Posts by Hometown Insurance
Man Drives Car Through Restaurant Patio in Minneapolis Suburb, Killing 2
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A man drove his car through a restaurant patio where a group of medical workers were celebrating in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least four, police and hospital …
Read More Explosion Destroys Southwest Louisiana Home, Killing 1 and Injuring 5
RAGLEY, La. (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an explosion that destroyed a southwest Louisiana home, killing a teenage boy from Alabama and injuring five other people. Louisiana State Fire Marshal Bryan J. Adams said the …
Read More Kansas Woman Sentenced to Probation for Insurance Fraud
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced an Arkansas City woman has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for insurance fraud. Misty Jane Dial, age 33, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cowley-Arkansas City on July 9 to one …
Read More People Moves: CRC Group Adds New Underwriters in Tennessee, Georgia
CRC Group, a wholesale specialty insurance distributor with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, has added new faces to its team in the Southeast. Sam Rector joined the Nashville office as underwriting team leader. He has spent almost 10 years in the …
Read More Ryan Specialty Completes Buy of Assets of Greenhill From Alera
Ryan Specialty said it completed its acquisition of certain assets of Greenhill Underwriting Insurance Services from Alera Group, Inc, effective Sept. 1. The deal was previously announced last month. Alera acquired Greenhill in 2022. Houston-based Greenhill is a technology-enabled managing …
Read More Reinsurers’ Appetite for Natural Catastrophe Risks Grows – But Discipline Remains
Top reinsurers are showing increasing – but disciplined – appetite for natural catastrophe risks as a result of rising demand, improved pricing, more favorable terms and conditions, and improving investment income, according to a report published by S&P Global Ratings. …
Read More For Small Commercial Businesses, Insurance Satisfaction Is a Matter of Trust
Trust impacts customer satisfaction, loyalty and brand advocacy more than any other factors when small businesses choose a commercial insurance provider. J.D. Power’s 2024 U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Study found that among small businesses with the most trust in their …
Read More New York City’s Biggest Taxi Insurer Is Insolvent, Risking Transit Meltdown
In an unassuming white and blue office building in Freeport, a few miles into Nassau County, sits the headquarters of American Transit Insurance Co. The 52-year-old, family-owned firm is hardly a household name, but it’s vital to how New Yorkers …
Read More People Moves: Acrisure Re Makes Leadership Changes in London; Dale Enters Int’l Professional Indemnity Market, Led by Barnes From Westfield
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Acrisure Re and Dale Underwriting Partners. A summary of these new hires follows here. Acrisure Re Announces Leadership Changes in International Reinsurance Unit Acrisure Re, the re/insurance division of global insurance …
Read More Norway Seeks to End Climate Injunction Against 3 Oilfields
Norway’s government will ask an appeals court on Wednesday to lift injunctions against developing three oil and gas fields, part of a wider effort by Oslo to overturn an earlier verdict invalidating their permits on environmental grounds. A lower court …
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