Insurance

A person in Texas contracted bird flu, most likely after being exposed to infected dairy cows, public health officials said, as an emerging outbreak among the animals spreads in the country. The risk to the general population remains low, the …

Alliant Insurance Services, a national distributor, has named Gary Pestana managing director of Alliant Specialty, in the firm’s real estate and hospitality area. He will be based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pestana has more than 30 years’ experience in risk …

Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour began Monday, when a new law kicked in giving more financial security to an historically low-paying profession while threatening to raise prices in a state already …

MIDLAND COUNTY — Leslie Borrego lives in a modest house south of the city limits, built 24 years ago by her late husband Raúl, who died unexpectedly from an aneurysm four years ago. The walls, decorated with framed portraits of …

BenefitMall, headquartered in Dallas, hired Maggie Beckley as a new benefits sales executive for Houston. Beckley brings eight years of insurance industry experience to the role. Prior to joining BenefitMall, she worked as a sales executive, employee benefits for Assured …

Acuity Insurance, headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, promoted several team members to new positions. Promotions include: Katrina Freund, senior claims representative. Freund started her Acuity career in 2020 as a claims representative. Cori Kreif, associate actuary. Kreif joined Acuity in 2018 …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas and local officials hailed the response from emergency workers, community groups and individuals on Friday as they marked the one-year anniversary of tornadoes that tore through the state and killed four people. Gov. Sarah …

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on the north of the Indian Ocean island nation earlier this week, authorities said on Friday. The storm …

Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms and Snap in a lawsuit, alleging that their products harmed students. The products are “negligently designed for compulsive …

Brookfield Asset Management’s newly formed credit arm will cater to its parent’s insurance business and will also pitch other insurers on overseeing their assets, the unit’s chief executive officer says. “What we’ve decided to do is bring all of our …