Tiny white plastic pellets are washing ashore in Spain’s northwestern coast by the millions, with hundreds of volunteers leading the clean up as authorities struggle to coordinate and companies decline any responsibility. A tanker ship lost six containers off the …
Allstate, headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., named Mike Fiato as executive vice president and chief claims officer, effective Jan. 22. Fiato joins Allstate with more than 32 years of industry experience. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief …
A former senior Goldman Sachs manager is seeking around 1.0 million pounds ($1.27 million) from the Wall Street bank in London over allegations that bullying and a dysfunctional workplace destroyed his physical and psychological health. Ian Dodd, a 55-year-old former …
Watkins Insurance Group, based in Austin, promoted Chris Scott to president. Patrick Watkins, who has been leading the agency since 2002, will continue as CEO. Scott joined Watkins Insurance Group in 2017 and most recently served as executive vice president, …
Australians bracing for a return of scorching heat and wildfires are instead battling a prolonged deluge of rain across the country’s east that’s inundated homes and damaged crops from sugar to wheat. Vast areas of the country’s populous eastern states …
The number of insurers adopting policies on oil and gas has slowed, according to climate activist organization Insure Our Future’s seventh annual “Scorecard on Insurance, Fossil Fuels and the Climate Emergency” released this week. The scorecard assesses the policies on …
Riskonnect, a provider integrated risk management (IRM) solutions, said Thursday is acquired Ventiv Technology, a provider of risk, insurance and underwriting technology solutions. “The acquisition adds substantial value for our customers, giving users of both companies access to a broader …
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited named Anna Tan as head of wholesale casualty. Tan joins AXIS from Navigators, a brand of The Hartford, where she served for over 12 years, most recently as head of excess casualty. Before this, she spent …
There’s no relief in sight for US car owners who’ve faced soaring costs of maintaining a vehicle in the past two years. Prices of motor-vehicle insurance rose 20.3% in December from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1976, according …
Gaven Puchinsky had been pushing vehicles onto a huge cargo ship in one of the nation’s busiest seaports when he heard a loud “clunking” noise that he believed came from the yellow Jeep Wrangler he was using to nudge the …
