From Insurers to Traders to Retailers, More Industries Depend on Weather Tracking April 1, 2019 By Eric Roston, Brian K. Sullivan and Alexandra Semenova Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. Eilts, senior...
Virginia Woman Accused of Embezzling $93K from Company for Wedding April 1, 2019 A Virginia woman is accused of embezzling more than $93,000, which she allegedly funneled toward her wedding, among other expenses....
AssuredPartners Acquires Connecticut’s Goodworks Financial Group April 1, 2019 AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Goodworks Financial Group of Glastonbury, Conn. Following the acquisition, Goodworks Financial Group’s team of 14 employees...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Appoints Roberts, Michaud as Directors April 1, 2019 Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Amanda Roberts as director of financial reporting, in which she will oversee...
Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Elects Meacham to Board of Directors April 1, 2019 Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has elected Patrick Meacham to the board of directors. Meacham, senior vice president...
Philippine Payments Operator Mynt, Backed by Ant Financial, Plans to Offer Insurance April 1, 2019 By Lulu Yilun Chen Mynt, the Philippine payments operator backed by billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Financial, plans to roll out insurance products en route...
China Factory Explosion Kills 7 People in Second Deadly Blast During March April 1, 2019 A plant explosion in China’s Jiangsu province killed seven people on Sunday, authorities said, the second deadly blast in the...
Ethiopian Airlines Crash Could Break Record for Non-War Reinsurance Claim: Willis Re April 1, 2019 Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the...
Brazil’s Caixa Economica Mulls Strategic Partners for Insurance, Asset, Card Units April 1, 2019 By Carolina Mandl Brazil’s Caixa Economica Federal is mulling strategic partnerships for its credit card, asset management and insurance units before taking them...
SCOR Merges European P/C and Life Entities into SCOR SE April 1, 2019 SCOR Global Life SE and SCOR Global P&C SE merged into SCOR SE on March 31, 2019. This reorganization, which...