Insurance Journal
The vast majority of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions since 2016 can be traced to a group of just 57 fossil fuels and cement producers, researchers said on Thursday. From 2016 to 2022, the 57 entities including nation-states, state-owned firms...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
Sanofi has reached an agreement in principle to settle 4,000 U.S. lawsuits linking the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, the company said on Wednesday. Sanofi did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. The agreement, which still ne...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
AMPA — A company hired to inspect utility poles in the Panhandle declined to testify before Texas lawmakers Wednesday, as part of the state’s inquiry into the Smokehouse Creek fire — the largest wildfire in state history that burned more …...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking publicly traded tech companies about their relationships with distributors and other business partners outside the US in a push to root out possible corruption, according to people familiar with the...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
A survey of passenger car and commercial drivers finds that distracted driving is still a significant safety issue, according to a recent survey by insurance carrier, Nationwide. The new latest driving behaviors survey revealed additional risky behav...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent group in the state, has taken the unprecedented step of investing in a startup insurance carrier, a move designed to help keep agents in the game and bring more capacity to …
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
When a 900-foot container ship struck the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, the span stood firm and no one died, either on the ship or the highway above. The bridge’s supports were protected by a fendering system of concrete …
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
Post Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior Vice President Alex Post has joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president, Alliant Specialty. Based in Seattle, Post has worked exclusively with global power, utility and renewable clients...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
ALKEME in California announced the creation off two regions called West – North region and the West – South/South Pacific region for its operations as part of actions the firm said will enhance operations, speed decision-making and improve efficienci...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
Roughly four-in-10 workers’ compensation claims come from workers with less than one year of tenure, a new report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows. The report shows 40% of workers’ comp clai...
Posted: Apr 04, 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home, accusing local officials of trying to silence the paper and causing &#...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
Sis-Bro, Inc., a hog farm in New Athens, Illinois, violated federal law when it allowed an employee to be harassed because of her sex and gender identity, forcing her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in …
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
Ardonagh Advisory, the London-based SME broking platform and part of Ardonagh Group, has completed its acquisition of Westfield Brokers Ltd. Financial details of the deal, which was first announced in December 2023, were not disclosed. Westfield Brok...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Multiple people were hurt Monday in a pileup involving as many as 30 vehicles at an intersection south of Midland, Texas, as high winds blew dust that made visibility difficult, the Texas Department of Public Safety …
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
Upland Capital Group, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, promoted Kate Walas to chief underwriting officer. Walas joined Upland as senior vice president for the professional liability errors and omissions product line. Before joining Upland, she served a...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurer MS Amlin and the broker Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. MS Amlin Promotes Geddes as Head of Reinsurance MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced th...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
AXA SA is planning a campaign to help prevent cyberattacks targeting France in the run-up to the Paris Olympics next summer. The insurer will share key measures with French corporate clients to improve the protection of their information systems, the...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire OFRACAR, an independent brokerage group headquartered in Rouen, thereby expanding its geographical footprint and capabilities to clients in n...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
Generali announced it has completed the acquisition of Conning Holdings Ltd. (CHL) and Conning affiliates from Cathay Life, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holdings. The deal, which was first announced on July 6, 2023, has been struct...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
Generali announced it has completed the acquisition of Conning Holdings Ltd. (CHL) and Conning affiliates from Cathay Life, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holdings. The deal, which was first announced on July 6, 2023, has been struct...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
Wealthy Florida residents and developers are looking to raise at least $300 million for Vanderbilt University to build a sprawling campus in West Palm Beach. Billionaire developer Steve Ross hosted a reception at his Palm Beach mansion on Monday for...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
PCF Insurance Services, a brokerage operating in 40 states, has acquired Hoover, Alabama-based MK Insurance Group, a family owned commercial and personal lines agency in business for six decades. MK Insurance has specialized in insurance coverage for...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
With millions of connected vehicles on U.S. roads, personal cars and trucks will likely be the next big target for hackers and cyber thieves, according to specialty insurer HSB, which has launched a new cyber insurance product to help consumers ̷...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard nearly two years ago by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue the charter flight company that transported them, according to a ruling Monday by a federal judge in Boston. The &#...
Posted: Apr 03, 2024
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. …
Posted: Apr 03, 2024