Financial, Legal Advisors Scamming Elderly Has Become Big Business October 21, 2019 By Nick Leiber Terry Ann McIntosh’s financial nightmare began four years ago, soon after she hired a caregiver through a family services website....
Plymouth Rock Assurance Finalizes Acquisition of New Jersey’s Rider Insurance October 21, 2019 Plymouth Rock Assurance has finalized its acquisition of Rider Insurance Company. New Jersey-based Rider is the largest motorcycle insurance provider...
Philadelphia Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling Nearly $1.6M from Employer October 21, 2019 A Philadelphia bookkeeper who embezzled nearly $1.6 million from his New Jersey employer over a 10-year period has been sentenced...
Dam Collapse in Siberia Kills At Least 15 Gold Miners October 21, 2019 At least 15 gold miners were killed on Saturday when a dam collapsed, flooding an artisanal mining encampment in a...
Brothers Charged with Starting Philadelphia Blaze to Collect Insurance Money October 21, 2019 Authorities say a blaze that tore through a Philadelphia building last year was set by two brothers who owned a...
CRESTA Updates Risk Accumulation Zones for 2019, Launches Website October 21, 2019 CRESTA, the insurance industry organization that provides a standard global system of risk accumulation zones, has announced the release of...
Four Drugmakers Reach $260M Settlement, Ending Opioid Trial Set to Start Today October 21, 2019 By Kathy Gray Four large drug companies reached a last-minute $260 million legal settlement over their role in the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic,...
Russia Aims to Boost Arctic Shipping by Subsidizing Higher Costs, Including Insurance October 21, 2019 By Olga Tanas and Dina Khrennikova Russia wants to make its Arctic waters more attractive to shippers than the Suez Canal and could be willing to...
BHSI Enters Australia Surety Market, Hiring Griffiths from Liberty Specialty to Lead Team October 21, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it is entering the surety market in Australia and has named Jonathan Griffiths as...
Few Hong Kong Firms Have Riot Insurance so They’ll Be Paying for Protest Damages October 21, 2019 By Sumeet Chatterjee and Clare Jim Hong Kong’s businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory’s most...