UK Competition Regulator Ends Probe Into Gallagher’s Planned Purchase of Willis Re November 22, 2021 Britain’s competition watchdog said on Monday it will not refer insurance broker Arthur J Gallagher & Co’s planned $3.25 billion...
Report: Texas Still at Risk of Winter Power Failures November 22, 2021 Texas is still at risk of power blackouts this winter in the event of extreme weather like the catastrophic February...
Independent Agents Can Access Tech Training, Tools with Catalyit November 22, 2021 Independent agent associations in seven states have teamed up with the technology company Catalyit to help agencies assess and improve...
Insureds May be Cooling to Digital Claims Experience November 22, 2021 By David French Policyholders are starting to pull back from digital channels as the COVID-19 pandemic eases and revert to in-person ways to...
California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to offer More Commercial Coverage November 19, 2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered the FAIR Plan to implement his mandated increases to its decades-old commercial...
AM Best: Credit Ratings of Golden Bear in California Under Review with Negative Implications November 19, 2021 AM Best placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit...
Down Then Up: Florida Litigated Claims Climbed a Bit in October November 19, 2021 After two months of significant declines, litigated claims for Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers rose 5% in October, a...
Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on Merger of ProAssurance and Noetic November 19, 2021 The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing Dec. 6 on the proposed merger of Birmingham-based ProAssurance Specialty...
Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund Returns $27M Dividend November 19, 2021 The Kentucky Associated General Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund will make a $27 million dividend payment to members next spring, the fund...
People Moves: Hiscox Hires Starr’s Buchanan as Casualty Dir.; Sharpe, Griffiths to Inver Re’s Exec Team; Plumptre, Fox Join Blenheim Underwriting’s Political Risk Team November 19, 2021 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurer Hiscox, the reinsurance broker Inver Re, and the Lloyd’s managing...