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To fund the acquisition, FIS will sell its remaining 45% stake in Worldpay to Global Payments for $6.6 billion.
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Explore the strategies MGAs use to drive optimal market penetration and growth.
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Ando will upgrade to the latest version of SSP’s PURE Insurance System.
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Fadous will report to incoming President and CEO Phil Witherington and join the insurer’s Executive Leadership Team.
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
The addition of the BOP further strengthens Distinguished’s comprehensive suite of restaurant-focused insurance products.
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
The newly formed P&C Business Performance Office will collaborate with Nationwide’s P&C businesses.
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Nearly half of U.S. states are developing AI governance laws, with compliance and risk management implications, according to Gallagher. The post AI...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Microsoft reported a record-breaking 1,360 vulnerabilities in its products last year, an all-time high and an 11% increase over the previous record of 1,292 in 2022, according to new report from cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust. Microsoft Office vulner...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Cyber crime syndicates that run multi-billion-dollar scam operations across Southeast Asia are still expanding despite recent law enforcement crackdowns, building links from Ireland to Mexico and reaching a potentially irreversible global spillover,...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
RISKWORLD attendees will learn how cyber risk and data privacy protection laws are evolving alongside these risks. The post 2025 RIMS Previe...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s auditor said Thursday that her office will investigate the state’s medical cannabis program after receiving complaints about the lottery system used to award highly sought-after licenses to grow, process a...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Amid the abandoned chemistry notes and other debris left behind after a deadly shooting at Florida State University are lingering questions about how the stepson of a beloved sheriff’s deputy tasked with school safety a...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Applied Underwriters has spun-off United Risk as an independent, stand-alone operating company. United Risk, which was announced in November 2023, is a global property/casualty underwriting platform comprised of 28 different managing general agent (M...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Applied Underwriters has spun-off United Risk as an independent, stand-alone operating company. United Risk, which was announced in November 2023, is a global property/casualty underwriting platform comprised of 28 different managing general agent (M...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
The White House is stepping up its efforts to bring independent agencies — including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — under its control, requiring allies of President Donald Trump to approve all ne...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
The longest-dated Japanese government bonds attracted record foreign demand last month as money shifted out of U.S. debt in search of other safe havens as President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs sparked concerns of a U.S. recession. Oversea...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
India is planning to ease its nuclear liability laws to cap accident-related penalties on equipment suppliers, three government sources said, in a move mainly to attract U.S. firms that have been holding back due to the risk of unlimited exposure. &#...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of two companies about how much each side will help pay for a $600 million class-action settlement, which the railroad agreed to after the disastrous 2023 Ohio train derailment and toxic chemicals that &...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Elon Musk’s age of government efficiency has spread to Florida, with legislation advanced last week that would abolish at least 22 state boards that oversee licensing and disciplinary reviews for engineers, contractors, building inspectors, acc...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Elon Musk’s age of government efficiency has spread to Florida, with legislation advanced last week that would abolish at least 22 state boards that oversee licensing and disciplinary reviews for engineers, contractors, building inspectors, acc...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Bayer is lobbying U.S. states to adjust their regulations in the battle to control costly litigation targeting its herbicide glyphosate but is also prepared for a possible exit from the market, the group’s CEO said on Thursday. Facing weak earn...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
In her 2025 State of the State, Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined several proposals aimed at improving access to medical care within the New York State Workers’ Compensation system. These initiatives, detailed in her “Fighting for Your Family...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
The high cost of living remains a main concern in America’s largest exacerbated by the January 2025 wildfires is one of the biggest worries bothering residents of Los Angeles County. A survey focused on the county, the nation’s largest wi...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Tesla settled a racial discrimination lawsuit by a Black female employee who claimed a manager at its Fremont, California, plant sometimes greeted workers by saying “welcome to the plantation” or “welcome to the slave house.”...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Navion insurance Associates Inc. acquired the property/casualty book of business from Instasure in California. Instasure is an insurance agency that specializes in serving the commercial insurance needs of clients. Navion Insurance Associates is base...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Originally set to go into effect Jan. 31, New York’s new law offers workers more protections against workplace violence and harassment. The Retail Worker Safety Act (S. 8358B/A. 8947C), signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Sept. 4, 2024, requires...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an internal email seen by Reuters. The proficiency ̷...
Posted: Apr 21, 2025
Learn strategies on how businesses can lead the shift to focused driving by eliminating distractions and enhance driver focus. The post
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
A Los Angeles, California, couple was sentenced after an investigation reportedly found they underreported more than $21 million in employee payroll for their delivery companies. John Nemandoust, 70, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail, and Annet...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
In a March memo to lawmakers, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation sharply criticized the state’s rather unique two-agency insurance regulatory structure, arguing that the Department of Financial Services has dropped the ball on consu...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
1. Having a leadership team that believes in you and wants to see you succeed, along with fair compensation. 2. Flexibility, compensation, leadership. 3. Culture. We want a culture of people who want to win but also enjoy having fun …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
Perpetuation planning should begin long before owners want to retire. The four major techniques to transfer ownership of a business are: • Internal sale to key employees, includ- ing family members. • Sale of the business to an outside firm. …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
1. Being my own boss, working as much as I want. When you are commission based you make your money, so you hustle. I worked 24/7. And loved it. I am career focused. 2. I thoroughly enjoy the relationships that …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
It seemed not so long ago that many wireless carriers were in a race to 5G, touting the speed of their networks to consumers. Now, the successor to that network is in development and could bring a bounty of potential …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
By L.S. Howard Lloyd’s executives said the market has continued to demonstrate its value to stakeholders by delivering 6.5% premium growth while maintaining underwriting discipline. Lloyd’s saw a continuation of positive returns with prof...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
Older Side of Young 62.6% are 31 to 40 years old 37.4% are 30 and under Career Choice 78.5% consider insurance to be a permanent career choice 15.1% are unsure 79.8% would recommend career choice to another young person 9.6% …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
Excellent Good Fair Poor Customer service 19.3% 59.6% 19.7% 1.4% Public image 17.8% 29.6% 33.3% 19.3% Treatment of employees 20.6% 50.9% 27.1% 1.4% Professionalism 24.9% 62.4% 10.3% 2.4% Ethics 26.4% 43.4% 25.9% 4.3% Career attractiveness to young pr...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
Fraud has long plagued the insurance industry, particularly in sectors like New York construction and habitational real estate. From staged trips and falls to fraudulent claims orchestrated by networks of bad actors–including lawyers, doctors,...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
By Andrea Wells What’s so great about being a young independent agent today? Freedom, quality of life, opportunities to grow, challenges and the ability to solve them, the people and relationships built, the compensation, and, of course, the sa...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
PART TWO OF A TWO-PART SERIES In this second article in a two-part series, Journalist Russ Banham endeavors to better understand the factors behind the devastating fires in Los Angeles County and the roles that public officials, fire suppression pers...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
By Elizabeth Blosfield Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it’s affecting many areas of insurance from claims to underwriting to customer service, according to panelists at the 2025 PLUS D&O Symposium in New York...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
There’s no better time to excel and grow in the insurance world, some say. The talent gap has opened new doors for accelerated advancement for the driven and focused young professional. This issue of Insurance Journal features exclusive results...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
1. Rollercoaster of emotions related to sales. 2. I am always on call, which makes it difficult to fully detach from work. 3. The perception of being an “insurance agent” can be a negative one, even for a great agent. …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
Cyber risk analytics firm CyberCube in a report said the cyber insurance market continues to underserve small businesses although these businesses represent a significant share of the global economic output. “This protection gap presents both a...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
Excellent Good Fair Poor Outlook for the future of my agency 34.8% 53.3% 10.9% 1.1% Access to quality markets 38.5% 47.3% 13.2% 1.1% Relationships with carriers 35.9% 51.1% 12.0% 1.1% Agency’s culture 32.6% 51.1% 13.0% 3.3% Use of technology 20...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
A multiday severe weather outbreak in the central U.S. caused an estimated $80 billion to $90 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather. From April 2 to April 6, a rare weather system …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
By Kalea Hall and Nora Eckert U.S. and Canada auto sales could decline by 1.8 million vehicles this year and be stagnant over the next decade if the global trade war escalates, a Detroit-area automotive advisory firm forecasts. If the …
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council, auto insurance is more affordable now than at the start of the 21st century. The IRC, an affiliate of The Institutes, concluded that the average expenditure for auto insurance–as a...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
By Chad Hemenway Buyers of directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance have benefited from strong capacity and healthy competition among insurers to see consistent rate decreases at renewal over the last several years. Those days may be comi...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025
Wouldn’t it be nice to know what the future holds? The insurance market, the economy, and consumer expectations are all shifting, making it hard to know where to focus. The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) reports that fourth-qu...
Posted: Apr 20, 2025