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People Moves: Dunn Joins Marsh as US Construction Practice Leader; Canopius Appoints Varghese as Head of Marine, US

Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan headquartered in New York City, appointed Jim Dunn as U.S. construction practice leader. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Dunn will report to Michael Pellegrini, U.S. and Canada specialty leader, Marsh. Dunn has over 30 years …

Lemonade Posts Q1 Loss on Wildfires, Spending; Auto Product Positioned to Grow

Insurtech Lemonade reported a first quarter 2025 net loss of about $62.4 million compared to a loss of $47.3 million a year ago during the same time. The decline, according to a letter to shareholders, was due primarily to losses …

People Moves: Mutual of Enumclaw Hires Otis as President and CEO

Mutual of Enumclaw, hired insurance industry veteran Bob Otis as its new president and CEO. Otis has more than 30 years of executive-level experience in property/casualty insurance with several firms, including Allstate, USAA and National Lloyds. Most recently, he was …

Air Traffic Control Lost Contact With Newark Aircraft; DOT Vows ‘Brand New System’

Air traffic controllers overseeing planes at Newark International Airport in New Jersey lost contact with aircraft for 30 seconds last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Monday. “The primary communication line went down, the backup line didn’t fire, …

DoorDash Is Latest Tech Firm to Commit Millions to New York City Elections

DoorDash Inc. is committing $5 million to back political candidates in New York City and state-level races in New Jersey this year, becoming the latest technology company to disclose its lobbying efforts ahead of local elections in the tristate area. …

Business Moves: Earnix Agrees to Acquire Insurtech and AI Specialist Zelros

Earnix, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, the Paris-based insurtech and developer of artificial intelligence solutions. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. By combining Earnix’s advanced predictive AI platform with …

Smoke Shop Ordered to Pay $4.9 Million for ‘Persistent Illegal Cannabis Sales’

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has secured a $4.93 million judgment against Planet Zaza of East Haven and its owner, Mohamed Alraishani, following “persistent illegal cannabis sales in spite of a court order and repeated law enforcement visits.” Tong said …

M&S, Co-op Cyberattackers Duped IT Help Desks Into Resetting Passwords, Report Says

Cyberattacks on Britain’s Marks & Spencer and Co-op Group started with hackers impersonating employees while contacting the retailers’ IT help desks, technology specialist site BleepingComputer reported. The site said the hackers were able to convince the help desks to reset …

Q1 Has Lowest Insurance Agency M&A in 5 Years; Mega Deals Coming?

The first three months of 2025 were the slowest quarter for insurance agency mergers and acquisitions since the second quarter 2020, according to investment banking and financial consulting firm OPTIS Partners. The total number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions …

Money Laundering Risks Remain High in Switzerland, Financial Regulator Says

Money laundering and cyber risks remained high in Switzerland, the head of the country’s financial market regulator said on Monday, while there was an increasing risk of individuals and trying to get around financial sanctions on Russia. Money-laundering risks were …

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