April 30, 2024
SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma, including an infant, and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured at least 100 …
April 30, 2024
Global natural catastrophes cost insurers $17 billion during the first quarter of 2024 with economic losses rising above $45 billion, according to Aon’s Q1 Global Catastrophe Recap – April 2024. Q1 natural disaster losses were driven by severe convective and …
April 30, 2024
Montgomery, Alabama, authorities have charged two workers – a contract employee and a firefighter – with insurance fraud in unrelated alleged scams. Local news outlet reported that Michael Granger Hicks, who worked for a third-party vendor for the city, was …
April 30, 2024
When a cyberattack on Change Healthcare paralyzed much of the US health-care system, some lawmakers saw it as proof its parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., was too big. UnitedHealth Chief Executive Andrew Witty saw it differently. He has said that …
April 30, 2024
Interest in startups trying to shake up the insurance industry is on the rise as weather catastrophes worsen. The latest sign: New York-based Arbol has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round. Founded in 2018, Arbol specializes in …
April 30, 2024
Larry Ellison plans to make Nashville the world headquarters for Oracle Corp., only a few years after relocating the tech giant from Silicon Valley to Austin. Ellison said Oracle is developing a campus in the Tennessee city, moving it closer …
April 30, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who sued Mississippi’s capital city over the death of her brother has decided to reject a settlement after officials publicly disclosed how much the city would pay his survivors, her attorney said Wednesday. George …
April 30, 2024
WTW Appoints deLaricheliere to Leadership Role Within Financial Institutions and Professional Services WTW, headquartered in London, appointed Alex deLaricheliere as Strategy and execution leader and banking subvertical leader within the financial institutions and professional services (FIPS) industry division of corporate …
April 30, 2024
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalizing …
April 30, 2024
The Ardonagh Group, the London-based insurance distribution platform, announced it has agreed to acquire Mansutti S.r.l, the commercial lines business of Italian insurance broker, Mansutti SpA. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1925, Mansutti SpA, which …