Posts by Hometown Insurance
Ex UK Goldman Sachs Manager Seeks $1.27M Over Harm From ‘Dysfunctional’ Workplace
A former senior Goldman Sachs manager is seeking around 1.0 million pounds ($1.27 million) from the Wall Street bank in London over allegations that bullying and a dysfunctional workplace destroyed his physical and psychological health. Ian Dodd, a 55-year-old former …
Read More People Moves: Watkins Insurance Group Names Scott President
Watkins Insurance Group, based in Austin, promoted Chris Scott to president. Patrick Watkins, who has been leading the agency since 2002, will continue as CEO. Scott joined Watkins Insurance Group in 2017 and most recently served as executive vice president, …
Read More Australia’s Usual Summer of Wildfires Is Now Being Soaked by Prolonged Wet Weather
Australians bracing for a return of scorching heat and wildfires are instead battling a prolonged deluge of rain across the country’s east that’s inundated homes and damaged crops from sugar to wheat. Vast areas of the country’s populous eastern states …
Read More Activist Group Scorecard: Insurers Adopting Policies on Oil and Gas Slowed in 2023
The number of insurers adopting policies on oil and gas has slowed, according to climate activist organization Insure Our Future’s seventh annual “Scorecard on Insurance, Fossil Fuels and the Climate Emergency” released this week. The scorecard assesses the policies on …
Read More Riskonnect Acquires Ventiv Technology in Risk Management Deal
Riskonnect, a provider integrated risk management (IRM) solutions, said Thursday is acquired Ventiv Technology, a provider of risk, insurance and underwriting technology solutions. “The acquisition adds substantial value for our customers, giving users of both companies access to a broader …
Read More People Moves: AXIS Appoints Tan Head of Wholesale Casualty; Fiato Named Allstate Chief Claims Officer; Schoberth to Lead Canopius US Distribution
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited named Anna Tan as head of wholesale casualty. Tan joins AXIS from Navigators, a brand of The Hartford, where she served for over 12 years, most recently as head of excess casualty. Before this, she spent …
Read More Auto Insurance Costs Soar by 20% in the US
There’s no relief in sight for US car owners who’ve faced soaring costs of maintaining a vehicle in the past two years. Prices of motor-vehicle insurance rose 20.3% in December from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1976, according …
Read More Worker Tells of Fleeing Burning Jeep on Cargo Ship Where 2 Firefighters Died
Gaven Puchinsky had been pushing vehicles onto a huge cargo ship in one of the nation’s busiest seaports when he heard a loud “clunking” noise that he believed came from the yellow Jeep Wrangler he was using to nudge the …
Read More Gas Leak Suspected in Texas Hotel Explosion That Injured Over 20 People
Fire investigators said they have still not determined what caused an explosion at a historic Texas hotel that plunged two stories of debris into the basement, blew out windows and doors onto the streets of downtown Fort Worth and left …
Read More First MainStreet Adds Seven Iowa Agencies
First MainStreet Insurance L.C.announced the addition of seven new Iowa agencies to its platform to close out 2023. In late November 2023, Pfantz Insurance Services and the insurance operations of Eckhardt Enterprises, both located in State Center, joined the FMSI …
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