September 17, 2019
The broker Aon plc has launched an auction capability for the Jan. 1, 2020 reinsurance renewals, which is designed to provide additional options for insurer clients by reducing the timeframe around pricing negotiations while providing contract certainty to secure pricing …
September 17, 2019
Broker Buddha, a company that simplifies the commercial insurance application and renewal process, announced a $4.5 million funding round led by Vertex Ventures. Broker Buddha’s technology converts PDF insurance applications into user-friendly interactive smart forms. It also offers a web …
September 17, 2019
AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Alton E. Woodford Insurance Agency Inc., located in West Hartford, Conn. The team of nine will remain under the operational leadership of Tallison Noble and Nerissa Smith following the acquisition. Headquartered in Lake Mary, Fla., and …
September 17, 2019
Managing general agent (MGA) Fairmatic has introduced a usage-based insurance model that features monthly commercial auto premium adjustments based on an insured’s driving behaviors. Fairmatic’s “performance-priced commercial auto insurance” product is currently available to commercial fleets and on-demand delivery and …
September 17, 2019
A Rochester, N.Y., woman has been arraigned on charges that she defrauded the workers’ compensation system of more than $5,000 by endorsing and cashing wage reimbursement checks intended for her deceased grandmother. “This is an egregious case where an individual …
September 17, 2019
Hub International Limited , a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the assets of Wash Financial L.L.C., doing business as Washington Financial Group (WFG). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in McLean, Va., and led …
September 17, 2019
The long-standing head of Italian infrastructure group Atlantia is ready to step down as a probe into a deadly bridge collapse snowballs, prompting its top shareholder, the Benetton family, to pull support, sources said on Monday. Giovanni Castellucci, who masterminded …
September 17, 2019
The attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York gave Purdue Pharma LP a preview of the opposition it’s facing in bankruptcy court as the embattled maker of the OxyContin painkiller seeks approval of a roughly $10 billion settlement stemming from …
September 17, 2019
Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointments of Stephanie Pestorich Manson as chief client officer for Management Liability and head of Directors’ & Officers’ (D&O) Product and Jason Mills as wholesale leader in the U.K. Financial & …
September 17, 2019
Burglars overnight broke into England’s Blenheim Palace [on Saturday, Sept. 14], the birthplace of Winston Churchill, and stole an 18-karat gold toilet on display as part of an art exhibition. The thieves took the “high-value” item, causing significant damage and …