Monthly Archives: <span>June 2020</span>

Chile’s Environment Regulator Files Charges Against Codelco for Mining Waste Pollution

Chile’s environmental regulator on Thursday said it had filed charges against state mining company Codelco over a 2016 tailings spill and river and estuary contamination at its Andina mine in a mountainous region near the capital Santiago. The Environmental Superintendent …

RKH Specialty Appoints 14 New Aviation Experts in London and Colombia

RKH Specialty, the London-headquartered wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the appointment of 14 new senior Aviation experts in London and Colombia, as part of RKH’s wider plan of building the largest independent logistics team incorporating its resources across aviation, …

Tesla Sued Over Highway Crash When Model 3’s Airbags Malfunctioned

Tesla Inc. was sued over a Maryland highway crash last year in which a Model 3’s airbags failed to deploy, leaving a college professor with brain damage. Elon Musk, the company’s co-founder, has touted the Model 3 as the “safest …

Critical Values in a Property’s Lifecycle

This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Accurate valuation is critical to the primary functions of the real estate economy. From the listing of a property all the way through acquiring insurance, there are 3 critical moments …

Italy’s Generali Eyes Possible Acquisition of U.S. Asset Manager Brightsphere: Sources

Assicurazioni Generali SpA has approached Brightsphere Investment Group Inc about a possible acquisition of the U.S. asset management firm, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. A deal would expand the U.S. footprint of Italy’s top insurer while enabling …

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Mehta in California

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Sanjay Mehta senior vice president. Mehta works out of the Irvine, Calif., office. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and was most recently at McGriff Insurance Services, and …

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Cunnington & Associates in Idaho

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Meridian, Idaho-based Cunnington & Associates Inc. Greg and Nick Cunnington and their associates will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of Jim Buckley, head of Gallagher’s Northwest region retail …

Insurtech MGA Delos, Canopius to Offer Wildfire Protection Coverage in California

Delos Insurance Solutions, a property insurtech managing general agent (MGA), has created a new insurance product with Canopius US Insurance designed to improve the homeowners insurance options for those living in wildfire regions in California and across the United States. …

Tennessee Refunds $2.2M to Insurance Consumers So Far in 2020

Tennessee consumers have been repaid over $2.2 million so far in 2020 through mediation efforts by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) that resulted in denied claims being overturned for policyholders, the department said in a statement. The …

Canada’s Supreme Court Allows Class Action Seeking Employee Status for Uber Drivers

OTTAWA— Canada’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a driver in a gig economy case that paves the way for a class action suit calling for Uber Technologies Inc. to recognize drivers in Canada as company employees. UberEats …