Nexus Underwriting announced that it has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Spectrum Risk Management, a specialist MGA headquartered in Dubai that focuses on marine and property insurance and reinsurance. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. …
While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a 29-year-old temporary worker – on the job just nine months – suffered critical injuries after falling into an industrial blender he was cleaning and became caught in …
DETROIT (AP) – About a dozen people were hurt in an apartment building fire early Friday morning on Detroit’s west side. Twenty people were displaced and 11 people suffered injuries including smoke inhalation, bumps and bruises, Fire Chief James Harris …
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A proposal designed to thwart investing that considers environmental, social and governance factors has cleared the Kansas Legislature, but divisions within its GOP majorities kept the measure from being as strong as some conservatives wanted. Lawmakers …
Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.5 billion in damages over an alleged scheme to fix prices between 1999 and 2006, a prosecutor told Reuters. Federal Prosecutor Karen Kahn said …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Wichita Falls, Texas-based Boley-Featherston Insurance. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Boley-Featherston is a retail insurance agency with expertise in oil and gas, construction, health care and benefits consulting, serving …
A federal court has rejected a proposed class action by students against Boston University over alleged damages they suffered due to cutbacks by the school during the Covid-19 pandemic. The students sought a refund of payments they made for tuition …
In a “deliberate and modest fashion,” the composite rate for commercial property and casualty lines increases 5% during the first quarter 2023, according to MarketScout. The Dallas-based distribution and underwriting company’s Market Barometer showed cyber lead the way with a …
Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north- central Washington state after testing found high levels of chemicals related to a dangerous pesticide used decades ago. …
A judge canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant that’s under construction along the Yellowstone River in Montana citing worries over climate change. State District Judge Michael Moses ruled that Montana officials failed to adequately consider …
