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People Moves: Watkins Insurance Group Names Scott President

Watkins Insurance Group, based in Austin, promoted Chris Scott to president. Patrick Watkins, who has been leading the agency since 2002, will continue as CEO. Scott joined Watkins Insurance Group in 2017 and most recently served as executive vice president, …

Australia’s Usual Summer of Wildfires Is Now Being Soaked by Prolonged Wet Weather

Australians bracing for a return of scorching heat and wildfires are instead battling a prolonged deluge of rain across the country’s east that’s inundated homes and damaged crops from sugar to wheat. Vast areas of the country’s populous eastern states …

Activist Group Scorecard: Insurers Adopting Policies on Oil and Gas Slowed in 2023

The number of insurers adopting policies on oil and gas has slowed, according to climate activist organization Insure Our Future’s seventh annual “Scorecard on Insurance, Fossil Fuels and the Climate Emergency” released this week. The scorecard assesses the policies on …

Riskonnect Acquires Ventiv Technology in Risk Management Deal

Riskonnect, a provider integrated risk management (IRM) solutions, said Thursday is acquired Ventiv Technology, a provider of risk, insurance and underwriting technology solutions. “The acquisition adds substantial value for our customers, giving users of both companies access to a broader …

People Moves: AXIS Appoints Tan Head of Wholesale Casualty; Fiato Named Allstate Chief Claims Officer; Schoberth to Lead Canopius US Distribution

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited named Anna Tan as head of wholesale casualty. Tan joins AXIS from Navigators, a brand of The Hartford, where she served for over 12 years, most recently as head of excess casualty. Before this, she spent …

Auto Insurance Costs Soar by 20% in the US

There’s no relief in sight for US car owners who’ve faced soaring costs of maintaining a vehicle in the past two years. Prices of motor-vehicle insurance rose 20.3% in December from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1976, according …

Worker Tells of Fleeing Burning Jeep on Cargo Ship Where 2 Firefighters Died

Gaven Puchinsky had been pushing vehicles onto a huge cargo ship in one of the nation’s busiest seaports when he heard a loud “clunking” noise that he believed came from the yellow Jeep Wrangler he was using to nudge the …

Report: New Mexico, Alaska Among Safest States for Older Drivers

New Mexico and Alaska are among the safest states for older drivers, a new report shows. Research carried out by personal injury law firm Bader Scott analyzed National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data from 2017 to 2021 to identify states …

EBay to Pay $3 Million Penalty Over Harassment of Couple Behind Critical Newsletter

EBay has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve a U.S. criminal probe into a campaign by several of its employees to stalk and harass a Massachusetts couple whose online newsletter was viewed as critical of the e-commerce company. Federal …

Family of Arizona Professor Killed on Campus Reaches Multimillion-Dollar Deal

The family of a University of Arizona professor who was fatally shot on campus in the fall of 2022 has reached a multimillion-dollar agreement with the school, attorneys for the man’s wife and sons said. A statement by the law …

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