Bain, Vista Said to Be Weighing Sale of Software Firm Vertafore. Could It Bring $5 Billion? October 31, 2019 By Gillian Tan and Kiel Porter Vista Equity Partners and Bain Capital are in the early stages of weighing a sale of insurance software maker Vertafore...
A.M. Best Says Insurers Challenged by ‘New Normal’ of California Wildfires October 31, 2019 While the number of burned acres in 2019 is still well below the number reported last year through October, experts...
Report: Cannabis Dispensaries May Become ‘Most Profitable’ Specialty Stores October 31, 2019 By Don Jergler Selling insurance to cannabis dispensaries may the business in which to be in the very near future. A new report...
Covering Cannabis Risks on a BOP October 31, 2019 By Patrick Wraight Back in June 2018, AAIS filed its first CannaBOP policy to provide admitted markets a BOP that would cover the...
Kentucky-Based Humana to Lay Off More Than 800 Employees October 31, 2019 A health insurance provider says it’s laying off more than 800 people. The Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana announced Monday it’d be...
Houston-Area Residents Get Encroachment Letters as Flood Control Projects Proceed October 31, 2019 By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle On a Friday night in August, Diane and Ted Simpson got home from work to find a certified letter from...
Number of Volunteer Firefighters Continues to Grow in Oklahoma October 31, 2019 Nearly 500 new volunteer firefighters have joined Oklahoma rural fire departments in the four years after legislation passed that eliminated...
Farm Bankruptcies Up 24% on Strain from Trump Trade War October 31, 2019 By Mike Dorning U.S. farm bankruptcies in September surged 24% to the highest since 2011 amid strains from President Donald Trump’s trade war...
Indiana Environmental Regulators: Steelmaker Too Slow to Act on Chemical Spill October 31, 2019 The state environmental agency said a northwestern Indiana steel mill knew it was leaking dangerous chemicals into Lake Michigan but...
Issuer Credit Outlook Revised to Positive for Upland Mutual Insurance in Kansas October 31, 2019 Ratings agency AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR)...