China Financial Regulator to Raise Insurance Funds’ Limits for Stock Investment April 9, 2025 China’s financial regulator plans to raise limits for insurance funds’ investment in the stock market, as part of action taken...
People Moves: Inszone Names Strong, Cook Midwestern Leadership April 9, 2025 Inszone Insurance Services, headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, made a series of leadership promotions in its Midwestern region. Jared Strong...
California Wildfires Had Little Impact on Reinsurers’ Risk Appetite During April Renewals April 9, 2025 By L.S. Howard Property-catastrophe capacity remained adequate to meet demand during the April 1 renewals for US reinsurance buyers, despite the record losses...
Texas Oil Executives Are Frustrated at Trump for Crushing Crude Prices April 9, 2025 By Kevin Crowley, David Wethe and Emma Sanchez The angry mutterings at the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s “Spring Swing” golf tournament this week weren’t all about missed putts...
Catastrophe Bonds Among Few Asset Classes Withstanding Meltdown April 9, 2025 By Gautam Naik A bond market designed around natural catastrophes is proving remarkably resilient to a man-made market meltdown. While most markets have...
Hackers Spied on 100 US Bank Regulators’ Emails for Over a Year April 9, 2025 By Margi Murphy and Jake Bleiberg Hackers intercepted about 103 bank regulators’ emails for more than a year, gaining access to highly sensitive financial information, according...
Markets/Coverages: MGA Helix Underwriting Launches Professional Lines Program April 9, 2025 Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd., the Bermuda-based managing general agent (MGA), has launched a professional lines program with a maximum line...
PointeNorth Expands With Three Alabama Agency Acquisitions April 9, 2025 PointeNorth Insurance Group, one of the largest and fastest-growing independent agencies in the Southeast, has acquired three agencies in Alabama,...
Judges Dismisses Former Governor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Miss. News Outlet April 9, 2025 A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him...
People in Miami’s ‘Little Venezuela’ Fear Moves Against Immigrants April 9, 2025 By Gisela Salomon Wilmer Escaray left Venezuela in 2007 and enrolled at Miami Dade College, opening his first restaurant six years later. Today...