Posts by Hometown Insurance

Cincinnati Financial Corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, promoted several leaders in its commercial/life operations and personal/specialty operations effective January 1. Sean M. Givler, senior vice president, commercial lines, will lead the commercial/life insurance operations, overseeing commercial lines, management liability and surety, …

Ryan Specialty, Chicago-based specialty insurance services firm, announced that Paradiso Risks is joining Alive Risk, Ryan Specialty’s sports, leisure and entertainment managing general underwriter. London-based Paradiso became part of Ryan after its acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies in May 2024. …

New York State declared a state of emergency for portions of Western New York, Finger Lakes, Central New York and North Country regions as forecasts call for those areas to receive multiple feet of lake effect snow. Areas east of …

Eight people and two law firms have been charged in what authorities say was more than a decade-long scheme of staging vehicle crashes in the New Orleans area and then submitting fraudulent insurance claims, leading to what prosecutors allege was …

McKinsey & Co has agreed to pay $650 million to resolve a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the consulting firm’s work advising opioid manufacturer OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma on how to boost sales. McKinsey has entered into a five-year …

Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Hadfield Agency, Inc. (Hadfield Agency). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Hadfield Agency is an independent, multi-line insurance agency providing commercial and personal …

While publicity about personal auto insurer initiatives has focused chiefly on requested rate increases, there’s more to the picture regarding auto insurers’ efforts to improve underwriting results after two calendar years of record underwriting losses. Improving the overall quality of …

A bill making its way through the Ohio General Assembly would prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance. Senate Bill 58 passed the House by a 61-27 vote and now heads to the Ohio Senate, where legislators in the chamber will have …

Firefighters are getting a better handle on a California wildfire that was threatening the city of Malibu as the winds that fanned the flames begin to subside. The Franklin Fire is now 30% contained and has burned 4,037 acres, according …

Players Health, a provider of athlete safety and sports insurance solutions, has announced the closing of its $60 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Bluestone Equity Partners, an institutionally backed global private equity firm focused on …