January 23, 2023
Insurers loved the UK government’s long-awaited plans to free up billions of pounds of their capital. But after the celebrations have come fears that regulators could nudge the changes in a more cautious direction. Reforms to City of London rules, …
January 23, 2023
Turmoil at trophy properties in London and Frankfurt offer a glimpse of the damage awaiting European real estate investors as they face the sharpest reversal on record. From a fraught refinancing process for an office building in the City of …
January 23, 2023
TrueNorth Announces Next Phase of Leadership Succession Plan Effective January 2023 TrueNorth Companies, L.C., a closely and privately held risk management and insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has announced a series of leadership changes. Several officer appointments …
January 23, 2023
Allstate Corp. plans to tap the pool of recently fired tech workers to help the insurer overhaul its business. The company—best known for auto and home policies—is investing in technology including artificial intelligence and telematics, which sets premiums based on …
January 23, 2023
HERMAN, Wis. (AP) – A company that operates a southern Wisconsin wind farm is investigating what caused part of a wind turbine and its blades to plummet to the ground, leaving debris strewn across a field. No one was injured …
January 23, 2023
Juul Labs Inc. won preliminary approval of a settlement aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a US youth-vaping epidemic. U.S. District Judge William Orrick said on Friday the deal to settle …
January 23, 2023
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into legislation, with ripple effects remaining to be seen across the economy. Much of the act has been …
January 23, 2023
A new U.S. lawsuit on Thursday accused Germany’s Bayer AG of illegally excluding a Virginia farmworker from a settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, because she is not a U.S. citizen. The complaint said Elvira Reyes-Hernandez, who used …
January 23, 2023
Florida lawmakers can fine local government officials who attempt to restrict gun and ammunition sales under a state law upheld by the state Supreme Court on Thursday. Former Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and some municipalities sued the state over …
January 23, 2023
The South Carolina insurance department director has extended the life of the state windstorm association’s expanded coverage area for another two years. In a bulletin posted last week, Acting Director Michael Wise renewed the expanded territory, as allowed by law. …