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Praedicat Develops Named Peril Casualty Insurance Product via Lloyd’s Lab

Praedicat, Inc., the Los Angeles-based liability risk analytics software company, announced it is developing a new insurance product designed to help global industrials secure coverage for innovative and essential products and chemicals that are typically excluded or under-insured in standard …

Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Capital Region Benefits

Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired Capital Region Benefits, effective November 1, 2019. Capital Region Benefits, an independent insurance agency located in Camp Hill, Penn., has provided group benefit …

Connecticut’s Electric Boat Fined $10K After Worker Falls 20 Feet into Submarine

Connecticut submarine maker Electric Boat has been fined by federal officials after an employee fell more than 20 feet while working earlier this year. The Day reports the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently fined Electric Boat $10,000 for …

The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ Gould & Naimoli Partners

The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Massachusetts-based Gould & Naimoli Partners LLC/G&N Insurance (G&N). The transaction became effective November 1, 2019. G&N is a property and casualty insurance agency primarily providing personal lines insurance to real estate owners in …

Pool Re Forms Specialist Unit to Help U.K. Insurers Build Terrorism Risk Resilience

Pool Re, Britain’s government-backed terrorism reinsurer, has launched of Pool Re “Solutions,” a specialist unit created to support its member insurers and their policyholders by sharing the understanding and partnerships it has established over 25 years of reinsuring terrorism risk. …

Startup Zego Becomes 1st U.K. Insurtech to Get Insurance License

Zego has become the first ever U.K. insurtech to be awarded its own insurance license, which will enable it to build and sell its own products. While Zego will still work in tandem with its growing network of insurer partners, …

Insurance Council of Australia Declares Catastrophe for New South Wales Bushfires

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) on Nov. 9 declared a catastrophe for the bushfires blazing in northern New South Wales. The catastrophe declaration is for communities on the mid-north coast affected by bushfires that have reportedly destroyed more than …

New Jersey Man Sentenced in Slip and Fall Insurance Scam

A New Jersey man is not going to prison for orchestrating a slip and fall insurance scam. Under terms of a plea agreement, a judge on Monday instead sentenced 58-year-old Alexander Goldinsky to probation, community service and ordered him to …

Markel to Acquire Virginia’s VSC Fire & Security

Markel Corporation and VSC Fire & Security Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement for Markel to acquire VSC. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019. Additional terms …

Guy Carpenter Appoints Bermuda Execs, Including Johnston, Komposch from Aon

Guy Carpenter announced the appointment of Robert Johnston as chairman of Guy Carpenter’s Bermuda operations, and Peter Komposch as head of Casualty and Specialty, Bermuda, with immediate effect. Johnston has nearly 20 years’ experience in Bermuda, most recently as president …