Yearly Archives: <span>2023</span>

Johnson & Johnson Acquiring Statewide Insurance Corp in Arizona

Johnson & Johnson acquired the assets of Statewide Insurance Corp. in Arizona, as it looks to expand into several Southwestern states. Statewide Insurance Corp. serves clients across the Southwest, writing specialty and preferred commercial insurance, as well as personal lines …

Cyber Insurance Themes to Look Out for in 2023

As the Roman God Janus (for which of course the month January takes its name) reflects both looking backwards and forwards in transition, the dawn of a New Year provides a great opportunity to pause and consider where the cyber …

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires CBS Insurance in Texas

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Abilene, Texas-based CBS Insurance LLP. CBS Insurance is a retail insurance agency providing property/casualty and health/benefits coverages to clients throughout Texas and the surrounding region. Peter Lauve, Steve Senter and their partners and associates …

Howden Buys Spanish Broker March Risk Solutions, Forms Alliance With Banca March

Howden, the London-based international insurance broker, announced it has acquired 100% of Spanish insurance broker March Risk Solutions (March R.S.) and has signed an alliance with Banca March, March R.S.’s parent company and one of the region’s pre-eminent investment banks. …

Emergency Berm Said to Have Helped Florida Beaches During Ian, Nicole

While crews finish final details of a widespread St. Johns County beach repair project, county officials are considering work next year to correct erosion from Tropical Storms Ian and Nicole. “In five to six months, we could see construction happening,” …

Alabama Airport Worker Killed After Being Caught in Jet Engine

An airport worker in Montgomery, Alabama, was killed Saturday when he was sucked into the engine of a plane. Local and state news reports said the ground crew worker, whose name has not been released, was ingested into the engine …

Banks Seek to Quash Women’s Lawsuits in Jeffrey Epstein Case

Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are asking a federal court to throw out lawsuits that claim the big banks should have seen evidence of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein, the high-flying financier who killed himself in jail while facing criminal …

Another Woman Files Sex Abuse Suit Against Cosby, NBC Under New York Extension

A woman who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1986 sued the comedian-actor, NBCUniversal and other companies Friday in New York, where five other women filed a similar lawsuit earlier this month. Stacey Pinkerton says she was …

U.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen, Says Distributor Helped Ignite Opioid Epidemic

The U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of the nation’s largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic by failing to report hundreds of thousands of suspicious orders of prescription painkillers. In a Dec. …

Boy Scouts, Catholic Dioceses Find Haven From Sex Abuse Suits in Bankruptcy

Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of child sexual abuse by giving them extra time to file lawsuits. Now some of the defendants in these cases, including church and youth organizations, …