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

Secret Ratings Show US Regulator’s Concern on Banks’ Handling of Risks

A key US regulator has privately found half of the major banks it oversees have an inadequate grasp of a broad swath of potential risks from cyber attacks to employee blunders, according to people familiar with the matter. In the …

New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance Takes Issue with Ruling on Living Expenses

A Santa Fe District Court ruling that State Farm and Casualty Co. does not have to comply with a provision of the New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance emergency order for insurers to pay $5,000 in living expenses to policyholders forced …

A Guide to Healthcare Insurance: Part 1

This post is part of a series sponsored by Trucordia. In this first installment of a three-part series, Trucordia Healthcare Practice Leader Brian King examines the vital elements of medical malpractice insurance. As a Trucordia Healthcare Practice Leader, I’ve witnessed …

AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings for Mt. Morris Mutual Following Downgrade

AM Best announced it has withdrawn credit ratings of Mt. Morris Mutual Insurance Company in Coloma, Wisconsin, less than a week after the credit rating agency downgraded the company’s ratings. AM Best said it withdrawn Mt. Morris’ ratings as the …

People Moves: Encova Insurance Names Shaver SVP, Small Business, and Lowe VP, Package Lines Underwriting

Encova Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, named Michelle Shaver as senior vice president, small business, commercial lines, and Carrie Lowe as vice president, package lines underwriting. Shaver most recently was a small business leader for Chubb Insurance. She also previously …

BHP Must Stop Funding Legal Action to Halt Mariana Dam Claim, London Court Rules

BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion-pound claim over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, London’s High Court ruled on Tuesday. More than 720,000 Brazilians, including around 50 municipalities, are …

AGs in 14 States Want FHFA to Drop Plan to End Title Insurance Requirements

Attorneys general from 14 states, most of them in the South, are urging the Federal Housing Finance Agency to back off a pilot program that would remove age-old title insurance requirements from some home loans sold to Fannie Mae. “The …

New London-Based Specialty Reinsurer, Stability Re, Launched

The Connect Group announced the launch of a London-based specialty reinsurer, Stability Re. This follows the formation in September 2023 of Stability Risk, an MGA created to allow Connect Underwriting Ltd. (a specialist reinsurance MGA) to focus on its core …

Jewelers Mutual Acquiring Union Life & Casualty Insurance Agency in Arizona

Jewelers Mutual Group acquired Union Life & Casualty Insurance Agency in Phoenix, Arizona. JM Insurance Agency Partners Inc., a Jewelers Mutual Group company, will join with UL&C. UL&C has been in the insurance business since 1965, specializing in pawn and …

Wife of Ex-Texas Trucking Magnate Sentenced in $9M Work Comp Fraud Scheme

The wife of a former San Antonio trucking magnate was sentenced this month in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. Frances Hall, former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking, was sentenced for her role in a scheme to avoid $9 million in …