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The Fortegra Group Inc., the Jacksonville, Florida-based specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced it has received approval to operate in Belgium and the European Union. Fortegra Belgium Insurance Co. NV will be based in Brussels and will underwrite …

Broker WTW said commercial lines insurance increased overall by an average of 6.3% during the first quarter. Quarterly price increases have been about 6% since the global pandemic, WTW reported in its Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). Carriers during …

Tesla Inc. failed to persuade an administrative judge to dismiss claims by a California regulator that the company overstated its vehicles’ self-driving capabilities — one of several ongoing regulatory investigations of the electric-car maker’s marketing. The California Department of Motor …

A 100-year-old apartment complex in Miami on Monday erupted into one of the largest blazes in decades after one man shot an employee at the site then set fire to the building. The Miami Herald, the New York Times and …

Seventy-six days after it was blocked by the collapse of the Key Bridge, the major shipping channel through the Port of Baltimore has been cleared of debris and restored to allow commercial maritime transit. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe’s current world-leading green policies are likely to stay put, lawmakers, officials and analysts said. Provisional results in the European Parliament …

A new bipartisan bill would authorize National Flood Insurance Plan payouts for structures condemned due to chronic erosion or unusual flooding. Introduced earlier this month by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Congressman Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), the Prevent Environmental Hazards Act …

Singapore Airlines has sent compensation offers to passengers on a flight last month from London to Singapore that ran into severe turbulence, causing dozens of injuries and a death, the carrier said on Tuesday. Passengers with minor injuries have been …

Britam Holdings Ltd. is hunting for opportunities to enter the massive but under-served insurance market in Democratic Republic of Congo later this year. Kenya’s biggest listed insurer by market value with operations in seven African economies is chiefly seeking an …

Short but severe flooding that followed hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 “triggered a nationwide increase in flood insurance take-up according to each county’s social network proximity to the flooded counties, accompanied by a climate change belief update,” according to …