OPTIS: Insurance Agency M&A Reaches 4-Year, First-Half Low July 17, 2024 By Chad Hemenway The total of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first six months of 2024 was the lowest over the...
AM Best Revises A.I.M. Mutual Outlook to Positive, Affirms ‘Excellent’ Ratings July 17, 2024 AM Best reports that it has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of...
High Condo Premiums a Top Issue in Hawaii Legislative Races July 17, 2024 By Stewart Yerton Jillian Anderson was planning to make fighting crime in Waikiki the top issue in her campaign for a seat in...
Rebuilding After Hurricanes is Complex, Can Change Character of a Community July 17, 2024 HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Before Hurricane Idalia smashed into a small fishing village in northwestern Florida, Charles Long, 68,...
Russian Tactics Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace July 17, 2024 By Julian Lee Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman....
Squishmallows Maker Can Sue Build-A-Bear Over Alleged Plush Toy Knockoffs July 17, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge rejected Build-A-Bear Workshop’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that its Skoosherz plush toys were unauthorized knockoffs...
Man Admits to Tracking Drivers, Programming Keys, Stealing and Reselling Vehicles July 17, 2024 A New Jersey man has admitted to orchestrating a multistate car theft and fraud ring that involved tracking drivers, programming...
Massachusetts Insurance Agency Deland, Gibson Acquires Atchue Agency July 17, 2024 Independent insurance agency Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates in Wellesley, Massachusetts announced it recently acquired Atchue Insurance Agency, which is located...
Fleming Files Lawsuit Against James River, Alleging Fraud During JRG Re Acquisition July 17, 2024 By L.S. Howard Fleming Intermediate Holdings filed a lawsuit against James River Group Holdings Ltd., alleging it had been defrauded during its $300...
Air Canada Hit by Court Ruling After Ex-Maintenance Workers Sue July 17, 2024 By Mark Mann Air Canada may be forced to pay at least C$100 million ($73.2 million) to about 2,200 former workers after a...