Insurance Agencies’ Profitability Fell But Organic Growth Continued in 2018: Reagan March 4, 2019 Independent insurance agencies just closed the books on a year in which profitability fell slightly but they continued to grow...
InterWest Acquires Placer Insurance Agency in California March 4, 2019 InterWest Insurance Services has acquired Placer Insurance Agency in Roseville, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Placer specializes...
Environmental Disaster Unfolds in Pacific, Near Solomon Islands, as Ship Leaks Oil March 4, 2019 By Nick Perry An environmental disaster is unfolding in the Pacific after a large ship ran aground and began leaking oil next to...
Marsh, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Agree to Sell JLT’s Aerospace Unit to Gallagher March 4, 2019 Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) and Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) have entered into an agreement to sell JLT’s aerospace business...
Legacy Acquirer R&Q Buys UK’s Nationale-Nederlanden Internationale Schadeverzekering March 4, 2019 Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of UK-based...
Arch Promotes Executives to Innovation, Mortgage Insurance Leadership Roles March 4, 2019 Arch Capital Group Ltd. said it has made some strategic leadership changes affecting innovation and investment, and mortgage insurance. The...
Mystery of Quadriga’s Missing Cryptocurrencies Deepens as `Cold Wallets’ Found Empty March 4, 2019 By Doug Alexander When Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. founder Gerald Cotten died, account holders feared the encrypted access keys needed to recover C$190...
UK Online Grocer Ocado Learns Lessons About Robotic Warehouses After Massive Fire March 4, 2019 By Katie Linsell and Ellen Milligan The Andover fire brigade was alerted at 2.34 a.m. About 2 miles across town, a fire had broken out in...
Vale CEO and Several Senior Execs Resign After Deadly Brazil Dam Disaster March 4, 2019 By Marta Nogueira and Gram Slattery Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman and several other senior executives resigned on Saturday in what...
CEO of UK Apparel Chain Resigns After Misconduct Allegations March 4, 2019 By Eric Pfanner Ted Baker Plc Chief Executive Officer Ray Kelvin resigned from the U.K. apparel chain amid an investigation of his conduct,...