Insurance
Dyad Brand Launches to the P/C Insurance Market
Dyad, Inc., formerly XDimensional Technologies and I-Engineering, a provider of insurance software and services backed by Serent Capital, has launched today following XDimensional Technologies’ acquisition of I-Engineering in June 2023. These two experienced companies with proven track records are now …
Read More Sam Bankman-Fried Will Not Face a Second Trial
U.S. prosecutors said they do not plan to conduct a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange. In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court …
Read More Top East Insurance Journal Fraud Stories of 2023
About 10% of property/casualty insurance losses can be traced to fraud, according to the industry’s Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Insurance Journal publishes an average of 22 fraud stories a month. Insurance Journal reporting in 2023 showed that prosecutors in the …
Read More How Brexit Hobbled Britain’s Race to Space
Britain’s push to become a “space superpower” is being undermined by political disarray and weak domestic investment, while showing how the nation needs international partners more than ever post-Brexit. In a case study of UK industrial strategy after leaving the …
Read More Major Japan Quake Topples Buildings, Killing at Least 30 People
At least 30 people were killed and scores injured in a powerful earthquake that hit off the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s northwest coast, toppling buildings, buckling roads and triggering a blaze that ripped through a city. One of the places …
Read More Top Insurance Journal EPLI Stories of 2023
A groundbreaking ruling, high-stakes lawsuits and a noteworthy protest — Insurance Journal’s reporting on the employment practices liability insurance landscape covered a lot of ground in 2023. Below is a selection of the most-viewed EPLI stories that appeared on the …
Read More Brown & Brown Adds Caton-Hosey Agency in Florida
Florida-based Brown & Brown Insurance, ranked as the sixth-largest independent brokerage in the country, has acquired Caton-Hosey Insurance, a personal and business-lines agency in Port Orange, Florida. The agency was founded in 1948 and has been led by Rex Caton …
Read More Allstate Sues Florida Pain Clinics, Alleging Millions in Fraudulent Billings
After an Allstate Insurance investigation alleged that a well-known Florida pain clinic had conspired with an injury law firm and had fraudulently billed the auto insurer for unnecessary surgeries and risky procedures, Allstate took the unusual step of striking an …
Read More Top Insurance Journal Florida Stories of 2023
Weather, windshields and reform were the most-read Insurance Journal stories for Florida readers in 2023, continuing a trend seen in recent years as insureds, insurers and lawmakers continued to manage the property insurance crisis in the Sunshine State. Festival Canceled, …
Read More Washington State’s New Safety Management Rules for Petroleum Workers
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries filed a formal update to workplace safety rules designed to prevent catastrophic events the Tesoro explosion that killed seven workers in 2010 and the Equilon incident in 1998 that killed six. The …
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