Posts by Hometown Insurance

A growing number of large U.S. companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must leave their home states to get abortions, but these new policies could expose businesses to lawsuits and even potential criminal liability, legal …

Russia defaulted on its foreign-currency sovereign debt for the first time in a century, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that shut down payment routes to overseas creditors. For months, the country found paths around the penalties imposed after the …

Two more Florida property insurers have stopped accepting new business in the state. One of them blamed it partly on unfair and unexpectedly large price increases from reinsurers this year. The other carrier said that, despite reinsurance issues, it will …

A Connecticut woman who says she’s descended from slaves who are portrayed in widely published, historical photos owned by Harvard University can sue the school for emotional distress, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Thursday. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court partly vacated …

An independent insurance agency in Millinocket, Maine has lost three of its carrier partners and continues to face backlash on social media and in its community after posting a racially-charged sign on its door on Monday, the Juneteenth holiday. “Juneteenth …

Insurtechs and insurance companies are “breaking down the wall” that stood between them as competitors in favor of working together to tackle dynamic cyber risk. “We’re all trying to solve the same problem,” said Lori Bailey, chief insurance officer at …

McGriff Insurance Services, a retail insurance broker based in Huntsville, Alabama, has named Bud Curtis vice president and alternative risk business development manager. McGriff, a subsidiary of Truist Insurance Holdings, the sixth largest insurance broker in the U.S., said in …

Acrisure, a fintech company that runs a global insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based QuickInsured, a tech-centered insurance agency. Acrisure will now have use of QuickInsured’s proprietary digital “sales funnel,” which customizes insurance offerings for customers, and …

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to pay $105 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit accusing it of misleading shareholders about how rising generic drug prices and reimbursement pressures would hurt its pharmacy business. The preliminary all-cash settlement was filed …

China’s manufacturing hub of Guangdong raised its flood warning to the highest level due to the worst rains in decades, spurring more evacuations and threatening further supply chain disruptions in an economy reeling from Covid-related lockdowns. Guangdong province raised its …