Insurance Journal
Activist investor 7Square is pushing German insurer Nuernberger Beteiligungs AG to consider rival takeover offers, saying a potential acquisition by Vienna Insurance Group wouldn’t reflect its full value. The life-insurance business and the pro...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Texas-based TWFG Insurance has expanded its national footprint with the acquisition of Angers & Litz Associates, Inc., a personal and commercial lines insurance agency based in Schenectady, New York. Angers & Litz has been family owned and op...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Greek coastguard vessels evacuated tourists and locals, while a volunteer firefighter died in Spain as authorities struggled to quell blazes across the Mediterranean. A wildfire in Volissos forced evacuations from two beaches on the island of Chios,...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Israeli software provider Sapiens International said on Wednesday that it will be acquired by Advent International for $2.5 billion in cash, as the U.S. private equity firm zeros in on the insurance industry amid an AI boom. The deal comes …
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Israeli software provider Sapiens International said on Wednesday that it will be acquired by Advent International for $2.5 billion in cash, as the U.S. private equity firm zeros in on the insurance industry amid an AI boom. The deal comes …
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Typhoon Podul hit Taiwan’s sparsely populated southeast coast on Wednesday packing winds of up to 191 kph (118 mph), as a large swathe of southern and eastern parts of the island shut down and hundreds of flights were canceled. Taiwan …
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Typhoon Podul blew through southern Taiwan on Wednesday packing winds of up to 191 kph (118 mph) and leaving one person missing, as a large swathe of the island shut down and hundreds of flights were canceled. Taiwan is regularly …
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration government downsizing team known as the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data on Americans. The Virginia-based 4th U.S....
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
New insights into workforce recruitment and retention challenges suggest employers who don’t allow a remote work option may be missing out on talent, according to global background screening services and workforce management solutions provider...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
The liability litigation environment in the U.S. continues to be challenging, driven by increases in nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts, rising attorney representation rates and evolving litigation strategies. Sedgwick’s new Liability Litigatio...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
A United States Steel Corp. plant in Pennsylvania that experienced an explosion that killed at least two people has a history of accidents and violations over the past 15 years. The Clairton Coke Works plant near Pittsburgh, the biggest facility R...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
The Sullivan Group named Thom Smith president and CEO. Smith will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, advancing strategic initiatives and driving long-term growth across the organization. His focus will include expanding treaty reins...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
New York state officials recently reported developments in two workers’ compensation fraud investigations involving Long Island residents who received thousands in benefits while engaging in off-the-books work — including one coaching high scho...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
A California healthcare company and a Washington healthcare company just pay $145 million in separate matters to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges over misleading consumers. Assurance IQ, LLC and MediaAlpha, Inc. will pay a total of $145 milli...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Pie Insurance announced it is now offering its “data-driven” workers’ compensation insurance in Connecticut, targeting the state’s more than 365,000 small businesses. “Connecticut’s economy depends on small busines...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
Two Chevrolets and a Hyundai topped the list of the most affordable new trucks and SUVs to insure for 2025, according to a new list compiled by California-based Mercury Insurance. Factors contributing to Mercury’s list included claims on simila...
Posted: Aug 13, 2025
The Austin Association of Insurance Professionals (AAIP) held their 2025 installation dinner on Wednesday, June 20th at The Oasis on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. The 2025/26 Officers & Directors for AAIP were installed. AAIP President, Meghan We...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) said today that it is investigating the fatal explosions and fires at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, that occurred on Monday. Two people were kille...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental impacts. Wayne County Judge Kevin Cox sa...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and closed busy roadways. Organize...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Brian Keeper doesn’t remember exactly when his family began spending holidays in Hunt, an unincorporated town on the banks of the Guadalupe River where they’d camp, swim, and fish. Sometimes they caught so many perch, bass, and catfish th...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and Hamilton Insurance Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Names QBE’s Masciovecchio as Country Manager, Switzer...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, is planning to plead guilty on Tuesday to two charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud, a judge said at …
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two U.S. charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud. Kwon, 33, who co-founded Singapore-...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based group of insurance intermediaries, has entered into an agreement to acquire City Quarter Brokers, subject to regulatory approval. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. City Quarter Brokers is...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025