September 18, 2020
Four days before it was scheduled to go live, organizers of the popular annual insurance and technology conference, InsureTech Connect, announced they are postponing the now virtual 2020 conference by one month, ITC will now run from Oct. 19- Oct. …
September 18, 2020
Crew members on a dive boat say they were never instructed on emergency procedures before a predawn fire swept through the vessel as it was anchored off the Southern California coast, killing 34 people as they slept below deck, according …
September 18, 2020
Hurricane Sally is not expected to cause a major insurance loss – compared to events such as the ongoing wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington, or Hurricane Laura, according to AM Best. As the storm was more of a flood …
September 18, 2020
New York state filed civil charges on Thursday accusing Johnson & Johnson of insurance fraud for downplaying the risks of opioid painkillers, including to doctors and elderly patients. Governor Andrew Cuomo said the charges by New York’s Department of Financial …
September 18, 2020
KMRD Partners has hired Greg Chaples to its team as a sales and relationship manager in its Warrington, Penn., office. KMRD Partners is a risk management and human capital consulting and insurance brokerage firm with offices located throughout Pennsylvania. Prior …
September 18, 2020
Lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital announced that its full-service insurance brokerage platform, High Street Insurance Partners, has acquired Tracy, Driscoll & Co. Inc. and Millennium Alliance Group LLC (MAG). Both agencies will support High Street’s strategic goals by expanding …
September 18, 2020
Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership structure in the United States, which aims to support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration within the global executive risk teams and will focus on developing innovative insurance solutions that tackle the board-level risks …
September 18, 2020
The European Union’s Brexit negotiator told the bloc’s 27 national envoys to Brussels that he still thinks a trade deal with Britain is possible despite a new crisis in the tortuous four-year saga, diplomatic sources told Reuters. Britain left the …
September 18, 2020
Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will join the advisory board of PIMCO, one of the world’s biggest bond investment companies, adding to his existing roles with the United Nations and a Canadian asset manager. Carney will work alongside …
September 18, 2020
Londoners are slowly returning to work in offices, factories and stores after children went back to school at the start of the month. Data compiled by Google show workplace attendance has increased slightly in three of the UK capital’s main …