October 30, 2019
Park Chol-hee was working the holiday shift at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard on Labour Day, 2017, when a giant crane collided with another and crashed to ground, killing six people, including Park’s younger brother. “It was as if a …
October 30, 2019
Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain’s information rights regulator said on Wednesday. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questioning …
October 30, 2019
A single cyber attack that affects major ports across Asia-Pacific could cost $110 billion, which is roughly equivalent to half of all losses from natural catastrophes globally in 2018*, according to research from Lloyd’s of London. These losses could occur …
October 30, 2019
Two Georgia suspects have been arrested and charged for allegedly defrauding Lemonade Insurance Company. Special Agents in the Criminal Investigations Division at the Georgia Department of Insurance assisted with the arrest of Zulieka Hosch, 37, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on October …
October 30, 2019
Four members of one family were injured Sunday when a small plane crashed on takeoff from an airport in upstate New York. According to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, the single-engine Beechcraft came down just after 3 p.m. as it …
October 30, 2019
Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Hannah Smith as a miscellaneous medical underwriter within its U.S. healthcare team. Based in Atlanta, Ga., Smith will underwrite a range of miscellaneous medical professional liability (MPL) risks, from blood and tissue banks through to …
October 30, 2019
PMC Insurance Group has promoted Nina Vellucci to vice president in the South Region. In her new role, she will continue to be responsible for leading and developing the region and supporting long-term business objectives to the area. Vellucci has …
October 30, 2019
A Georgia man has been arrested and charged with three counts of arson in the first degree, three counts of burglary in the first degree, two counts of criminal trespass, and four counts of aggravated assault, all of which are …
October 30, 2019
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty has announced the acquisition of GIA Insurance Agency (Geisenheimer Insurance Agency), headquartered in Saddle Brook, N.J. Geisenheimer Insurance Agency is a provider of personal and commercial insurance throughout the U.S., Canada, Asia, South America, Caribbean, …
October 30, 2019
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Dash & Love Inc., a full-service specialty brokerage based just outside of Philadelphia. Terms of the deal were not announced. Founded in 1930, Dash & Love …