Insurance Journal

People Moves: Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder Advanced Risk Analytics Product Leaders; Tokio Mari...

Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder as Advanced Risk Analytics Product Leaders Aon plc, headquartered in London, named to new leaders in global and U.S. commercial risk. Aon named Arshi Ahmed global head of analytics for financial, professional and cy...

Posted: Mar 08, 2024

People Moves: Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder Risk Analytics Product Leaders; Tokio Marine N. Ame...

Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder as Advanced Risk Analytics Product Leaders Aon plc, headquartered in London, named to new leaders in global and U.S. commercial risk. Aon named Arshi Ahmed global head of analytics for financial, professional and cy...

Posted: Mar 08, 2024

Ball Is in Labor Board’s Court After Dartmouth Basketball Team Votes to Unionize

The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model. In an election supervise...

Posted: Mar 08, 2024

Washington Commissioner Fined Insurers and Producers $66K

Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined insurers and producers $66,328 in January and February. Kreidler’s fines in January included New York Life Insurance Co. to the tune of $46,328 for failing to ensure its producers were...

Posted: Mar 08, 2024

Cannabis Sales Outlook Promising for Insuring Cannabis Specialists

A new report shows global legal cannabis spending grew to $36 billion in 2023, and more importantly, that languishing sales in longer-legal states may soon start to swing back up – two big, encouraging signs for insuring cannabis specialists. BDSA, &...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Xcel Energy Acknowledges Role in Texas Panhandle Wildfire

Xcel Energy on Thursday acknowledged its involvement in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, which started last week and quickly became the largest wildfire in state history, burning more than 1 million acres. “Based on currently available information, X...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Explosion at Michigan Vaping Supply Distributor Kills One

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A large fire followed by multiple explosions at a building in suburban Detroit killed one person and injured a firefighter. A look at what we know about the site, including investigators’ questions surrounding the...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Brown & Brown’s Lonmar Acquires Renewal Rights for Bloodstock Portfolio

Lonmar Global Risks, part of Bridge Specialty International, Brown & Brown Inc.’s International Wholesale and Specialty division, has acquired the renewal rights for a bloodstock portfolio from Norwich, England-based St. Benedicts Ltd. Fina...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

North Risk Partners Acquires South Dakota’s McKinneyOlson

North Risk Partners, one of the largest independent insurance brokers and risk advisory firms in the Midwest, has acquired McKinneyOlson Insurance in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, effective February 1. With this new partnership, 26 McKinneyOlson team me...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Wisconsin Flooring Manufacturer Faces $269K Fine for Repeat Violations

A Wisconsin hardwood flooring manufacturer continues to ignore federal safety and health regulations and expose workers to multiple hazards at its Laona mill, federal inspectors found. Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Texas Fire Chief Dies While Fighting House Fire in City Hit Hard by Wildfires

A Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died Tuesday while fighting a house fire, authorities said. The house fire that Fritch Fire Chief Zeb Smith, 40, …

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Three More Women Join Crispen Odey Sexual Misconduct Suit

Three more women have asked to join a sexual misconduct lawsuit against hedge fund manager Crispin Odey and his eponymous former firm. The alleged victims of sexual harassment by Odey applied at a London court to join two others who …

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Launches Primary Tech E&O Cover With Capacity of $15M

Mosaic Insurance’s cyber division has launched primary technology errors and omissions (E&O) coverage to protect tech companies from increasing liability risks. The launch builds on Mosaic’s primary cyber offering initiated last sprin...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

US Commercial Lines Survey Shows Aggregate Increase of 6.6% in Q4: WTW

U.S. commercial insurance prices increased 6.6% in the fourth quarter 2023, with “intriguing shifts” in some coverage areas, according to a survey from broker WTW. According to the latest results from WTW’s Commercial Lines Insuranc...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

US Commercial Lines Survey Shows Aggregate Increase of 6.7% in Q4: WTW

U.S. commercial insurance prices increased 6.7% in the fourth quarter 2023, with “intriguing shifts” in some coverage areas, according to a survey from broker WTW. According to the latest results from WTW’s Commercial Lines Insuranc...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Houthi Red Sea Attack Kills 3 Seafarers in 1st Civilian Fatalities

India’s navy evacuated all 20 crew from a stricken vessel in the Red Sea on Thursday, after a Houthi attack killed three seafarers in the first civilian fatalities from the Yemeni group’s campaign against the key shipping route. The Iran-...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Florida Condo Mitigation Bill Passes but Other Insurance Bills Uncertain After Changes

A Florida pilot program to fortify coastal-area condominiums is on its way to the governor but other property insurance bills may have hit a snag after last-minute changes – with just two days left in the legislative session. The state …

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Handcuffed Colorado Man Stunned by Taser Settles Lawsuit for $1.5M

A man who was stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including on his lip, has settled a federal lawsuit with a Colorado sheriff’s department for $1.5 million, his lawyers said. Kenneth Espinoza was arrested after he stopped to wait for …

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Republican-Led States Sue SEC Over Climate Risk Disclosure Rules

Ten Republican-led states have sued to challenge new federal rules that require U.S.-listed companies to report climate-related risks, a spokesperson for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office said on Wednesday, hours after the U.S. Securi...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Controllers Cleared Runway But Pilot Couldn’t Make it in Fatal Tennessee Crash

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed near downtown Nashville told air traffic controllers he could see the runway they were clearing for an emergency landing. But he said he couldn’t reach it. “I’m...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Group That Sued Pfizer Over Diversity Program Loses Appeal

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship program designed to boost the pipeline of Black, Latino and Native American p...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

US P/C Industry Underwriting Loss Reaches 10-Year High: AM Best

Industry rating agency AM Best said the U.S. property/casualty industry’s underwriting loss for 2023 reached a 10-year high of $38 billion, attributable to severe weather-related losses, stubborn inflation, and upward reinsurance pricing. Analy...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

National Alliance Reintroduces Daniela Finch Memorial Scholarship for High-Net-Worth Insurance Profe...

Austin, TX., March 4, 2024 — The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, a leading provider in insurance and risk management education, has collaborated with CIPC and MarketScout, a division of Novatae, to launch the Daniela Finch C...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Hub Int’l Acquires Canada Employee Benefits Specialist Zavitz Insurance and Wealth

Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired Zavitz Insurance and Wealth Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in London, Ontario, Canada, Zavitz Insurance an...

Posted: Mar 07, 2024

Houthi-Sunk Ship Seen as Likely Cause of Severed Red Sea Cables

The anchor of a cargo ship that was attacked by Houthi militants was the most likely cause of damage to three telecommunications cables in the Red Sea in late February, according to a subsea cable trade group that includes companies …

Posted: Mar 07, 2024