Insurance Journal
SAN ANTONIO, Texas –Dental Health Products, Inc. (DHP), a nationwide provider of supplies and equipment to dental practices, will pay $25,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a federal sex-based retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Emplo...
Posted: May 09, 2023
Officials from pharmaceutical manufacturer Seqens and the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts are waiting on insurance adjusters to show before beginning demolition and cleanup at the Seqens facility where a worker was killed in an explosion last week...
Posted: May 09, 2023
ICW Group Insurance Companies, a group of property and casualty carriers, announced the launch of its new commercial package insurance offering in Illinois with plans to expand throughout the U.S. The introduction of commercial package grows ICW Grou...
Posted: May 09, 2023
G&G Independent Insurance announced the acquisition of Branson, Missouri-based Robbins Insurance Group. The transaction became effective on May 1, 2023. G&G Independent Insurance has been serving the insurance needs of clients in Missouri and...
Posted: May 09, 2023
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday will vote on sweeping bipartisan rail safety legislation prompted by a Norfolk Southern-operated train derailment on Feb. 3 in Ohio. Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, said the legislation will...
Posted: May 09, 2023
London, England. May 09, 2023. — Eliot Partnership (“Eliot Partnership”), the leading global insurance sector specialist executive search firm, today announced its expansion into the global Life Insurance and Reinsurance market unde...
Posted: May 09, 2023
John Coletti, an cyber insurance veteran who was formerly the head of cyber reinsurance at Swiss Re, has been hired by Coalition as it head of cyber underwriting. At Swiss Re, Coletti was the head of global cyber, responsible for …
Posted: May 09, 2023
Goldman Sachs Group Inc has agreed to pay $215 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit that alleged widespread bias against women in both pay and promotions, a joint statement from the company and the plaintiffs said. The plaintiffs, fo...
Posted: May 09, 2023
An employee in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve died when he was caught in an avalanche in the backcountry, not far from the park’s entrance, officials said. Eric Walter, who provided radio-based safety support and dispatch serv...
Posted: May 09, 2023
A West Virginia logging company hoping to locate a log-fumigation facility in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains won’t be allowed to build in that particular spot due to a zoning issue, a local official said. Allegheny Wood Products wants to c...
Posted: May 09, 2023
Confie, one of the largest personal lines insurance distribution companies in the U.S., has acquired Miami-based Estrella Insurance, a firm that has 190 offices in five states. “Estrella has built a strong franchising model well-known among His...
Posted: May 09, 2023
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced two indictments of a certified public accountant for defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) of more than $10 million in workers’ compensation insurance premium payments. Accou...
Posted: May 09, 2023
The mandatory supervised driving period in North Carolina for young people before they can drive by themselves will be scaled back permanently after Gov. Roy Cooper said on Friday he’ll let a bill become law without his signature. The General &...
Posted: May 09, 2023
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), AXA XL, and the MGA Alta Signa Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes Browne, Holmes to Global Underwriting Po...
Posted: May 09, 2023
While the January reinsurance renewals proved to be the toughest and most gruelling for decades, the April 1 renewals, driven by the Japanese P/C market, were a much calmer affair, according to Swiss Re. “Overall, client and reinsurer expectati...
Posted: May 09, 2023
Banks, insurers and asset managers in the European Union would only be allowed to sell funds and other products across the bloc if they could prove to regulators they offer value for money, draft proposals seen by Reuters showed. The …
Posted: May 09, 2023
Spain and Portugal recorded their hottest April on record as a mass of hot air brought temperatures above 30C and close to 40C in some areas at the end of the month. Last month was the fourth-hottest month of April …
Posted: May 09, 2023
This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. It’s a difficult time for businesses. Between a fluctuating insurance market and skyrocketing inflation, business leaders are under pressure to make the right financial and employm...
Posted: May 09, 2023
Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma, despite the carrier’s assertion that Illinois public policy forbids it from reimbursing the drugmaker for the cost of sett...
Posted: May 09, 2023
The media entrepreneur Byron Allen has filed a second lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp over the fast-food chain’s alleged refusal to advertise with Black-owned media. In a complaint filed last week in Los Angeles, Allen’s Entertainme...
Posted: May 09, 2023
A California federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class action accusing Twitter Inc of targeting female employees for layoffs after Elon Musk acquired the company last year, but said plaintiffs would be allowed to amend the lawsuit to add ...
Posted: May 09, 2023
A federal judge in California has tossed out a lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc of discriminating against workers with disabilities by requiring employees to report to the office and put in long hours working at high intensity. U.S. District Judge Haywoo...
Posted: May 09, 2023
The rollout of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) cyber war exclusions has received considerable criticism for the chaos and confusion caused in the weeks leading up to the March 31st effective date. But there are some certainties to...
Posted: May 09, 2023
Most people will be familiar with the posters at workplaces, noting the number of days since a lost-time work injury. Well, there’s a dirty little secret behind that, one that helps employers avoid higher experience modifications on their worke...
Posted: May 09, 2023
Crest Insurance Group, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, named Steve Cannatella as a vice president of employee benefits. Cannatella spent the last ten years at Paychex Insurance Agency as a large group health and benefits sales representative fo...
Posted: May 09, 2023