Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Takes 100% Stake in Capsicum Reinsurance Brokers January 13, 2020 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced it increased its stake in Capsicum Reinsurance Brokers from...
UMass Student Newspaper Editor Cannot Be Held Liable in Defamation Suit January 13, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled that a University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass) student newspaper editor cannot be...
Re/Insurance Outsourcing Specialist Pro Global Taps Former RSA Exec Lewis as CEO January 13, 2020 Global re/insurance outsourcing and consulting specialist Pro Global Holdings Ltd. announced that Steve Lewis has been appointed as CEO, effective...
Zurich Sees Hardening Rates, Improving Terms – in Market Not Seen Since 2002 January 13, 2020 By Patrick Winters Zurich Insurance Group AG expects to have more power to increase commercial insurance rates than it has seen in almost...
Gallagher Buys 60% Stake in Caribbean-Based Broker, Risk Management Services Ltd. January 13, 2020 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced it has acquired a 60% interest in Caribbean insurance...
Salvage Company to Extract Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port January 13, 2020 A Texas-based salvage company will cut up and remove a 656-foot (200- meter) shipwreck from St. Simons Sound off the...
U.S. Panel Backs Tougher Asbestos Testing Standards for Cosmetics January 13, 2020 By Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion An expert panel formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed asbestos testing standards for cosmetics that reject...
Jury Orders Wells Fargo to Pay $102.8 Million in USAA Mobile Deposit Patent Case January 13, 2020 By Susan Decker and Dennis Robertson Wells Fargo & Co. was told to pay $102.8 million after a federal jury in Texas said in infringed United...
Lawsuits Over Missing Malaysia Plane Belong in Malaysia, Not U.S., Court Affirms January 13, 2020 By David Shepardson A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia...
Judge: Survivors of Tennessee Wildfire Can Sue National Park Service January 13, 2020 Survivors of a historically deadly Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people can sue the National Park Service for failing to...