November 6, 2020
A former New York City Transit subway conductor has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is charged with grand larceny and other crimes for allegedly stealing approximately $114,000 in workers’ compensation payments from NYC Transit. “This defendant allegedly …
November 6, 2020
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Optimum Talent is one of Canada’s largest privately-owned integrated talent management firms and a Pan-Canadian leader …
November 6, 2020
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. has reported a 46% increase in net income during the third quarter, despite elevated catastrophe losses. The company reported Q3 net income of $397 million, compared with $272 million during the same period last year. …
November 6, 2020
A takeover offer that would have been so-so in February becomes impossible to refuse for a company whose shares have been hit by the pandemic. The 7.2 billion-pound ($9.5 billion) approach for RSA Insurance Group has been shrewdly pitched by …
November 6, 2020
American International Group Inc reported a slump in third-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by losses related to storms, wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic. AIG, one of the largest U.S. insurers, posted an underwriting loss of $423 million in its general …
November 6, 2020
Insurors of Tennessee has named Representative Ron Travis as the new CEO for the organization, effective Nov. 16, 2020. Travis (R-Dayton) is a state representative for District 31 (Bledsoe, Rhea, Sequatchie and part of Roane Counties) and has more than …
November 6, 2020
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Eta is moving over Honduras as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have caused deadly landslides while drenching the country’s east and the north of neighboring Nicaragua. The storm no longer carried …
November 6, 2020
Florida voters on Tuesday approved raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, which advocates say will lift the pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in the state’s service-heavy economy. A supermajority of …
November 6, 2020
Apple Inc has been ordered to face a proposed class-action lawsuit by shareholders who accused Chief Executive Tim Cook of concealing falling demand for iPhones in China, resulting in billions of dollars of investor losses. In a decision on Wednesday, …
November 6, 2020
Global commercial insurance pricing rocketed 20 percent higher on average in the 2020 third quarter, driven largely by rate hikes in three key lines, according to a new Marsh market update. Marsh said the jump was the largest since launching …