Marsh & McLennan Completes $5.6 Billion Acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson April 1, 2019 Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) completed its $5.6 billion acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT). “Today marks the...
Scientists Investigate Recent Earthquakes in the South April 1, 2019 Scientists are sending additional sensors to south Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with aims of solving the mystery of what...
North Carolina Personal Auto Rates to Increase by 1.6% April 1, 2019 The North Carolina Rate Bureau has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Department of Insurance to raise personal auto...
1 Million Acres of Midwest Farmlands Flooded as Corn Planting Deadlines Approach April 1, 2019 By P.J. Huffstutter and Humeyra Pamuk At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm left wide swaths...
Big Settlements Drove Value of Securities Class Actions Above $5 Billion in 2018 April 1, 2019 The total settlement value of securities class actions rose sharply to $5 billion in 2018, driven by five settlements of...
How Disasters, Tax Reform Affected P/C Insurers’ Performance in 2018 April 1, 2019 Mainly due to above-average catastrophe losses, the aggregate financial performance of U.S. publicly traded property/casualty insurers deteriorated slightly in 2018,...
Insurer Introduces Revolutionary 3-Word Personal Insurance Policy April 1, 2019 By Lirpa Loof APRIL 1, 2019 — An insurance company that says it wants to simplify insurance has whittled its personal insurance policies...
EPIC Adds Knight, Smiley in Atlanta April 1, 2019 EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added two senior vice...
Texas Body Shop Owner Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud Case April 1, 2019 A Travis County body shop owner was sentenced on March 13 to 10 years of probation after pleading guilty to...
In Their Own Words: Why Producers Change Jobs April 1, 2019 By Mary Newgard Q: We have a zillion newbies and plenty 50-plus year old veteran producers. I’ve tried the out-of-industry route. Frankly, my...