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Alliant Insurance Services has hired Alex Gramling as Senior Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gramling will serve a national client base, drawing from a background that spans the full spectrum of employee benefits, including …

Global insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of their employment agreements. Gallagher claims that James …

Typhoon Bualoi killed at least 12 people in northern central Vietnam, where heavy rains are expected to continue amid power cuts and flight disruptions. The storm made landfall in Vietnam early Monday after it earlier slammed the Philippines, where 27 …

Howden US appointed Christine Palomba as deputy head, natural resources, Howden US, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. Palomba has 29 years of industry experience, most recently at Aon, where her previous role was managing director, U.S. power and renewables practice …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter Specialty MGA, the London-headquartered managing general agent …

Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. is hoping its record of growth and profitability selling flood insurance policies will generate the same investor enthusiasm for its US IPO that greeted most debuts by other firms in the sector this year. Like many …

The U.S. Transportation Department tightened commercial driver’s license requirements for noncitizens Friday after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers. The new rules make getting commercial driver’s licenses extremely hard for immigrants because …

A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside review. The Independent After-Action Report produced by the …

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood’s global business model. The step signals Trump’s willingness to extend protectionist trade policies into cultural …

Hurricane Humberto will likely bulldoze a path for Tropical Storm Imelda to veer away from the coastal US Southeast, sparing the region from a direct strike. Category 4 Humberto’s winds rose to 145 miles (233 kilometers) per hour as of …