Monthly Archives: <span>April 2024</span>

Poll: Climate Change Concerns Grow, but Few Believe Biden’s Climate Law Will Help

A poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year (six-in-10 Democrats and one-quarter of Republicans). However, the poll shows now …

Chubb to Acquire MGA Healthy Paws From Aon

Chubb said it is acquiring managing general agent Healthy Paws from Aon plc. Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based Chubb has been the exclusive underwriter of Healthy Paws’ pet insurance program for Aon since 2013. Terms of the deal, expected to close …

Investment Funds File New Suits Over Lighthouse Insurance Collapse in 2022

Three investment firms connected to some of the best-known names on Wall Street have upped the ante in a legal dispute over now-insolvent Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp., based in Tampa. Fortinbras Enterprises, the managing partner of which is the well-known …

BNSF Says It Didn’t Know About Asbestos That’s Killed Hundreds in Montana Town

BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. …

Alliant Insurance Services Acquires Advanced Benefits in Idaho

Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, acquired Advanced Benefits, based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1993, Advanced Benefits offers employee benefit programs, and HR and compliance services. The entire Advanced Benefits team will join Alliant.

Home Explosion in Maryland Injures 1, Requires 3 Crews to Douse Flames

An explosion razed a home in suburban Baltimore, officials said, sending one person to the hospital for injuries and requiring aid from dozens of firefighters to douse the flames. Baltimore County fire officials said they were called to the scene …

People Moves: MGA Nexus Taps Willett From Barents Re as Head of Development; PoloWorks Appoints CNA Hardy’s Borrel as Chief Risk Officer

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Nexus Group and PoloWorks. A summary of these new hires follows here. MGA Nexus Taps Willett From Barents Re as Head of Development Nexus Group, the London-based specialty managing general agent, …

J&J, Kenvue Told to Pay $45 Million to Baby Powder User’s Family

Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue Inc. were ordered to pay $45 million to the family of an Illinois woman who blamed the companies’ baby powders for giving her a fatal cancer in what was the first verdict against the J&J …

What Do Countries and Companies Want in Global Plastic Treaty Talks?

Global leaders will gather in Canada’s capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution by the end of the year. The hoped-for treaty, due to be agreed at the end …

Parental Fury After Stem Cell Bank Ruins Thousands of Children’s Samples in Singapore

Thousands of parents in Singapore are furious, with some now pursuing legal action, after a major operator of cord blood banks in Asia irreparably damaged their children’s samples through improper handling. The ongoing case, one of the worst to hit …