Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage headquartered in Chicago, has acquired the assets of Peak Financial Group LLC (Peak Financial Group) in Houston, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Peak Financial Group is an independent firm …
Omaha, Nebraska-based benefits consultant Shane Jacobsen has joined Alliant Insurance Services Employee Benefits Group. The company said the addition of Jacobsen will expand Alliant’s benefits footprint in Nebraska, providing clients with solutions that help them manage risks, drive down claims …
More homes were being threatened Tuesday [March 5] by wildfires that have burned dozens of homes and buildings in rural southeast Australia. Victoria state Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp said emergency warnings were issued for the towns of Dargo and …
The estate of a William Paterson University student who took her own life after alleging she was raped at a fraternity has settled a lawsuit against the school for $800,000. Cherelle Locklear’s mother alleged in the lawsuit that the university …
Companies testing autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh will have to immediately report crashes resulting in any injuries and have three days to reveal those that result in any damage. The guidelines are part of an executive order signed Monday by Mayor …
Lawyers for the operators of a limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York say the deaths could have been caused by an act of God or the passengers’ failure to wear seat belts. The Times Union …
Wellfleet, a Springfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Hathaway company specializing in accident and health insurance benefits, has hired William Farmer as vice president of National Distribution and Workplace Benefits. Farmer, who built the broker division at Aflac, is leading the Wellfleet Workplace …
The Boston-based health care organization founded by giant employers Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced its name – Haven – and launched a new website at www.havenhealthcare.com. Haven will serve the 1.2 million employees and families affiliated with Amazon, …
Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor didn’t cut corners when it came to collecting intelligence on opioid sales, using the data to beat down his employees and to spur doctors to prescribe more of his highly addictive painkiller, a Boston …
Donelan Andrews of Georgia has been a teacher for 25 years. Armed with a consumer economics background, she says she always reads every contract when she buys something, and she teaches her students to do the same. When Donelan bought …
