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Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Michelle Shaver as senior vice president, small business, commercial lines, and Carrie Lowe as vice president, package lines underwriting. Shaver most recently was a small business leader for C...

Posted: Jul 24, 2024

Rescheduling the drug would make it possible to add medical marijuana to workers’ compensation formularies, but the move would also introduce new employment liabilities. The post

Posted: Jul 21, 2024

Navigating the revised Hazard Communication Standard Adjustments can be difficult. They’re even tougher with a negative attitude. By Michael Wayne Twelve years ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a revision of its H...

Posted: Jul 22, 2024

Donegal Insurance Group, headquartered in Marietta, Pennsylvania, promoted Caleb Landis to assistant vice president of commercial lines systems development. Landis will be based out of Donegal’s home office in Marietta. Landis succeeds Barb Doy...

Posted: Jul 24, 2024

PropanePro will be available in over 35 states.

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Swiss Re Reinsurance Solutions has revealed that Fathom’s advanced Global, UK, and Japan flood maps are now available within the CatNet risk assessment platform. If you recall, the global reinsurance giant acquired Fathom, the Bristol, UK-ba...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Aon survey reveals business leaders struggle to keep pace with risks from trade, technology, weather, and workforce megatrends. The post

Posted: Jul 22, 2024

Applied Surety Underwriters (ASU), a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters’ United Risk Division, has completed its acquisition of the majority of Argo’s remaining surety business. If you recall, back in April of 2024, it was confirmed th...

Posted: Jul 22, 2024

The insurance sector has reportedly called on the EU to use the “golden opportunity” offered by the review of Solvency II to unlock additional capital. Insurance Europe, in a recent statement, said that by increasing insurers’ investme...

Posted: Jul 26, 2024

Survey Finds Nearly 75% of US Firms Developing DeepFake Respo...

Posted: Jul 24, 2024

The Vice Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange will join Acrisure as President effective Sept. 1, 2024.

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Analysts at ratings agency Fitch Ratings have said that last week’s mass global IT outage is not expected to have a material impact on the financial results of insurers and reinsurers, with preliminary market estimates of global insured loss...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024

Insurer Allianz SE expects to pay German winemakers tens of millions of euros in insurance claims this year after many vineyards lost their entire harvest to heavy frosts. While mild temperatures earlier in the year helped shoots to develop sooner, &...

Posted: Jul 22, 2024

DUAL Group announced the appointment of Marilena Rodriguez Forero as CEO for the newly established region, DUAL Latin America, effective Aug. 1, 2024. Rodriguez Forero will be a member of DUAL’s Group Executive Committee, reporting to Richard C...

Posted: Jul 23, 2024