The McGowan Companies (McGowan) acquired the assets of Arbanas & Associates (Arbanas) in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, effective Aug. 1. Arbanas specializes in writing professional liability for accountants, lawyers, architects, etc., offering multiple, exclusive professional liability programs through carriers rated …
Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Plano, Texas-based wholesale brokerage and general agency Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers (WSS), an XPT Partners company, hired Blake Brininstool as a broker and underwriter specializing in excess and surplus (E&S) insurance. Blake will be …
Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Agency said this week it has fined a Dundee, Ore., winery $11,100 for alleged violations of confined space rules after an investigation into the death of a worker. A worker at Corus Estates & Vineyards …
A man was brutally beaten by corrections officers and denied medical treatment at a county jail in a small New Mexico community after guards mistook dentures in the inmate’s mouth for contraband, according to a lawsuit. The New Mexico Prison …
This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at two insurers: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and QBE European Operations. A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Names Blattner-Hoyle to Lead Trade Finance Swiss Re Corporate …
Bayer lost a third appeal against U.S. court verdicts that awarded damages to customers blaming their cancers on use of its glyphosate-based weedkillers, leaving the German drugs and pesticides group to pin hopes for legal relief on the U.S. Supreme …
Blenheim Underwriting Ltd. announced it has received final approval and the necessary permissions from UK regulators and Lloyd’s to act as a managing agency for Syndicate 5886. The effective date of transfer of management from Asta to Blenheim was 6 …
Motorists put the pedal to the metal during the pandemic and police are worried as roads get busy with the final stretch of summer travel. The latest data shows the number of highway deaths in 2020 was the greatest in …
Insurance broker Marsh said it has collaborated with Amazon to build a new digital insurance network, Amazon Insurance Accelerator, where small businesses selling on Amazon can purchase product liability coverage. Amazon now requires third-party sellers to obtain product liability coverage …
Aston Lark Group, the London-based insurance broker backed by Goldman Sachs, announced it has acquired Essex Insurance Brokers Ltd. Established in 1964 and based in Hornchurch, England, Essex Insurance Brokers serves both personal and business clients in the UK, with …
