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Malaysia’s Malene Insurance Brokers Renamed Howden Takaful Brokers

Howden, the London-based international insurance broker, announced that further to its merger with Malene Insurance Brokers in February 2019, Malene will operate as Howden Takaful Brokers, a fully dedicated Takaful specialist. Howden Takaful Brokers’ team of 30 specialists offers bespoke …

BRP Group Acquires Texas-Based Arcana

BRP Group, Inc. announced that Millennial Specialty Insurance, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of BRP Group, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Arcana Insurance Services, LP , a Dallas, Texas-based national insurance agency and program administrator, focused on better …

Iowa to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Religious, Speech Rights Cases

A state panel agreed Monday to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role. The Iowa State Appeal Board, made …

Injury is Compensable When It’s an ‘Accident,’ Carolina Appeals Court Rules

A nurse who injured herself while trying to move a 350-pound patient is owed workers’ compensation benefits, the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided in an opinion posted Tuesday. That may seem like an obvious conclusion to some, given the …

Buckle, Amwins Form MGA to Offer Auto to Gig Workers

Buckle, a technology-based financial services company, has entered into a managing general agency agreement with Amwins Specialty Auto to place non-standard automobile insurance for gig workers in Florida. Gateway Insurance will be the admitted carrier, Buckle said in a news …

Florida Jury Awards $100 Million in Bitcoin Trial; Defense Calls it a Big Win

Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner, which claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens …

How Big Tech Is Faring in U.S. Lawsuits and Probes

Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing their power. Below is …

Arthur J. Gallagher to Pay $40K to Settle Colorado Religious Discrimination Suit

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will pay $40,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC charged that Arthur J. Gallagher violated federal anti-discrimination laws when it fired a client underwriting associate …

BE Group Takes Fresh Look at Buying $10 Billion Insurer Ageas

BE Group, an investor group fronted by former financial services dealmakers, is exploring the feasibility of a fresh pursuit of Belgian insurer Ageas after a previous attempt was rebuffed, people familiar with the matter said. The consortium has been speaking …

Parents of Indiana Girl Sue City After She Drowns in Pool

The parents of a 5-year-old girl who drowned last summer in a southwest Indiana city’s swimming pool are suing the city and the child’s foster parent, accusing them of negligence in her death. The lawsuit filed Dec. 3 in Gibson …

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