Business Startups Surged Amid Covid-19 Pandemic January 19, 2021 By Michael Sasso and Steve Matthews The surge of U.S. business formations in the back half of 2020 has been one of the pandemic’s many surprises....
USI Insurance Services Acquires CB Insurance in Colorado January 19, 2021 USI Insurance Services has acquired Colorado Springs, Colo.-based CB Insurance LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CB Insurance...
Insurance Veterans Lead Confianza, Big Data Analytics Startup for Smaller Insurers January 19, 2021 Two insurance industry veterans have launched Confianza, a new data analytics company focused on smaller insurers. One co-founder – Jeffrey...
How Climate Change May Affect Hurricane Risk and Losses: AIR, Brookings, AXIS January 19, 2021 By 2050, climate change-related weather events will have a meaningful impact on future hurricane losses, increasing them by 20% or...
Vermont’s Winooski Insurance Adds Heaslip to Its Leadership Team January 19, 2021 Winooski Insurance of Williston, Vermont, a commercial insurance agency of nearly 40 years, is growing its leadership team with the...
Cross Insurance Partners with Connecticut’s Daigle & Travers Insurance January 19, 2021 Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., based in Bangor, Maine, and an independent insurance provider in New England,...
NYPD Adopts Clearer Penalties for Excessive Force, Racial Bias January 19, 2021 By Henry Goldman and Fola Akinnibi The New York City Police Department enacted new disciplinary rules on Friday that call for terminating police officers found to...
Applied Specialty Underwriters Names Black to Lead Middle Market Surplus Lines January 19, 2021 Applied Underwriters has named John Black, Sr., CPCU, to lead its expansion into middle market surplus lines. As executive vice...
Indonesia Earthquake Leaves Thousands Homeless, Killing at Least 84 People January 19, 2021 By Niniek Karmini and Yusuf Wahil MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) – Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed...
Here’s How European Satellites Can Help Predict the Next Weather Disaster January 19, 2021 By Jonathan Tirone Spain began the new year battling Storm Filomena, a once-in-a-generation weather event that blanketed Madrid in snow and paralyzed the...