Monthly Archives: <span>November 2021</span>

AgentSync Acquires Finvera to Streamline Broker Identity and Licensing Management

Acquisition of identity verification platform Finvera accelerates AgentSync’s goal of being the insurance industry’s most advanced producer management system DENVER, CO, November 4, 2021 –– AgentSync, the company building modern tools and infrastructure to power the insurance industry, today announced …

FAA Refers 37 Fights on Flights to FBI as Cases Rise

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it has referred more than three dozen unruly passengers to the FBI for potential criminal prosecution amid a sharp rise in onboard incidents this year. The FAA and Justice Department said they had …

SEC Makes It Easier for Shareholders to Get Votes on Social Issue Proposals

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday published new staff guidance that may make it harder for corporations to keep shareholder proposals on matters like workforce diversity or climate from being voted on at annual meetings. The new bulletins …

Insurtech Startup With Claims Monitoring Platform Raises $30M

Insurtech startup owl.co Labs Inc. raised $30 million in new venture capital. Many plans are in play to spend the cash infusion, including hiring, and accelerated growth plans for the company’s machine learning-focused insurance claims monitoring platform. “By leveraging machine …

AgentSync Acquires Broker ID Provider Finvera in California

AgentSync has acquired Finvera, a cloud identity passport for licensed brokers in San Francisco, Calif. Cameron Nordholm, founder of Finvera, joins the AgentSync team as head of product. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Finvera’s technology complements AgentSync’s licensing …

Howden Broking Launches New Zealand Operations

Howden, the international insurance broker, announces the launch of operations in New Zealand with Howden Broking and Howden Care — its local workplace claims management, rehabilitation and wellness business. The launch reinforces Howden’s ambitious growth plans in the region since …

Climate-Fueled Disasters Spur UN Plan to Fund Weather Forecasting in Vulnerable Nations

GLASGOW – As climate change triggers deadly heatwaves, droughts and floods, three U.N. agencies on Wednesday rolled out funding plans to improve weather forecasting in vulnerable countries. The initiative, announced at the U.N. climate summit, aims to plug gaps in …

Coal in Crosshairs as UN Climate Summit Brings Raft of Clean Energy Pledges

GLASGOW – Government representatives at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday will turn their focus to tackling the global economy’s addiction to fossil fuels with a raft of new pledges aimed at curbing production and use of oil, …

Worker’s Death at Nebraska Manufacturing Plant Under Investigation

Officials are investigating the death of a worker injured in a crane accident at a Norfolk, Nebraska manufacturing plant over the weekend. Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics were called to the Continental Tire plant late Saturday afternoon by a 911 caller …

Canada Employers Shed Unvaccinated Workers With Legal Challenges Expected

OTTAWA – Canadian employers are firing or putting on unpaid leave thousands of workers who refused to get COVID-19 shots, squeezing an already tight labor market and raising prospects of potentially disruptive legal challenges. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised vaccine …