June 10, 2024 — Axis Insurance Managers Inc. (“Axis Insurance” or “the Company”), a leading independent specialty insurance brokerage, is pleased to announce that it has received a significant growth investment from funds managed by Lee Equity Partners, LLC (“Lee …
Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, expanded its Midwest team by adding Matt Richard as vice president and Tricia Schmidt as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Richard, based in Kentucky, has more than 20 years of …
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Meta’s Facebook to scuttle a private securities fraud lawsuit accusing the social media platform of misleading investors in 2017 and 2018 about the misuse of its user data …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden’s administration to offer its views on a bid by Sunoco and other oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit by Honolulu accusing them of deceiving the public about climate change. The …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the coronavirus pandemic. …
DALLAS (AP) — A group of financial firms and investors is planning to launch a Texas-based private market stock exchange and offer traders an alternative to the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The group, which includes BlackRock, Citadel Securities …
AULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) — A freighter in Lake Superior hit something underwater on Saturday and started taking on water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Great Lakes district received reports about 6:53 a.m. that a …
Austin residents can now receive up to a 25% discount on their flood insurance thanks to the city’s upgraded Community Rating System score from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Last month, FEMA notified the City of Austin that it …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has settled on an 8% average rate increase for dwelling insurance policies, starting Nov. 1. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, basing its request on data from property insurers, last summer had urged an average …
A recent report from The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has found that nuclear verdicts of $10 million or more are on the rise. Looking at verdicts from 2013 to 2022, ILR said the median nuclear …
