Highstreet Insurance Partners has continued its rapid growth with the acquisition of Winder Insurance Center in Winder, Georgia. Helmed by Russ Shepley and Brett Gamblin, the Winder agency has offered personal and business lines, including home, auto, life, commercial real …
Across the US South, extreme weather usually means boarding up windows against hurricane winds and lining streets with sandbags to hold back floods. This week, freezing temperatures and record-breaking snowfall are instead sending residents from Florida to Texas rushing to …
A top European insurance executive slammed a piece of regulation that has emerged as key driver behind a recent slate of asset management acquisitions by banks. The rule known as Danish Compromise gives the region’s lenders “an advantage” when buying …
Everest Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based property/casualty and specialty re/insurer, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jim Williamson as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Williamson was most recently Everest’s acting CEO, a position he assumed when Juan …
Storm Éowyn will bring a “weather bomb” to Ireland and the UK, unleashing destructive winds and heavy rain, the Met Office forecaster said. People across Ireland were told to stay home Friday, with schools closing as severe weather warnings come …
The governing committee of the Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts (AIB) appointed William H. Scully as president. Scully served as interim president succeeding Kim A. Barber who retired in April 2024. Scully has been with the AIB since August 2000 …
China is guiding local mutual funds and insurers to boost their stock purchases in the government’s latest initiative to shore up its ailing equity market as it confronts the threat of higher tariffs. Mutual funds should raise their holdings of …
Dutch insurance companies and other financial institutions that want to invest in the defense industry can expect guidance from the government, said Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans. “What I’ve experienced so far with insurers like NN, but also with banks, is …
India widened backing for Russian insurers as the largest buyer of Moscow’s seaborne crude strives to keep discounted barrels flowing, after the US imposed fresh sanctions earlier this month. As well as extending approvals for some sanctioned providers, India’s Directorate …
While the Los Angeles wildfires inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses continue to creep higher. CoreLogic said the industry price tag of the Palisades and Eaton fires could land between $35 billion and $45 billion. Moody’s RMS, in …
