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People Moves: Acrisure Appoints Radelet Chief Corporate Affairs Officer; Carbon Hires Bright to Lead US Underwriting
Nov 6 2025 // Aaron Radelet Acrisure, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, appointed Aaron Radelet as chief corporate affairs officer. In this newly created role, Radelet oversees the company’s corporate brand and reputation...
MMA Sues Former Specialty Marine Head Over Move to Howden US
Nov 6 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency is going after a single employee, who came over in the acquisition of McGriff Insurance Services, for leaving for Howden US—taking 17 coworkers and over 30 clients representing $4 million in annual...
US Prosecutors Say Cybersecurity Pros Ran Ransomware Operation
Nov 4 2025 // Prosecutors said three American cybersecurity professionals secretly ran a ransomware operation aimed at shaking down companies across the United States. The three people, only two of whom – Ryan Goldberg and Kevin...
Marsh Sues More Former Employees Over ‘Scheme’ to Open Howden US
Nov 4 2025 // Already suing the current CEO of Howden US and others, all former employees, broker Marsh has filed a new lawsuit against another group of former employees now at Howden US for breach of various employee contracts. The...
UBS Warns of Systemic Risk From Weak US Insurance Regulation
Nov 4 2025 // UBS Group AG’s chairman warned against looming risks in the US insurance industry, citing weak and complex regulations amid an unprecedented boom in private financing. “We’re beginning to see huge rating...
People Moves: Ryan Appointed CMO of Howden US; McCrosson Joins AXA XL Reinsurance as Sr. Underwriter, US Property Treaty
Nov 4 2025 // McCrosson Joins AXA XL Reinsurance as Senior Underwriter, US Property Treaty Dan McCrosson AXA XL Reinsurance hired Dan McCrosson to the U.S. property treaty reinsurance team in Stamford, Connecticut, as a senior...
US Sees Air Safety Risks as Government Shutdown Hurts Flying
Nov 4 2025 // Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he’d close US airspace if officials determined air travel was dangerous, as the government shutdown stretches into its second month. “If we thought that it was unsafe,...
People Moves: H.W. Kaufman Group Promotes 16 Across Executive and North American Teams; Howden US Names Dallal EVP, Financial Lines
Nov 3 2025 // H.W. Kaufman Group Makes Promotions Across Executive and North American Teams H.W. Kaufman Group, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, promoted 16 members of its executive and North American teams to new roles. The...
People Moves: Tiesi Joins Canopius as US Head of Financial Lines
Oct 31 2025 // John Tiesi Canopius Group, headquartered in Chicago, named John Tiesi as U.S. Head of Financial Lines. Tiesi leads the financial lines portfolio across Canopius’ U.S. operations. Tiesi has over 25 years of experience...
US Appeals Court Revives $2.5 Billion Opioid Lawsuit in West Virginia
Oct 29 2025 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a $2.5 billion lawsuit against drug distributors accused of contributing to an opioid addiction crisis in West Virginia communities, overturning a 2022 victory at trial by the...
People Moves: Tassone Jr. Promoted to AM Specialty CEO; Canopius Names Leftwich US Head of Strategy; FM Hires Erbig as CFO
Oct 29 2025 // Tassone Jr. Promoted to CEO of AM Specialty Dominick Tassone Jr. Dominick Tassone Jr. was promoted to CEO of AM Specialty Insurance Company (ASIC U.S.), effective Jan. 1, 2026. Since joining AM Specialty Insurance Group in...
Wyoming to Be Hub for US Rare Earth, Critical Mineral Stockpile
Oct 28 2025 // Ramaco Resources said on Monday it plans to establish what it called the first U.S. stockpile of rare earth elements and critical minerals in Wyoming, in a move to bolster domestic raw material supply for defense and...
People Moves: CRC Group Names New Team Members in Specialty Division; Howden US Appoints Hanback EVP
Oct 24 2025 // CRC Group Names New Team Members in Specialty Division Ryan Degale CRC Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, added three new professionals to its CRC Specialty division. Ryan Degale rejoins CRC Specialty as a broker...
Grounded Paychecks: 60,000 Air Safety Workers Tighten Belts as US Shutdown Drags
Oct 22 2025 // The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping American skies safe have gone unpaid throughout the government shutdown. Without a funding agreement soon, many will be forced to dip into savings, rack up credit-card debt,...
US Saw Record $101 Billion in Weather Losses Through June
Oct 22 2025 // The US saw more than $101 billion in losses from severe storms and fires in the first half of 2025, setting a record. That’s according to a database of billion-dollar disasters that a nonprofit has re-launched since...
People Moves: Borys to Lead Howden US Financial Lines; Everest Appoints Vidovich General Counsel
Oct 20 2025 // Howden US Appoints Borys to Lead Financial Lines Practice Ron Borys Howden US appointed Ron Borys as head of its financial lines group in the U.S. Based in New York, Borys will be responsible for building out the practice...
People Moves: Howden US Appoints Clark to Lead Private Risk Solutions; Krupowicz Named Head of Operations
Oct 17 2025 // Joe Clark Insurance broker Howden US has appointed Joe Clark as president and Dale Krupowicz as head of operations for its private risk solutions business in the U.S. Clark and Krupowicz will lead the development of...
Storm System Threatens Central and Southern US With Hail and Damaging Winds
Oct 16 2025 // As many as 22 states face the risk for severe thunderstorms, hail and damaging wind gusts over the next several days, meteorologists say. A front over the Central/Southern Rockies is expected to move northeastward,...
Stellantis to Invest $13B in the US, Focused on Midwest Plants
Oct 15 2025 // Stellantis STLAM.MI announced a $13 billion investment in the U.S. on Tuesday, a move it said will bring five new models to the market and add 5,000 jobs in plants across the Midwest over the next four years. The plan,...
US Sanctions Online Scammers Who Stole Billions From Victims
Oct 15 2025 // The Trump administration sanctioned more than a hundred companies and individuals in Southeast Asia linked to online investment scams that have fleeced US victims of billions of dollars in recent years. The Treasury...
