People Moves: Smallcombe Joins Argo; Markel Hires Towse; Celent Adds Cake’s Norris; Ascot Expands Reinsurance Team July 7, 2021 Smallcombe to Lead Argo Construction Specialty insurer Argo Group International Holdings announced that Kristyn Smallcombe has been appointed senior vice...
Employers Must Contend with Shrinking Population of Working-Age People July 7, 2021 By Christopher Rugaber As America’s job market rebounds this summer and the need for workers intensifies, employers won’t likely have a chance to...
Judge Advances Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Voice Assistant July 7, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel and Sara Merken A federal judge said Google must face much of a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally recording and disseminating private...
Cyber Insurance Industry in Crosshairs of Ransomware Criminals July 7, 2021 By Frank Bajak In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies...
Marilyn Monroe Is Still a Counterfeiter’s Best Friend July 7, 2021 By Susan Decker Nearly six decades after her death, Marilyn Monroe is still a popular choice for mugs, T-shirts, jewelry and other products...
Kaysea Ransomware Attack Caused ‘Minimal Damage’ to U.S. Firms, Biden Says July 7, 2021 By Raphael Satter and Andrea Shalal President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the ransomware attack centered on the Florida information technology firm Kaseya seems to have...
Insurance Journal, Carrier Management Win Editorial Awards of Excellence July 6, 2021 Wells Media Group publications, websites, webinars, research and podcasts have won a total of nine 2021 Azbee Awards of Excellence...
Not All Abuse Survivors Welcome Boy Scouts $850M Bankruptcy Deal July 6, 2021 By Randall Chase and David Crary An $850 million agreement by the Boy Scouts of America to compensate sex-abuse victims prompted outrage Friday from some survivors...
Truist/CRC Adds Major Wholesale Insurance Clout with Constellation Acquisition July 6, 2021 Truist Insurance Holdings and its wholesale insurance subsidiary CRC Group have closed on the acquisition of Constellation Affiliated Partners, an...
Kaseya Ransomware Attack by REvil Gang Is Global in Scale July 6, 2021 By Frank Bajak Cyber-security teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some...