Monthly Archives: <span>April 2025</span>

Wildfire Losses Drop Chubb Q1 Net Income 38%, While Tariffs Create ‘Confusion’

First quarter 2025 net income at Chubb fell nearly 38% to about $1.3 billion as losses from the California wildfires overcame underlying results. Chief Executive Officer Evan G. Greenberg in a statement said the insurer “had a good first quarter …

IMF Slashes Global Outlook as White House Says Trade Talks Pick Up Pace

Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as U.S. President Donald Trump’s steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, as global finance chiefs swarmed Washington seeking deals with …

UK’s Admiral Group to Sell Its US Insurer Elephant to J.C. Flowers

United Kingdom’s Admiral Group has agreed to sell its U.S. insurance business — Elephant Insurance Co. and Elephant Insurance Services— to the private investment firm J.C. Flowers & Co. for an undisclosed cash consideration. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Elephant is …

People Moves: Falcon Risk Services Appoints Coppola as Head of Management Liability

Falcon Risk Services, an MGA majority owned by HDI Global Specialty, a wholly owned subsidiary of HDI Global SE, announced the appointment of Laura Coppola as executive vice president, head of management liability. . Coppola oversees growth, portfolio management and …

Inszone Acquires Missouri’s Davidson Insurance Agency

Inszone Insurance Services announced its recent acquisition of Davidson Insurance Agency Group, LLC. Located in Missouri, Davidson Insurance Agency has proudly served local businesses, families, and individuals since its founding in 1970, building a reputation for personalized and comprehensive insurance …

Lawsuits Against BP Over Health Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Stalled

Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (500 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still …

Communities Reeling From Deadly Tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left three people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts of the south-central and Midwest U.S. On Easter …

Business Moves: Ignyte, Novacore Spin Off From NSM Commercial Business Sale

Ignyte and Novacore have launched following the recent sale of NSM Insurance Group’s U.S. commercial business to investment firm New Mountain Capital. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based NSM had said it would become two separate entities as a result of the sale, and …

Easter Sunday Fire in Crowded Home in Queens, NY, Takes 3 Lives

Three people died and a fourth was critically injured early Easter Sunday when a fire tore through an overcrowded home in Queens, that had no evidence of a working smoke detector and had blocked stairs and exits, fire officials said. …

BOE’s Greene Says US Tariffs Pose Disinflation Risks for UK

Megan Greene, one of the Bank of England’s most hawkish policymakers, said Donald Trump’s wave of global tariffs is more likely to weigh on prices in the UK than it is to stoke higher inflation. In an interview with Bloomberg …