September 21, 2021
GlobalPro, a multidisciplinary insurance services firm that helps clients manage the risks to a financial recovery following a loss caused by wind, water, fire, theft or another calamity, opened an office in Dallas. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida, …
September 21, 2021
A military training jet crashed Sept. 19 in a neighborhood near Fort Worth, Texas, injuring the two pilots and damaging three homes but not seriously hurting anyone on the ground, authorities said. Both pilots managed to eject from the plane …
September 21, 2021
A federal investigation is underway after arson damaged a historic Kansas City, Missouri, church that now serves a congregation predominantly made up of people from the South Sudan. John Ham of the Kansas City office of the Bureau of Alcohol, …
September 21, 2021
BERLIN – German activists have filed a lawsuit against automakers BMW and Daimler for refusing to tighten carbon emissions goals, the first time German citizens have sued private companies for exacerbating climate change. The lawsuit from the heads of Deutsche …
September 21, 2021
Iowa-based farm services provider NEW Cooperative Inc. said its systems were offline to contain a “cybersecurity” incident just as the U.S. farm belt gears up for harvest. The cooperative operates grain storage elevators in the top U.S. corn producing state, …
September 21, 2021
Royal Dutch Shell, the largest U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil producer, said damage to offshore transfer facilities from Hurricane Ida will cut production into early next year, slashing deliveries of a type of crude oil prized by refiners. Shell was …
September 21, 2021
Aston Lark, the Goldman Sachs-based insurance broker, announced two acquisitions in one day: Deanspoint Insurance Brokers, which trades in Ireland as Abbey Murphy Insurance, and The Health Insurance Company, based in Bournemouth, England. Financial details of the deals were not …
September 21, 2021
RIMS, the global risk management society with a membership of 10,000 risk management professionals in more than 60 countries, has implemented new guidelines that will require attendees at RIMS’ in-person events to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. …
September 21, 2021
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets, Amwins Global Risks and Lockton Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Appoints AXA XL’s Harth as Germany’s Country Manager Liberty Specialty Markets …
September 21, 2021
GI Partners, a private investment firm, announced the recapitalization of Patriot Growth Insurance Services LLC, a national insurance agency. The move comes in partnership with Patriot Founder and CEO Matt Gardner. Summit Partners, which invested in Patriot in 2019, and …