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A U.S. labor board on Tuesday moved to make it easier for workers and unions to hold companies liable for labor law violations by their franchisees and contractors, proposing to revive an Obama-era standard heavily criticized by trade groups. The …

Truist Insurance Holdings Inc., one of the largest U.S. brokerages and a part of Truist Financial Corp., announced that it has agreed to acquire the national premium finance company BankDirect Capital Finance from Texas Capital Bancshares. BankDirect will now become …

The Vermont attorney general’s office has reached a settlement with the operator of four residential care homes in the Rutland area over allegations it failed to properly train staff and adequately document and monitor the delivery of services. In its …

Global insurance broker HUB International Ltd. has acquired the assets of James L. Miniter Insurance Agency, Inc. Located in Rockland, Massachusetts, Miniter Group is a provider of lending risk products and services in the banking space, including outsourced insurance tracking …

Is your agency a Best Place to Work? Then it’s time to nominate your agency as a “Best Agency to Work For.” To nominate your agency, you must be a current employee of the agency you are nominating. A MINIMUM …

Juul Labs Inc. reached an agreement in principle to pay $438.5 million to 33 states to resolve a two-year bipartisan probe into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices, particularly claims that it marketed addictive nicotine products to children. The …

Summer Jenkins Joins OGA Summer Jenkins recently joined One General Agency (OGA) as the Executive Director of Cannabis Insurance Wholesalers (CIW). CIW is a specialty division of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, agency. Jenkins has worked for some of the country’s …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at brokers BMS and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Names Aon’s Gillett CEO of BMS International BMS, the independent specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the appointment …

Alera Group, a top independent national insurance and wealth services firm, today announced the acquisition of Houston, Texas-based Greenhill Insurance Services, a managing general underwriter and program manager with binding authority to underwrite professional liability programs throughout the country for …

Hackers stole personal data including Social Security numbers, addresses and account numbers of home mortgage holders at KeyBank, the bank reports, in the breach of a third-party vendor that serves multiple corporate clients. The hackers obtained the information on July …