Monthly Archives: <span>July 2020</span>

AXIS Taps Woolley from GCube as Senior Underwriter, Int’l Construction Team

AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of Anna Woolley as a senior underwriter in its International Construction team, effective immediately. In this role, Woolley will focus on writing new business and …

Update: Online Insurer Lemonade Raises $319M During U.S. Stock Market Debut

Lemonade Inc., the online home insurance provider backed by SoftBank Group Corp., jumped as much as 86% after raising $319 million in its U.S. initial public offering. [inline-ad-1] Shares of the company opened at $50.06 and rose as high as …

North Carolina to Test All Nursing Home Residents, Workers

All North Carolinians living and working in nursing homes will soon receive a one-time coronavirus test, the state announced Tuesday. Mandy Cohen, the state’s top public health official, said the state’s effort to boost testing will be underway from July …

FAA, Boeing Complete Certification Test Flights on 737 MAX, in Key Milestone

The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing Co have completed certification test flights on the 737 MAX, a key milestone toward the plane’s return to service, the U.S. regulator said on Wednesday. The MAX has been grounded since March 2019 after …

Propel Insurance Acquires HealthCare Services of Tennessee

Propel Insurance, a retail insurance agency and a portfolio company of Flexpoint Ford, has acquired HealthCare Services (HCS), a risk management and insurance consulting firm based in Knoxville, Tenn., that specializes in serving senior care organizations. The combined agency will …

From Enron to Wirecard – Big 4 Accounting Firms Still Face Systemic Problems

Two decades of financial disasters from Enron Inc.’s collapse in 2001 to Wirecard AG’s meltdown have left the Big Four accounting firms facing a major cultural problem that regulators may struggle to resolve. The 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) missing …

Brightway to Offer Agency Franchise Option With $5K Fee, Free Second Unit

Brightway Insurance, a nationwide personal lines insurance agency system, has enhanced its franchise model with an option to join with a $5,000 franchise fee and the right to open an additional location at no additional cost. Individuals that would like …

S. African Insurers Are Pushed to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

Virus-related claims from just over 500 small South African firms battling insurers who have rejected them are worth up to 4 billion rand ($232 million), the firm representing the businesses has calculated. Loss adjustment firm Insurance Claims Africa (ICA) is …

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Pay $678M to Settle Doctor-Bribe Claims

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. agreed to pay $678 million to resolve a whistle-blower case accusing the company of paying kickbacks to thousands of doctors who prescribed its drugs and wooing them with lavish dinners and trips to Hooters, ending almost a …

Policygenius Adds Google’s Garr as VP of P&C Operations in North Carolina

Online insurance marketplace Policygenius has made its first executive hire for its North Carolina headquarters. Erik Garr, who established Google Fiber’s operation in Durham, N.C, and was the director of strategy and operations at Google Cloud, will oversee property and …