Washington Creates New Farmworker Safety Team May 21, 2021 The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries is creating a new team aimed at improving farmworker safety. When fully...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Topa in California May 21, 2021 AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and...
People Moves: Lockton Transactional Team; Marsh Counsel; Kemper Chairman; BMS Re CFO; AgriSompo North America May 21, 2021 Lockton is bolstering its transaction liability team with key hires across the three transaction liability insurance product lines: Representations and...
Canada Faces Mega-Hurricanes if Climate Change Pushes Storms North: Swiss Re Warns May 21, 2021 By Danielle Bochove Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada’s homeowners, businesses...
Irish Health Service Hackers Offer Decryption Key – but $20M Ransom Demand Remains May 21, 2021 By Ryan Gallagher and Peter Flanagan A day after threatening to publicly release patient data, the hackers who targeted Ireland’s health service offered a decryption key...
Biden Executive Order Initiates Broad Strategy to Assess, Mitigate Climate Change Risks May 21, 2021 By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason President Joe Biden on Thursday directed federal agencies to assess and mitigate the increasing and serious risks that climate change...
Africa Specialty Risks Launches Mauritius Reinsurer, Backed by PE Firm Helios May 21, 2021 Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a reinsurance managing general agent focused on the African corporate and specialty market, announced it has...
Waffle Raises $5M for Its ‘All-in-One’ Virtual Insurance Agency May 21, 2021 The insurtech Waffle has raised $5 million in seed funding, with plans to offer cyber, renters, pet, travel and life...
Louisiana, Texas Brace for More Heavy Rain and Flooding May 21, 2021 By Kanishka Singh Heavy rain across the eastern Texas and western Louisiana Gulf Coasts may bring more flooding on Friday, the National Weather...
Italy Probes Alleged Cartel Among Auto Insurers, Including Allianz Direct, Zurich May 21, 2021 MILAN – Italy’s antitrust watchdog said on Friday it had opened an investigation into an alleged cartel among insurance companies...