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Kansas County to Pay $37.5K to Officer Bitten by Police Dog

A Kansas county has agreed to pay $37,500 to a Wichita police officer who was bitten by a sheriff deputy’s K-9, years after the deputy received her own settlement for being bitten by a police department dog. The Wichita Eagle …

The Excess Line Association of New York Names Greene Director of Government Affairs

The Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) has given Director of Strategic Initiatives Howard W. Greene the additional title of Director of Government Affairs. Greene, an industry veteran of more than 30 years, has been with ELANY since May …

Maine Roofing Company Facing More Fines After Worker Fell to Death

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is imposing additional fines on a roofing contractor in Maine charged in the 2018 death of a worker. The new fines of $278,000 bring the total to more than $2 million in fines against …

New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner to Resign

New Hampshire’s insurance commissioner is stepping down less than two years after his appointment. In a letter to the governor Monday, Commissioner John Elias said deciding to resign on Dec. 31 was a difficult decision, but the best one for …

Arch Capital Group Finalizes Acquisition of Barbican Group Holdings

Arch Capital Group Ltd. announced the completion of its previously disclosed acquisition of Barbican Group Holdings Ltd. (Barbican), including Barbican Managing Agency Ltd., Lloyd’s Syndicate 1955, Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and other associated entities. “We are excited to complete this …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Offers Commercial Crime Cover in Asia Market

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it is introducing Commercial Crime Insurance in Asia, a new policy designed to help companies address the exposures of a changing fraud landscape. BHSI’s Commercial Crime Insurance policy offers concise contract language for …

France to Require Insurers, Banks to Run Climate Change Stress Tests in 2020

France’s financial regulator will subject banks and insurers to climate change stress tests next year, central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday. Investors are increasingly putting pressure on companies to make concrete steps to helping implement the …

Zurich CEO Says Big Transnational M&As Won’t Solve Industry Fragmentation: Report

The European insurance sector is too fragmented but large cross-border deals are not the solution to the problem, the head of Europe’s fifth-biggest insurer Zurich said in a newspaper interview on Thursday [Nov 28]. “I don’t believe in market consolidation …

Texas Mutual Distributes $3.5M in Early Qualifier Dividends

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. recently paid $3.5 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 3,200 newer policyholder owners across the state. This payout is the final component of the company’s $330 million record dividend distribution to more than 55,000 policyholders …

Michigan State, AF Group Partner on Master’s Certificate in Quantitative Risk Analytics

Lansing, Mich.-based AF Group and Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Statistics and Probability have teamed up to offer a master’s-level certificate in Quantitative Risk Analytics exclusively to AF Group teammates. The partnership was formed through the collaborative efforts of …