and drove down global crop prices.

Supreme Court Schedules Healthcare Law Briefs

The Supreme Court last week set the schedule for briefs to be filed ahead of hearing arguments in late March over President Barack Obama’s sweeping healthcare overhaul law.

Willis Names Maurette as Regional CEO for Latin America

Willis Group Holdings plc announced that Luis Maurette has been appointed Regional CEO of its Latin American operations. He is based in São Paulo, Brazil, and reports to Tim Wright, who this week was named CEO of Willis International. “Latin America is a key region in Willis International’s extensive network,” said the bulletin.

Entire East Coast Placed on Hurricane Alert

The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene Monday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend. Even as the hurricane, the first of the already busy 2011 Atlantic season, pounded the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous storm surge, coastal residents in Florida and the Carolinas were preparing for Irene’s approach

Study: No Long-Term Health Effects of Michigan Spill

There are no long-term health effects of submerged oil from last year’s spill in southern Michigan’s Kalamazoo River, a new study from the state says. Results of the Michigan Department of Community Health toxicology study were released Aug. 17 at a community meeting in Marshall to discuss the progress of a cleanup related to the spill, Battle Creek Enquirer and the Kalamazoo Gazette reported

Oregon Insurance Company Aids Disabled Veterans

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Wafer to Replace Berger as Alterra’s Reinsurance CEO

Bermuda-based Alterra Capital Holdings Limited announced that John Berger, CEO of Reinsurance and a member of Alterra’s Board of Directors, is leaving in order to pursue a new opportunity. The company said Thomas C. (Tom) Wafer, formerly the President of Alterra Reinsurance USA, has been appointed to take over from Berger

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