Arthur J. Gallagher Agrees to Buy Willis Re August 13, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to acquire the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers...
DUAL to Acquire Align Financial Holdings August 13, 2021 London-based DUAL, the underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings, has agreed to acquire Align Financial Holdings, a specialist general agency...
Zurich Insurance CEO Backs Carbon Tax and Public-Private Cyber Partnership August 13, 2021 By Paul Arnold and Michael Shields Zurich Insurance Chief Executive Mario Greco wants governments to levy a carbon tax and remove the incentive for socially irresponsible...
What’s at Stake in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case August 13, 2021 By Randall Chase The Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 to halt thousands of lawsuits by men who said...
Hearings Get Underway Into Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Opposed by Insurers August 13, 2021 By Randall Chase An attorney for the Boy Scouts of America told a Delaware judge on Thursday that the group’s national board never...
People Moves: VanSickle Joins Carlton Fields; Beecher Carlson Adds Seagraves, Perron August 13, 2021 Carlton Fields Law Firm Carlton Fields has added Erin J. VanSickle to the firm’s Tallahassee office as a senior government...
China Regulators Step Up Scrutiny of Online Insurance Platforms in Widening Crackdown August 13, 2021 By Bloomberg News China’s banking and insurance watchdog is stepping up scrutiny of the nation’s insurance technology platforms, widening a regulatory dragnet that...
Tyson Farms Agrees to $3M Settlement for Causing 2019 Alabama Fish Kill August 13, 2021 A $3 million settlement has been reached with Tyson Farms, Inc. over a 2019 wastewater spill that killed an estimated...
Global Insured Disaster Losses Reach US$42B in H1 as 2nd Highest on Record: Swiss Re August 13, 2021 Estimated insured losses from natural catastrophes reached US$40 billion during the first half – driven by a deep winter freeze,...
Jury: North Dakota Hotel Not Civilly Responsible for Deadly Fight August 13, 2021 A jury has reached a verdict in a civil case involving a Fargo hotel and a fatal fight outside its...