Jury Finds Parents of Texas Student Accused of 2018 Mass Shooting Not Negligent August 21, 2024 By Paul J. Weber and Rio Yamat The parents of a former student accused of killing 10 people at a high school near Houston in 2018 do...
Texans’ Bid to Stay Cool in Heat Lifts Power Use to New High August 21, 2024 By Naureen S. Malik Texans set an unofficial record in electricity use Tuesday as soaring temperatures spurred homeowners, schools and businesses to crank up...
Florida Peninsula MGA Changes Name to Windward Risk Managers August 21, 2024 Florida Peninsula Managers, the managing general agency for Florida Peninsula Insurance and Edison Insurance, has officially changed its name to...
Launched by Spinnaker, Mainsail Now to be Harbored by Emerald Bay Risk August 21, 2024 One year after it was approved for the Florida market, Mainsail Insurance Co. has been sold to Emerald Bay Risk...
Kroger Seeks to Block FTC Case Against Albertsons Acquisition August 21, 2024 By Emily Birnbaum Kroger Co. is seeking to block the Federal Trade Commission’s in-house case against its proposed purchase of rival grocer Albertsons...
Malawi Gets Insurance Payout of $11.2 Million for El Niño-Linked Drought Disaster August 21, 2024 The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Niño-linked drought that led the...
Wall Street Regulator Approves Tougher Rules for Accounting ‘Negligence’ August 21, 2024 By Douglas Gillison Wall Street’s top regulator on Tuesday voted 3-2 to bless new rules making it easier for an audit watchdog to...
Storm Warnings in Place Across Europe, From Northern Greece to Poland August 21, 2024 By Paul Tugwell and Eamon Akil Farhat Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from Poland and Hungary to Italy and Greece. There are...
Markets/Coverages: Rokstone and Accredited Announce Multi-Year Capacity Agreement August 21, 2024 Rokstone, the Aventum Group’s international re/insurance MGA, announced a multi-year, multi-strategy capacity agreement with Accredited Insurance Program Management, a leading...
Update: Divers Retrieve 5th Body From Mike Lynch Yacht Sunk Off Sicily August 21, 2024 By Donato Paolo Mancini Italian search and rescue teams have retrieved a fifth body from a sunken yacht off Sicily, where British tech tycoon...