March 13, 2024
Insurance agency Brown & Brown announced that its dealer services division has acquired the assets of DealerMax. DealerMax, founded in 1982 by Jim Maxim, Sr. as Maxim Automotive, serves car dealer customers in Pennsylvania and throughout the Northeast offering finance …
March 13, 2024
Novatae Risk Group announced that it acquired the Lloyd’s broker Bretton Woods International (BWI) of London. The transaction is subject to applicable regulatory approval and is expected to close before the end of the second quarter. Terms of the transaction …
March 13, 2024
Britain’s Direct Line said on Wednesday it had rejected a revised 3.17 billion pound ($4.06 billion) takeover bid from Belgian rival Ageas, repeating that it “significantly undervalued” the home and motor insurer. Direct Line, a household name in insurance in …
March 13, 2024
The UK has failed to prioritize climate adaptation to risks such as floods and heat waves, putting British citizens and critical infrastructure in danger, an official assessment has found. A national adaptation plan, published last July, “falls far short of …
March 13, 2024
Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received “poor” ratings from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a new study released on Tuesday. The IIHS, a safety research arm …
March 13, 2024
A hedge fund that last year delivered its best result ever thanks to catastrophe bonds is now scaling back its position, based on a bet that the market is headed for a rough patch. Tenax Capital, which has a €100 …
March 13, 2024
Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch pipeline buried under a field, sending more than 51 million cubic feet of natural gas hissing into the air. While the incident on Williams Companies’ Northwest …
March 13, 2024
The investment manager trying to buy Everton FC is being sued by a creditor who wants to stop the firm from transferring two subsidiaries, claiming that the transaction was designed to “shield” the assets. Obra Capital said in a New …
March 13, 2024
A former Georgia insurance commissioners’ efforts to dismiss insurance fraud and money laundering charges against him have run their course. John Oxendine must face trial starting April 15, a federal judge has decided. A pretrial conference is set for March …
March 13, 2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced the guilty pleas and sentencing of nine members of a Bronx car theft ring for their roles in the theft of 45 vehicles during a six-month period from April to October 2020. …