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

BMS Purchases Spanish Specialist Insurance Broker Montymarq

BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced its Spanish subsidiary, BMS Mediación Iberia Correduría de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.L.U. (BMS Iberia), has acquired Montymarq Asociados Consultores y Corredores de Seguros, S.L., the Spanish specialist insurance broker. The consideration for …

Travelers to Acquire Plymouth Rock’s Digital Agency InsuraMatch

The Travelers Companies has agreed to acquire InsuraMatch, a national digital independent insurance agency, from the Plymouth Rock Group of Companies. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021 after regulatory approvals. Terms were not disclosed. …

California Dive Boat Captain Indicted in Fire That Killed 34

The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last year, killing 34 people who were trapped below deck, was indicted Tuesday on federal manslaughter charges for one of the deadliest maritime …

2 Moderate Quakes Confirmed Around Aleutian Communities in Alaska

Two sizable earthquakes in the North Pacific on Tuesday shook several communities in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska but there were no immediate reports of damage, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed. The center reported a magnitude 6.3 earthquake was recorded …

Wyoming Teen Centers Sued over Alleged Abuse

A lawsuit filed by 25 former residents of two Wyoming teen centers accuses the facilities of human trafficking and abuse. The complaint alleges Trinity Teen Solutions and Triangle Cross Boys Ranch of Clark profited from unpaid labor and the abusive …

California County Paying $10M After Shooting, Paralyzing Man

A Northern California county has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was having a mental health crisis when a deputy shot him, paralyzing him from the waist down. Placer …

New Re/Insurer ‘Vantage Risk’ Launches, Led by Former Arch, AXA XL Executives

A new re/insurance group, called Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., has launched with $1 billion of equity capital, provided by private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman (H&F) as well as management. The company’s CEO is Greg Hendrick, …

Philadelphia Hunger Group Loses Nearly $1M in Cyberattack

The Philadelphia region’s largest hunger-relief group has lost nearly $1 million in a cyberattack. Thieves infiltrated the group’s computer systems in the spring through a phishing scam, Philabundance chief executive Loree Jones told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones said they managed …

NFP Hires Franznick to P&C Division as Senior Vice President

NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides property and casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has hired Jonathan Franznick to its P&C division as a senior vice president. In this role, Franznick will lead claims advocacy for NFP’s …

Capco Acquires Connecticut-Based Insurance Consultancy Firm NEOS

Capco, a global management and technology consultancy, has acquired NEOS LLC, a Hartford, Conn.-based consultancy focused on helping insurance organizations drive transformational change. The transaction will complement and extend Capco’s insurance services. NEOS’s leadership team, including Founder and Managing Partner …