ShakeAlert Adding Satellite Capabilities for Earthquake Warnings June 10, 2024 The U.S. Geological Survey and its partners have come out with a new capability designed to characterize large earthquakes quickly...
US Auto Insurance Market on the Mend; Homeowners Line Volatile: Fitch June 7, 2024 The U.S. personal insurance sector is positioned for improving underwriting performance in 2024. According to Fitch’s latest U.S. Personal Lines...
Carolina Insurance Agent Charged With Forging Life Insurance Policies on 16 People June 7, 2024 North Carolina authorities have charged a Battleboro insurance agent with 74 counts after they said he forged life insurance applications...
Louisiana’s Temple Meets With Insurers Ahead of Potentially Active Hurricane Season June 7, 2024 Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple recently met with 20 property and casualty insurers ahead of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season...
Man’s Body Found After Suburban Chicago Home Explodes June 7, 2024 LAKE ZURICH, Ill. (AP) — The body of a 77-year-old man has been found after a house exploded in suburban...
People Moves: AXIS Appoints Boulos and Ryan to Head US Ocean Marine June 7, 2024 AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, appointed Paul Boulos and Rob Ryan as heads of ocean marine. Boulos...
After 11 Deaths, Lawsuit, Arrests at Jail, Travelers Drops NC Sheriff’s Liability Coverage June 7, 2024 After multiple deaths in the jail, criminal charges against an employee and alleged sexual relationships with inmates, a North Carolina...
Brown & Brown Acquires Minnesota’s McNamara Company June 7, 2024 Brown & Brown, Inc. announced it has acquired the assets of McNamara Company. McNamara Company is a family-owned agency that...
Markets/Coverages: MGA Nirvana Renews Media, Tech & Cyber Binder With Increased Media Liability Line June 7, 2024 Nirvana, the London-based managing general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder, announced the renewal of its Media/Technology Errors & Omissions and Cyber...
People Moves: Ascot Underwriting Names Thompson as CEO, Keith Named Head of Ascot Bermuda; Geneva Assn. Appoints AIA’s Top Executive as Chair June 7, 2024 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ascot Underwriting Ltd. and Ascot Bermuda, along with The Geneva Association....