Insurance
Sanctions, Insurance Standoff Escalates, With More Oil Tankers Stuck in Turkish Strait
A standoff over sanctions and insurance that has caused a jam of oil tankers at the key Bosphorus shipping strait escalated on Thursday, leaving millions of barrels of crude stuck. Late last month, Turkey insisted on proof that oil-carrying ships …
Read More Zurich Insurance Emerges as Front-Runner to Buy MetLife’s Malaysia Business
Zurich Insurance Group AG has emerged as the front-runner to buy a majority stake in the Malaysian insurance business of US insurer MetLife Inc. and Kuala Lumpur-listed AMMB Holdings Bhd., according to people with knowledge of the matter. A deal …
Read More Sunshine Insurance Declines in Hong Kong Trading Debut
China’s Sunshine Insurance Group Co. declined in its trading debut after Hong Kong’s fourth-largest deal this year, potentially the last big listing in the Asian hub before the end of 2022. Shares of the Beijing-based firm dropped as much as …
Read More State Farm Will Start Hiking Auto Rates, Allstate CEO Predicts
Allstate’s chief executive officer said his company will likely continue pushing for auto insurance rate hikes next year, and he expects the carrier’s largest mutual competitor—State Farm—to move in the same direction. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs 2022 U.S. Financial …
Read More Embroker: Cybersecurity a Top Investment Focus for Startup Founders in 2023
Cybersecurity concerns will likely remain a focus for startup founders in 2023, according to the recent Embroker Cyber Risk Index: Startup Edition. The report said startup founders cited cybersecurity protections as one of their three non-negotiable areas of investment for …
Read More Lindberg Claims Buyer for Carolina Insurance Companies, But Liquidation Has Begun
North Carolina insurance executive and reported billionaire Greg Lindberg, now awaiting a second trial on bribery charges, says he has a buyer for his troubled insurance companies. But state regulators point out that liquidation proceedings have already begun. As of …
Read More One Year Later: Kentucky Agency, Community Recovering from Powerful Tornado
A year ago Saturday, one of the most powerful tornadoes to hit the United States ripped through western Kentucky with 190-mph winds, destroying multiple homes, businesses, a candle factory, churches, a county courthouse and a city hall — along with …
Read More Germany’s BASF to Restore Polluted Superfund Site in New Jersey
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The German chemical company BASF will restore damaged natural resources at a notorious Superfund site where decades or pollution and illegal dumping caused vast contamination of the environment, New Jersey officials said Monday. The state …
Read More Foggy Conditions, Low Altitude Cited in Report on Plane Crash into Power Lines
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — A small plane that crashed into a Maryland electricity transmission tower last month was flying below minimum altitudes while approaching an airport in foggy nighttime conditions, according to a preliminary report on the crash. The pilot …
Read More Small Plane Crash Kills 3 Near Oklahoma City
YUKON, Okla. (AP). – A small plane crashed near Oklahoma City, killing all three people who were on board, authorities said Tuesday. The Beechcraft Bonanza F33A crashed at around 9:20 p.m. Monday near Clarence E. Page Airport in Yukon, the …
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