A Maine legislative committee has signed off on a proposal to help emergency responders gain better access to mental health support. The proposal would continue a presumption that firefighters, emergency medical technicians, police officers, emergency dispatchers and others who are …
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review plans to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the sea, a mission …
Finnish financial group Sampo reported stronger than expected fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday boosted by its core insurance operations, sending its share up more than 2%. The pan-Nordic insurer reported a pretax profit of 1.2 billion euros ($1.4 billion), compared …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), RiverStone International and broker Tysers. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes McGriskin to Head of UK Financial Institutions Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance …
ICEYE, the Helsinki-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data provider and specialist in natural catastrophe solutions, announced that Tokio Marine Holdings has made a strategic investment in the company as it looks to develop new insurance products and services that utilize …
Bermuda-based re/insurer Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. announced that funds managed by Carlyle and Hellman & Freidman have committed up to an additional $200 million of capital to fund the continuing growth of Vantage, with the majority of the proceeds intended …
FRANKFURT/LONDON – The European Central Bank is preparing banks for a possible Russian-sponsored cyber attack as tensions with Ukraine mount, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the region braces for the financial fallout of any conflict. The …
A corroded pipeline that ruptured and spilled 350,000 gallons (1.6 million liters) of diesel fuel into a New Orleans area wetland did not have a fully functioning leak detection system at the time, according to federal records, which also show …
XPT Specialty has acquired Insurance Brokers Incorporated, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, in a move that continues a series of acquisitions for the company. IBI is a wholesale insurance broker and general agency that offers agents a broad range of personal, …
NFP, a global insurance broker and consultant, has acquired East Coast Underwriters and Blue Ridge Captive Solutions, expanding NFP’s medical stop-loss and self-funded group captive lines of business, the company announced. East Coast Underwriters is a managing general agent based …
