Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream weddings are made of: ripe grapevines and golden sunsets provide ceremonies an alluring backdrop that every year draws millions of visitors. But harvest season now overlaps with fire season as …
Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and an independent insurance provider in New England, has hired Timothy Moriarity as chief information officer (CIO). He will be based in Bangor, Maine. In this new role, Moriarity is responsible for …
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Fairways Insurance Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fairways is a full-service insurance agency serving clients throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. WIA is …
The builders of an apartment complex have agreed to pay $335,000 to settle allegations that workers improperly handled asbestos-containing material during the redevelopment of a former manufacturing site in Lawrence, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said Tuesday. The agreements settle …
The U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time called out climate change among risks enumerated in its biannual financial stability report, and warned about the potential for abrupt changes in asset values in response to a warming planet. “Acute hazards, …
Goldman Sachs has poached Barclays’ insurance banker Marguerite Bion to win more business from Europe’s biggest insurers as industry consolidation heats up amid anemic profitability and tightening regulation. Bion, who started her career at Citigroup in 2001 and spent the …
UnipolSai, Italy’s second-largest insurer, confirmed its full-year targets on Friday after a 37.7% rise in nine-month earnings, despite an uncertain economic outlook caused by the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said its consolidated net profit for the first …
The North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested an average statewide rate increase of 24.5% on homeowners insurance rates in the state, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance. The NCRB is not part of the NCDOI …
Boston-based Openly is now selling homeowners insurance in Ohio. Ohio homeowners and independent agents can now buy Openly’s premium insurance, obtaining quotes in 15 seconds, according to the company’s media release. The company said its entrance to the state provides …
Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has added Mike Schleich as regional sales executive covering the North Central Territory. This region includes Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky, as well the city of Chicago. Schleich, who is based in Cleveland, …
