Insurance

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton and Canopius Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Appoints Brown as Chair of Board of Directors Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. announced that David A. Brown, a …

Acrisure, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based insurance broker and fintech specialist, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire one of Portugal’s leading insurance brokers, Universalis (trademark of Corpos – Corretora de Seguros, Lda). The transaction is under review by the …

A survey from the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Research and Evaluation Group found that employer subscription in workers’ comp increased to 75% in 2022, up from 72% in 2018. Texas allows employers to decide whether or …

The last ship left a port in Ukraine on Wednesday under a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain a day before Russia could quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. The DSM …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A former BNSF worker who was named one of the railroad’s employees of the year in 2021 for her work in supporting LGBTQ+ workers is now suing the railroad where she worked for 30 years, saying …

Wefox Holding AG, an insurance-technology firm based in Berlin, raised $110 million to build a platform that will make its technology available to other insurers. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Barclays Plc provided half the funds as a revolving credit …

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance broker, has acquired TLO Risk Services, the professional risk specialist broker, which will play an integral role in the development of SRG’s professional lines capability. Specializing primarily in the legal sector, London-headquartered TLO …

It seems almost weekly there is a story or two in the national headlines addressing gun violence in the U.S., and a recent Insurance Journal story indicated respondents of a survey thought insurance could have a role in firearm safety. …

Wells Media Group publications, online, research and podcasts have won a total of nine 2023 Azbee Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). “Being recognized by our publishing peers is truly gratifying,” said Andrea Wells, …

In a year when cyber insurers notched the third-lowest industrywide loss ratio since 2015, and cyber premiums vaulted to $7.2 billion, a premium ranking shows two carriers growing more than 150% to landing in prominent top-10 spots. Fitch compiled and …