Builders Insurance Group, an Atlanta-based provider of workers’ compensation, liability and property insurance for businesses, has announced two new executives. Antonio Barner was named chief operating officer and senior vice president of strategy. Brent Johnson is the new vice president …
Women who work mostly from home risk seeing their careers suffer now that significant numbers of workers are returning to the office after the COVID-19 pandemic, Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on [Nov. 11]. Mann, a member of …
A 9-year-old Dallas boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston. Ezra Blount of Dallas died Sunday at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, family attorney Ben …
SullivanCurtisMonroe acquired Stan Burns Insurance Services in Long Beach, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stan Burns specializes in commercial, personal, employee benefits and life insurance. Irvine, California-based SCM is a locally managed insurance brokerage firm and offers …
Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the National Football League, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy Gruden’s career by leaking old emails he had sent that included racist, …
New York-based safety technology firm Kinetic has formed an underwriting partnership with Nationwide’s E&S/Specialty division. Acting as program manager, Kinetic Insurance is offering workers’ compensation coverage combined with workplace safety technology. The Kinetic workers’ compensation offering equips policyholders with wearable …
OTTAWA/CALGARY, Alberta – Canada’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline has been shut down temporarily because of rainstorms pounding parts of the province of British Columbia, the operating company said in a statement on Monday. The Canadian government-owned pipeline ships 300,000 barrels …
XPT Hires Bewick as Senior Vice President in Massachusetts XPT, a national specialty insurance wholesale distribution company, hired industry veteran Gordon Bewick as senior vice president. He will be based in Boston, Massachusetts. Bewick’s experience combined with the support of …
The Geneva Association announced that Christian Mumenthaler, CEO of Swiss Re, was appointed the new chairman of the organization. Mumenthaler, who has been vice chairman since November 2019, succeeds outgoing Chairman Charles Brindamour, CEO of Intact Financial, who remains on …
Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the handling of sexual misconduct accusations. The evangelical Virginia school filed its responses to Scott Lamb’s suit last week, seeking more …
