Liability Insurers Report Rise in Claims Against Architects and Engineers March 24, 2020 By Jim Sams Increased billings by architecture and engineering firms generated bigger professional liability premiums in 2019 but also led to the first...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Virginia Insurance Partners March 24, 2020 World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Virginia Insurance Partners (VIP). The transaction was effective February 1, 2020, and terms...
Peachtree Special Risk Brokers Acquires Massachusetts’ RLA Insurance Intermediaries March 24, 2020 Peachtree Special Risk Brokers LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of...
A.M. Best Downgrades Rhode Island’s Providence Mutual March 24, 2020 The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. has been dealt a financial strength rating downgrade from A.M. Best. A.M. Best said...
Swiss Re Names da Victoria Lobo as Market Executive for Western, Southern Europe March 24, 2020 Swiss Re has announced that Nikhil da Victoria Lobo, currently managing director and head of Americas for its Public Sector...
BMS Buys Spanish Specialist Insurance Broker Jurado Mata March 24, 2020 BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced its Spanish subsidiary, BMS Iberia, has acquired Jurado Mata, the Granada-based Spanish...
UK Travel Insurers Expect to Pay Record Coronavirus Claims of US$319M March 24, 2020 UK travel insurers expect to pay record claims of at least £275 million (US$319 million) due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
West Virginia Couple Get 3 Years in Renter’s Insurance Fraud Case March 24, 2020 A West Virginia couple were sentenced to more than three years each after pleading guilty in a scheme to fraudulently...
Georgia Resort Violated Labor Laws, Underpaid Workers by $46K March 24, 2020 Newly released documents show a coastal Georgia resort violated labor laws more than 500 times and collectively underpaid employees by...
Former Mississippi Attorney General Hood Joins Policyholder Defense Practice March 24, 2020 Former Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has joined Weisbrod Matteis & Copley PLLC, a litigation firm with a focus on...