Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, named senior vice presidents Bryan Salek and Angela Kirby to lead its new government contractors-focused segment within Alliant Specialty. Salek has over 25 years of experience in risk management and insurance programs for …
Rokstone, part of the Aventum Group, appointed Laurence (Larry) Burrows as head of a new US Excess Casualty division. Burrows has over 15 years of experience specializing in US casualty, latterly as a liability underwriter for Convex for the last …
The catastrophic bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore to ship traffic on Tuesday is causing some logistics headaches, but is unlikely to trigger a major new U.S. supply chain crisis as competing East Coast ports are poised to …
Specialty broker CAC Specialty and Cobbs Allen, a P/C and employee benefits broker, today announced the completion of their merger. The transaction creates a fully integrated specialty platform with the scale, resources and talent to serve a broad array of …
Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas — but mostly spared the region’s oil refineries and chemical plants — Congress has authorized the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army …
U.S. and international companies have issued more recalls, for food, medicine, cleaning products and automobiles – and more recalls could be on the way. The Associated Press reported that Hyundai is telling the owners of more than 44,000 SUVs in …
A massive recall of millions of sleep apnea machines has stoked anger and frustration among patients, and U.S. officials are weighing unprecedented legal action to speed a replacement effort that is set to drag into next year. Sound-dampening foam in …
The legalized cannabis industry is rapidly evolving, with new, chemically concocted variants popping up almost monthly. On top of that, management of marijuana and hemp businesses is going through changes, with “weed cowboys” clashing with button-down capitalists – not to …
For several years now, new vehicles have been required to have rear-view cameras – a safety feature designed to help prevent autos and trucks from backing over children. But most vehicles on the road today do not have similar camera …
Investors who backstop Florida’s insurance industry by buying catastrophe bonds are girding for substantial losses from Hurricane Ian, threatening to crimp a key source of capital for the sector and push up insurance costs for residents. Ian’s landfall hammered Florida …
