Good and Bad of Private Equity Investment in Insurance Agencies February 13, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones It takes a lot of capital for an insurance agency to grow, acquire, merge or partner with another agency, and...
DuPont to Pay $670M Over Teflon-Making Chemical Leak in West Virginia February 13, 2017 DuPont said on Monday it agreed to pay $670.7 million in cash to settle several lawsuits related to a chemical...
School Bus, SUV Collision in North Carolina Kills 1 February 13, 2017 Officials in Catawba County say one person was killed when an SUV collided with a school bus. Local media outlets...
Customer in Florida Salon Injured by Gunshot from Next-Door Gun Store February 13, 2017 A customer at a nail salon in Florida was accidentally shot after an employee of a gun store next-door inadvertently...
Neon Names AlphaCat’s Pritchard as Head of Property Reinsurance February 13, 2017 Neon has appointed Nick Pritchard as head of Property Reinsurance. Pritchard initially will be based in Neon’s Bermuda office and...
Talk Expected to Turn to Earthquakes at Tornado Summit in Oklahoma February 13, 2017 By Justin Juozapavicius Hundreds of top meteorologists and disaster recovery experts will converge on Oklahoma City this week for a national tornado summit,...
Flood Emergency Declared at Utah Dam During Heavy Snowmelt February 13, 2017 Federal water managers declared a first-stage flood emergency for the first time at a popular state park and released water...
XL Catlin Opens Shared Services Office in Gurgaon, India February 13, 2017 XL Catlin has opened a shared services office, covering three floors at DLF World Tech Park in Gurgaon, India. The...
Ex-NFL Players Reminded to Register for Concussion Settlement February 13, 2017 A federal judge last week urged NFL retirees to register for a concussion settlement that could cost the league $1...
Brazil’s BB Seguridade Expects Slower Growth as Recession Continues to Bite February 13, 2017 By Aluísio Alves and Guillermo Parra-Bernal State-controlled insurance holding company BB Seguridade Participações SA on Monday forecast slower profit growth this year, reflecting the impact of...