November 9, 2017
RMC Group, a Naples, Fla.-based international provider of insurance, risk management, retirement and actuarial consulting services, has promoted Jessica Homan to captive administration manager. Homan joined RMC Group in 2010 and most recently served as senior accountant for the Corporate …
November 9, 2017
During last week’s hearings about the industry’s role in the 2016 presidential election, one ominous moment for Big Tech came when California Senator Dianne Feinstein, the industry’s representative in Congress and a Democrat, addressed the social media companies. “You bear …
November 9, 2017
The “remorseless” growth of cyber crime is leading to 4,000 ransom attacks a day and gangs’ technological capability now threatens critical parts of the financial sector, the head of Europol said on Wednesday. Online criminals have become so sophisticated that …
November 9, 2017
This year will be among the three hottest on record, the United Nations said on Monday [Nov. 6], as almost 200 countries started talks in Germany to bolster a global climate accord that the United States plans to quit. Temperatures …
November 9, 2017
Newbridge Risk Partners, an underwriting cell on the Castel Underwriting MGA formation platform, has secured a new binder with Lloyd’s and London company market capacity to support the continuing growth of its political violence and terrorism insurance and reinsurance business. …
November 9, 2017
China pledged to keep nudging open the door to its mammoth financial industry — but it will do so at its own pace. On Thursday, amid a slew of Sino-U.S. dealmaking during President Donald Trump’s visit to China, the Foreign …
November 9, 2017
Insured losses from three big hurricanes in North America this year have cost the industry around $100 billion, German reinsurance giant Munich Re said on Thursday. Damages from storms Harvey, Irma and Maria of that magnitude would exceed by far …
November 9, 2017
Italy’s biggest insurer, Generali, kept its guidance unchanged on Thursday after posting a 9.9 percent drop in nine-month profits due to a loss on the sale of its Dutch business. Profits for the period totalled 1.463 billion euros ($1.7 billion), …
November 9, 2017
InsuranceHub (formerly Lloyd Pro Group Agency) has expanded its Transportation Division to also cover long haul trucking, dump trucks and more. The division launched in 2016 with a focus on tow trucks. Some of the products and services the new …
November 8, 2017
LP Insurance Services Inc. has named John Bolce regional manager of the Las Vegas, Nev. office. Bolce now oversees the sales team, productivity, development and growth of the Las Vegas, Phoenix and Sacramento locations. Bolce is a member of the …