Brown & Brown’s Bridge Specialty International to Buy Singapore-Based Broker Acorn January 16, 2024 Brown & Brown Europe’s wholesale and specialty brokerage group, Bridge Specialty International, announced it has agreed to acquire Acorn International...
Survey: Carrier Connectivity Top of Mind for Agents January 16, 2024 Agents continue to favor carriers and MGAs that offer automation, ranking ease of doing business and time savings at the...
OSHA Announces Penalty Increases for 2024 January 16, 2024 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is slightly raising civil penalty amount for 2024, effective Jan. 16. The...
Commercial Property Rates Not Expected to Increase at Same Pace as 2023: USI January 16, 2024 A new USI Insurance Services report forecasts that in 2024, commercial property insurance rates “are expected to increase, but not...
Alabama’s Starke Agency Acquires University Insurance in Auburn January 16, 2024 Starke Agency, an insurance brokerage in Montgomery, Alabama, has acquired University Insurance Agency in Auburn, one of the oldest brokers...
US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Starbucks Firing Pro-Union Workers in Tennessee January 16, 2024 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by Starbucks to a judicial decision that...
Former Finance Manager of WV Disaster Assistance Sentenced to 3 Years for Theft January 16, 2024 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former finance manager of a nonprofit organization that assists West Virginia disaster victims was sentenced...
Judge Dismisses Notre Dame Professor’s Defamation Suit Against Student Newspaper January 16, 2024 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A judge last week dismissed a University of Notre Dame’s professor’s defamation lawsuit against a...
Federal Reinsurance Backstop for Catastrophes: APCIA Says No Thanks January 16, 2024 Federal lawmakers introduced a bill to create a federal natural catastrophe backstop recently, reacting to insurers’ issues with growing private...
Lawmakers Urge SEC to Fix Cybersecurity After X Account Hack January 16, 2024 U.S. lawmakers have urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review its cyber security preparedness after the financial regulator’s...