A Mississippi Gulf Coast casino has become one of many businesses nationwide to sue its insurer for refusing to cover business losses because of the coronavirus pandemic. Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport contends in the federal lawsuit that its …
The Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program is adding another $2.3 million in funding to increase the number of grants that can be awarded to eligible small businesses. The additional money comes from a transfer of administrative funding and will allow …
Specialty insurer, Kemper Corp., has agreed to acquire American Access Casualty Co, and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings LLC, and its subsidiaries (collectively “AAC”). AAC is headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill. The $370 million transaction is …
A middle Georgia county has approved an anti-discrimination ordinance that would govern businesses, despite opposition from some. Macon-Bibb commissioners voted 5-4 in favor of the proposal on Tuesday, sending it to Mayor Robert Reichert for his signature or veto, news …
Employees at SouthGroup Insurance Services don’t just like where they work – they LOVE it. And going through the pandemic has only reinforced their love and appreciation of their employer, selected as Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For – …
RSG Underwriting Managers LLC has consolidated two of its current managing underwriting manager businesses, Houston-based Trident Marine Managers (Trident) and Global Special Risks (GSR), and created a new practice vertical, Marine and Traditional Energy. Both managing general underwriting companies will …
Torrent Technologies, a flood insurance technology and servicing company and part of Marsh, has formed an agreement with Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. to provide Torrent’s Write-Your-Own (WYO) carrier clients and their agents new, admitted private flood insurance options. Under the …
Howden, the international insurance broker, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Safeonline, a London-based cyber and tech specialist broker and Lloyd’s coverholder. The acquisition underlines the importance Howden places on this fast-growing product line and gives it an …
An Oregon man crashed a Tesla while going about 100 mph, destroying the vehicle, a power pole and starting a fire when some of the hundreds of batteries from the vehicle broke windows and landed in residences, police said. Dylan …
A handyman who was left bloodied after he was beaten and choked by Vallejo police will receive $750,000 from the city, it was announced Friday. The San Francisco Bay Area city agreed Thursday to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed …
