Posts by Hometown Insurance

Inszone Insurance Services acquired Professional Insurance Strategies LLC in Arizona. Founded in 2006 by Gary Hanson, Professional Insurance Strategies was built to serve complex, niche industries. The firm specializes in the construction and public transportation sectors. Sacramento, California-based Inszone is …

Officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency head to a federal trade court on Tuesday to try to find a way to refund tens of billions of dollars of tariffs that were collected and later deemed illegal by …

Texas heat can be relentless. For much of the year, farmers and ranchers were preparing for a tough summer of drought. As of Monday, nearly 50% of the state was experiencing some level of drought conditions according to the U.S. …

Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, in an escalation that adds strain to efforts to broker a peace deal to end the wider Middle East war. On Monday, …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern last week that a new factory isn’t expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a big part of the effort to stop its flesh-eating larvae from …

NFP, an Aon company and leading property and casualty (P&C) broker and benefits consultant, announced the acquisition of certain assets of Signature Personal Insurance, LLC (SPI), a Greater Kansas City, Kansas-based independent personal lines agency specializing in high-net-worth clients. Roper …

Applied Partners LLC was sentenced to pay a $500,000 fine and complete a two-year term of probation for the company’s illegal handling of regulated asbestos containing material (RACM) at a site in Saginaw, Michigan. The company had previously pleaded guilty …

China-linked hackers posed the biggest espionage threat to technology companies over the past year, CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, said in a report published on June 9, amid surging investment in artificial intelligence. The hacking campaigns align with the Chinese government’s …

People across south Florida reported feeling a 6.1-magnitude earthquake centered off the western tip of Cuba on Monday, a reminder that the region may have more than hurricane losses to think about. No injuries or damage were reported, but residents …

India’s ship safety certifier is taking a tougher stance on vessels involved in evading international trade sanctions, by canceling the certification of more than 200 tankers and other ships since 2023, the head of the agency told Reuters. The Indian …