Texas Gov. Signs Bill to Punish Businesses Requiring COVID Vaccination Proof June 8, 2021 By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses...
PEAK6 Acquires Florida’s Team Focus, Parent to MacNeil Group, Capacity Insurance June 8, 2021 Investment firm PEAK6 announced that its insurance operations subsidiary, PEAK6 InsurTech, will acquire Team Focus Insurance Group, a Sunrise, Fla.-based...
Scottish American Acquires Ohio Work Comp Specialist, Fastcomp June 8, 2021 Wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent, Scottish American, has acquired Fastcomp of Boston Heights, Ohio. Terms of the transaction...
Global Insurers Face Hefty Costs of $15B-$20B to Implement IFRS 17: WTW June 8, 2021 The total cost faced by the global insurance industry to implement IFRS 17 is estimated to be in the range...
$3.25M in Medical Malpractice Death of Washington Prisoner June 8, 2021 The Washington state Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of a man who died...
New Falcon Risk MGA Targets Financial, Cyber With Argo Pro Ex-President Landi as CEO June 8, 2021 Falcon Risk Holdings is the name of a new managing general agency formed by Griffin Highline Capital, HDI Global Specialty...
Arson Suspected in Idaho Theme Park Fire June 8, 2021 Authorities suspect an arsonist set a wooden roller coaster on fire in an overnight blaze at a northern Idaho theme...
Hub Acquires Assets of California-Based EnterMedicare Inc. June 8, 2021 Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of EnterMedicare Inc. in Los Angeles, Calif. Terms of the deal were not...
South Carolina Top Court Rejects Kiawah Island Developers’ Steel Wall June 8, 2021 KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Developers planning to build homes on a sand spit south of Charleston, South Carolina are facing...
First U.S. Artificial Intelligence Czar Seeks ‘Responsible Use’ of AI Tools June 8, 2021 By Matt O'Brien, AP Technology Writer Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning...