Yearly Archives: <span>2021</span>

Looking in the Rearview Mirror: Cyber Lessons Learned from 2021

The year is coming to an end and cyber insurers as well as their clients may be reflecting on lessons learned from this year’s biggest threats. However, Kurt Suhs, founder and CEO of cyber risk company Cyber Special Ops, says …

Renault’s Zoe Electric Model Gets Zero-Star Safety Rating From Europe Safety Agency

French carmaker Renault on Wednesday received a blow for its popular Zoe electric model, as the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) gave it a zero-star safety rating in tests that are standards for Europe. The carmaker, which is cutting …

Malaysia’s Malene Insurance Brokers Renamed Howden Takaful Brokers

Howden, the London-based international insurance broker, announced that further to its merger with Malene Insurance Brokers in February 2019, Malene will operate as Howden Takaful Brokers, a fully dedicated Takaful specialist. Howden Takaful Brokers’ team of 30 specialists offers bespoke …

BRP Group Acquires Texas-Based Arcana

BRP Group, Inc. announced that Millennial Specialty Insurance, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of BRP Group, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Arcana Insurance Services, LP , a Dallas, Texas-based national insurance agency and program administrator, focused on better …

Iowa to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Religious, Speech Rights Cases

A state panel agreed Monday to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role. The Iowa State Appeal Board, made …

Injury is Compensable When It’s an ‘Accident,’ Carolina Appeals Court Rules

A nurse who injured herself while trying to move a 350-pound patient is owed workers’ compensation benefits, the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided in an opinion posted Tuesday. That may seem like an obvious conclusion to some, given the …

Buckle, Amwins Form MGA to Offer Auto to Gig Workers

Buckle, a technology-based financial services company, has entered into a managing general agency agreement with Amwins Specialty Auto to place non-standard automobile insurance for gig workers in Florida. Gateway Insurance will be the admitted carrier, Buckle said in a news …

Florida Jury Awards $100 Million in Bitcoin Trial; Defense Calls it a Big Win

Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner, which claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens …

How Big Tech Is Faring in U.S. Lawsuits and Probes

Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing their power. Below is …

Arthur J. Gallagher to Pay $40K to Settle Colorado Religious Discrimination Suit

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will pay $40,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC charged that Arthur J. Gallagher violated federal anti-discrimination laws when it fired a client underwriting associate …