Insurance
Texas Regional Bank Expands Into Insurance With Acquisition of Mission Duncan
Texas Regional Bank (TRB) announced the addition of insurance to its suite of financial services. TRB Insurance will offer a wide range of products and services, including home, auto, and life insurance, as well as commercial insurance. “At TRB, we …
Read More People Moves: Hartford Chief Sustainability Officer; Amwins New Transportation Role; Deputy Exec Director at Coalition Against Insurance Fraud; Chubb Names N.A. Financial Lines President
The Hartford Names Shields Chief Sustainability Officer The Hartford has appointed Terence Shields to the newly created role of chief sustainability officer. Shields will lead the Office of Sustainability as it guides overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, initiatives …
Read More Call to Phase Out ‘Forever Chemicals’ Gains Investor Momentum
Investors managing $8 trillion in assets have written to the world’s biggest chemicals companies urging them to phase out the use of so-called forever chemicals that can accumulate in the environment and remain hazardous for generations. Known as PFAS, which …
Read More The Future of Insurance: PLUS Conference Recap
Technology is on everyone’s mind. Whether it’s using big data, AI or tackling the world of cybersecurity, technology tops the list of business concerns today. For the insurance industry, technology and how data is used to improve underwriting have been …
Read More Viewpoint: It’s A Wonderful Life’s Lessons Ring True in BlockFi Bankruptcy
We are heading into the holiday season. It’s a Wonderful Life will be on television. And cryptocurrency bankruptcies will be in the news. Yesterday, BlockFi filed for bankruptcy. What does a seventy year old Frank Capra movie – about a …
Read More Sanitizer Spat Entangles Members of American Dream Mall’s Ghermezian Family
The Ghermezian family is best known for owning some of the world’s biggest shopping complexes, including New Jersey’s American Dream and a stake in Minnesota’s Mall of America. But some family members are involved in a legal dispute over a …
Read More Lava on Hawaii’s Big Island Could Block Main Highway, Interrupt Businesses
Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island. The molten rock could make …
Read More California Trucking Firm Owner Sentenced in Deadly Blast
A Southern California trucking company owner who ordered the illegal repair of a tanker that led to a deadly explosion was sentenced last week to 10 years in federal prison. Carl Bradley Johansson, 64, of Newport Beach also was sentenced …
Read More 10 Students in Califoria Appear to Have Overdosed On Cannabis Edibles
Ten Los Angeles students appear to have overdosed on cannabis edibles last week at their middle school in the San Fernando Valley, officials said. The students, between 12 and 15 years old, were in mild to moderate distress at Van …
Read More Demotech Likely Won’t Rate Any New Florida Insurers, Petrelli Says
The head of the Demotech insurance rating firm said the company likely won’t take on new clients in Florida, due to the turbulent insurance market and an outcry from state officials last summer. The Business Observer in Sarasota, Florida, reported …
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