High Street Acquires 27 Former Nationwide Agencies December 1, 2021 Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners reported it has acquired 27 former Nationwide exclusive insurance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina,...
Finland Battles Malware Attack Spread by Text Messages December 1, 2021 By Kati Pohjanpalo Finland is working to stop a flood of text messages of an unknown origin that are spreading malware. The messages...
People Moves: WTW Names Marsh’s Monaghan GB Transportation Leader; Sethu Leads Sustainability & ESG at MS Amlin; Howden’s Levett Is Head of Mkt. Mgmt. at Miller December 1, 2021 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson, and two new roles at MS Amlin and...
Xenia Buys UK Trade Credit and Surety Broker, Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks December 1, 2021 The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group, announced it has acquired Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks Ltd.,...
Western Canada Braces for Another Deluge From ‘Atmospheric River’ December 1, 2021 By Marcy Nicholson British Columbia, home to Canada’s biggest port, is bracing for its most intense deluge after a series of damaging rain...
Howden Acquires Specialist Broker Expat Marine in Hong Kong December 1, 2021 Howden, the international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the assets of Expat Marine Ltd. (EML), a specialist insurance broker...
Gallagher Completes $3.25B Purchase of Willis’ Treaty Reinsurance Brokerage Business December 1, 2021 By L.S. Howard Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has completed the $3.25 billion acquisition of nearly all of the treaty reinsurance...
Insurers Taking Note of Big Verdicts, But Trial Lawyers Say Don’t Count on Changes December 1, 2021 By William Rabb When CVS Pharmacies, just weeks after a Georgia appeals court upheld a $43 million premises liability verdict against the company,...
Labor Group Calls for Probe of Amazon’s Reporting of Covid Cases at Facilities December 1, 2021 By Spencer Soper Amazon.com Inc. provided “misleading or grossly incomplete” data about the number of Covid-19 infections potentially spread in its U.S. facilities,...
Biden Administration Extends Comment Period on OSHA Vaccine Rule to Jan 19 December 1, 2021 The Biden administration on Tuesday extended the comment period on its sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule by 45 days as...