Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s SBW Employee Benefits December 18, 2019 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Sinclair Billard and...
Wisconsin’s SECURA Insurance Promotes Thiel, Heyroth December 18, 2019 SECURA Insurance in Neenah, Wisconsin, has promoted Todd Thiel to vice president-chief information officer and Tim Heyroth to vice president-chief...
W.R. Berkley Corp. Forms Captive Insurer in North Carolina December 18, 2019 W.R. Berkley Corporation has formed Oak Harbor Reinsurance Co. (Oak Harbor Re), a protected cell captive insurance company, which was...
Brown & Brown Acquires Insurance Management Group of South Carolina December 18, 2019 J. Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of Brown & Brown, Inc., and Mark K. Ackerman, the sole shareholder of Insurance...
United Valley Insurance Services in California Adds Burnett December 18, 2019 United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Genna Burnett a marketing specialist. Burnett is focused on assisting members on marketing...
Hotel Chains Sued for Ignoring Warning Signs of Sex Trafficking on Premises December 18, 2019 By Matthew Lavietes Landmark U.S. legal action was filed last Monday (Dec. 9) accusing several major hotel groups of profiting from sex trafficking...
California and PG&E Reach $1.7B Deal on Wildfire Penalties December 17, 2019 By David R. Baker California utility regulators have reached a settlement with PG&E Corp. over violations tied to catastrophic wildfires ignited by the company’s...
‘Minibus’ Marks Missed Opportunity for TRIA, Ex-Im Risk Transfer December 17, 2019 By R.J. Lehmann There has been much talk in recent years about the need to “drain the swamp” in Washington and bring public...
Judge Rules U.S. Army Engineers May Be Liable for Hurricane Harvey Floods December 17, 2019 Hundreds of Houston homeowners near U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-managed reservoirs may receive compensation for flooding of their properties during...
Personal Auto Insurance Underwriting Performance Has Likely Peaked: Fitch December 17, 2019 Performance in the U.S. personal auto insurance market continues to run favorably in 2019, on par with underwriting profits achieved...