November 20, 2024
A-G Specialty announced the acquisition of First Agency TPA, A Gallagher Company. First Agency TPA specializes in student and athletic accident coverage at both the interscholastic and intercollegiate levels, as well as special – risk programs such as summer camp …
November 20, 2024
Columbia Insurance Group (CIG), headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, hired Aaron Rieth as vice president of excess and surplus (E&S). In this newly created position, Rieth leads the development of CIG’s direct-to-agent E&S solution. Rieth has 20 years of experience in …
November 20, 2024
Florida’s newest legislative leaders on Tuesday rattled some sabers about property insurance rates and claims but offered no agenda for the upcoming session that begins in March, according to state news reports. Incoming Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, warned insurers …
November 20, 2024
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner it were sentenced Monday on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish. Mary Mahoney’s Old French House, founded in Biloxi in 1962 in a …
November 20, 2024
The Library of Congress has notified lawmakers of a “cyber breach” of its IT system by an adversary, a hack of emails between some congressional offices and library staff, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. The library …
November 20, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Almost two months after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on western North Carolina, Republican lawmakers grilled officials Monday over how they handled two other hurricanes that hit the state several years ago. As part of a massive …
November 20, 2024
T-Mobile US Inc. was able to contain a recent network breach before it reached customers’ phones, according to people familiar with the matter. Hackers accessed edge-routing infrastructure and gained unauthorized access to a limited number of devices, including a T-Mobile-owned-and-operated …
November 20, 2024
A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police used excessive force after a K-9 dog bit into a woman’s scalp during her arrest, requiring her to get more than 200 stitches …
November 20, 2024
Prosecutors report that a New York insurance broker has admitted his role in a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving nursing homes he owned across the country, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that Joseph Schwartz, of Suffern, New …
November 20, 2024
The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal making throughout President Joe Biden’s administration may be kept on a shorter leash by Donald Trump after he returns to the White House next year. Although regulators …