Insurance Journal
FTP of California LLC has rebranded to Hinterland Insurance and moved its headquarters to the Denver Tech Center in Colorado. The rebrand is part of a larger strategy to reflect the firm’s growing business in the U.S. The company continues R...
Posted: Feb 29, 2024
Eleven tornadoes were reported across the Midwest, with five coming in Illinois, four in Ohio and two in Michigan, the US Storm Prediction Center said as of 7 a.m. New York time. In addition, there were 36 instances of high …
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
DT Pizza, a restaurant in Zanesville, Ohio doing business as Pizza Hut, will pay $13,083 in damages and $1,916 in back pay to resolve disability discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), t...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Top oil industry lobbying groups set the stage for a potential lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s pause in approving new liquefied natural gas exports. In a petition filed Monday with the Energy Department, the American Petroleum In...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Texas firefighters are facing “another tricky day” battling flames fanned by dry winds across the Great Plains, although threats to towns and ranches may ease overnight amid forecasts for rain and snow. Shifting winds may push the flames...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Voyant Beauty, LLC will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged in its suit that Voyant termin...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Condominium sales and prices in Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa and other parts of Florida have dropped over the past year, largely due to the soaring cost of property insurance and association fees, according to Redfin, a U.S. real estate and …
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
There were about 44,450 motor vehicle fatalities in the United States in 2023—down from 2022 but still very high—according to a preliminary analysis released by the National Safety Council (NSC). Fatalities were down 4% from 2022 but still up 13.6% &...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
There were about 44,450 motor vehicle fatalities in the United States in 2023—down from 2022 but still very high—according to a preliminary analysis released by the National Safety Council (NSC). Fatalities were down 4% from 2022 but still up 13.6% &...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
The United States and the Philippines are the countries hit hardest by climate-driven extreme weather, measured as a percentage of their economies, according to a report released Wednesday by global reinsurance giant Swiss Re. The US currently experi...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
A coal company owned by West Virginia’s governor has been found in contempt of court and must face fines of $2,500 a day until it pays its contractual obligations to its workers’ compensation insurance carrier, a federal judge decided. Br...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
The U.S. environment regulator said on Tuesday it is launching new cleanup projects at 25 hazardous waste sites from New Jersey to Oregon with $1 billion in funds. The sites are in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program, origin...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Boeing it must develop a comprehensive action plan to address “systemic quality-control issues” within 90 days, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday, following an all-day meeting with the planemaker’s CEO Dave Cal...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXIS Capital Holdings and Xenia Broking Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Names Lord as Global CIO, Barriero as Head of Strategic Sourcing, Corporate Real Estate...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice said a record 543 settlements and judgements under the False Claims Act resulted in about $2.7 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2023. The amount of settlements and judgements was a 54% increase …
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
A Virginia deputy sheriff must face a jury over whether his shooting to death of a dog was justified or if it was unconstitutional before it can be determined if he is entitled to qualified immunity, a federal appeals court …
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Ageas said it is considering a possible offer for Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, outlining a bid for the UK insurer that would be at a premium of 42.8% to the Tuesday closing price. The Belgian insurer said in a …
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Belgian insurer Ageas made an approach to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc in recent weeks that was rejected, according to people familiar with the matter. Ageas has been working with advisers on the potential acquisition, they said, asking not &#...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Direct Line Insurance Group Plc said its board unanimously rejected a bid from Ageas, describing the offer as “uncertain” and “unattractive.” The Belgian insurer said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that “it is in the p...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Company headquarters moved to Denver, CO Denver, CO, February 28, 2024 – FTP of California, LLC, announced today it has rebranded to Hinterland Insurance (‘Hinterland’), and moved company headquarters to Denver, Colorado’s Tech Cent...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis said on Tuesday they could only reconsider their missile and drone attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea once Israel ends its “aggression” in the Gaza Strip. Asked if they would halt the attacks if a cease...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Climate activists are putting pressure on the European Union to reconsider its decision to exclude banks from a landmark deforestation rule, in a move designed to preempt an official review of the regulation next year. UK-based nonprofit Global Canop...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Southern Water was fined £330,000 on Tuesday after admitting a raw sewage spill that killed thousands of fish on the edge of England’s South Downs National Park. Southern, which supplies more than 4.6 million people in England, acknowledged tha...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
The UK has the highest proportion of “fragile firms” out of all major European economies, another sign of the headwinds facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he attempts to boost growth. About 15% of small and medium-sized enterprises in t...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024
Officials have ordered nearly 5,000 residents in the Panhandle cities of Canadian, Fritch and Glazier to shelter in place Tuesday as four separate wildfires engulfed the region, burning more than 280,000 acres. Residents in Hemphill County, where Can...
Posted: Feb 28, 2024