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Hub Acquires Louisiana-Based Thibeaux Insurance Group

Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the assets of Thibeaux Insurance Group, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, Thibeaux Insurance Group is a family-owned insurance company commercial …

Chaucer, Parametric Insurtech Yokahu Offer Product to Cut Caribbean Protection Gap

Chaucer, the London-based specialty re/insurance group, and parametric insurtech startup, Yokahu, are launching a new microinsurance product, which will provide cover for hurricane events in the Caribbean. This new parametric product is designed to tackle the problem of underinsurance in …

Justice Department to Escalate Fight Against Cybercrime, Ransomware: Interview

The Justice Department is stepping up actions to combat ransomware and cybercrime through arrests and other actions, its No. 2 official told The Associated Press, as the Biden administration escalates its response to what it regards as an urgent economic …

Compre Completes Acquisition of SiriusPoint’s Legacy Liability Portfolio

Compre, the London-based specialist legacy group, announced the completion of its acquisition of a US$417 million legacy liability portfolio of SiriusPoint Ltd., having received all necessary regulatory approvals. The transaction, structured as a loss portfolio transfer, has been underwritten by …

People Moves: Acrisure Re Appoints Wicks From Ed Broking, Arnott From Securis ILS

Acrisure Re Appoints Wicks From Ed Broking, Arnott From Securis Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of global insurance broker and fintech platform Acrisure, announced the appointments of Ian Wicks, as executive vice president, and Simon Arnott, as senior vice president, …

AXIS Enacts Policy to Ensure Diverse Supplier Networks for Its Operations

AXIS Capital Holdings is enacting a policy designed to ensure a more diverse base for its supplier networks. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer said its new Supplier Diversity Policy calls for working with certified Diverse Business Enterprises in its …

Utility Worker in California Electrocuted in Underground Vault

A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor. “While working as part of a cable splicing crew performing …

Discrimination Filed Against Washington County Sheriff’s

Three Black women who work for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department have filed a lawsuit against the county alleging a long-standing pattern of discrimination, harassment and retaliation against minority employees. The News Tribune reports Lt. Charla James-Hutchison and Sgts. Dione …

Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Losses Continued in Q3 on Catastrophes, Pandemic

Overall net income fell at giant Berkshire Hathaway in the third quarter from $30.1 billion a year ago to $10.3 billion this third quarter, reflecting losses on insurance underwriting as well as the continuing effects of global supply chain issues …

DFS Charges Miami Insurance Agent with Filing False Claim on Diamond Ring

Florida authorities have arrested a Miami insurance agent and his accomplice for allegedly filing $22,000 in false insurance claims on a diamond ring that was never stolen. David Abraham Jauregui was charged with insurance fraud and organized fraud last week …

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