Vietnam has culled more than 2.5 million pigs to contain the spread of an African swine fever outbreak that is in danger of infecting every province of the country, an agriculture ministry official said on Tuesday. The virus, which is …
Compre, the London-based independent re/insurance legacy specialist, announced it has signed three transactions involving Basler Versicherung AG (Baloise), Helvetia Swiss Insurance Co. Ltd. (Helvetia), and an undisclosed European insurance group. Compre has acquired each company’s share of the Gibbon Pools, …
An analysis of AM Best-rated property/casualty insurers based in the Caribbean found that overall net income rebounded significantly following the 2016-2017 hurricanes to $32.2 million in 2018 compared with a $4.3 million loss in the previous year. After losses in …
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced that Joshua (Josh) Brekenfeld has been appointed director of Global Corporate Development. Brekenfeld joins Aspen from Lloyd’s of London where he spent six years in senior roles, most recently leading the business oversight relationship between …
Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm based in Deerfield, Illinois, has appointed Mark Englert as national property/casualty practice leader. Englert will be responsible for continuing Alera Group’s path toward building world-class property/casualty solutions. …
Extraco Banks has sold its commercial insurance operation to Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance broker, Higginbotham. Extraco Insurance is a group of five property/casualty insurance professionals operating in Waco, Temple and Hamilton, Texas, for 19 years. The group will continue …
A Mississippi company faces more than $341,000 in penalties for failing to protect employees from serious safety hazards, a practice that led to a worker’s death at a plant in Texas, federal safety officials say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s …
Chicago-based Staff Management | SMX (SMX), which provides temporary employees to the light-industrial sector worldwide, will pay $50,000 to a female former employee and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by federal officials. The U.S. Equal …
Tower Hill Specialty has further expanded into the Southeast and is now offering manufactured housing and dwelling fire insurance policies in Mississippi. Optional coverage features include equipment breakdown and service line endorsements. The equipment breakdown option provides coverage for items …
Ten individuals have been arrested in a three-day unlicensed contracting and workers’ compensation fraud sting in Pinellas County, Fla., according to a statement from Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis. The joint operation between fraud detectives with the Florida Department of Financial …
