Posts by Hometown Insurance
Cyclone Gabrielle Leaves Trail of Destruction Across New Zealand’s North Island
Cyclone Gabrielle has started to track away from New Zealand after leaving a trail of destruction across large parts of the nation’s North Island. Some 225,000 homes are without electricity, at least 2,500 people have been evacuated and tens of …
Read More Reuters: After Multi-Billion U.S. Fund Collapse, Allianz Shifts Investment Strategy
For years, Allianz, one of the world’s biggest investors, piled billions into property, wind farms and even London’s sewage system, but now it is moving to shun such “alternative” investments for plain vanilla bonds, people with knowledge of the matter …
Read More Indian Insurtech Startup InsuranceDekho Raises $150 Million to Grow SME Business
Indian fintech startup InsuranceDekho raised $150 million from a clutch of investors led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, an unusually large investment round that will help it target an under-served domestic market. TVS Capital Funds co-led the equity and debt …
Read More AIG, Stone Capital to Form Independent MGA for High Net Worth Business
Following through on intentions to move its high net worth business to nonadmitted paper—and some to other capital providers—American International Group entered into a binding memorandum of understanding with Stone Point Capital LLC to form an independent managing general agency. …
Read More Actions vs. Talk: Is the Insurance Industry Coming Through on DEI Commitments?
Though the last five years have included events – specifically the murder of George Floyd – that prompted many company leaders to make commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), respondents of a recent survey tell a story of a …
Read More Tennessee Names Wiedeman Head of Captive Insurance Section
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has named Mark Wiedeman, a Utah native, as director of the department’s captive insurance section. Wiedeman, a graduate of Brigham Young University, joined the Utah Insurance Department in 2012 as an auditor, then …
Read More Wild Ducks Found Dead in Maine Test Positive for Bird Flu
Wildlife authorities in Maine said six wild ducks found dead in a stream in Winthrop have tested positive for bird flu. The hooded mergansers were found dead in Mill Stream and tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian influenza, the …
Read More Mars Wrigley Candy Factory Fined Over Workers’ Falls Into Vat of Chocolate
Federal workplace safety authorities have fined a central Pennsylvania confectionary factory more than $14,500 following an accident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Mars Wrigley in the …
Read More Ex-Dallas Cowboys Star Files Lawsuit Seeking $100M After Misconduct Claim
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) – Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin has filed a defamation lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages, claiming he was falsely accused of misconduct by a female employee at a …
Read More Faulty Weld Led to Kansas Oil Spill; Cleanup Costs at $480M
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek, the pipeline’s operator said last Thursday, estimating the …
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