Insurance

NFP, the the New York City-based property/casualty insurance broker and consultant, announced it has acquired Mason James Insurance Services Ltd. (doing business as Bentley Insurance Services), one of the largest brokers in Staffordshire, England. Launched in 1922, Bentley specializes in …

As unions see new hope from organizing U.S. businesses ranging from Starbucks storefronts to an Amazon warehouse, Republican-led Tennessee will officially take its voters’ temperature on an organized labor issue in November. Lawmakers there have offered up a ballot amendment …

AXA announced that AXA Spain has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Groupe Assurances du Crédit Mutuel España (GACM España), a Spanish property/casualty and health insurer. Under the terms of the transaction, AXA will acquire GACM España from Groupe des …

One man died and two were injured Thursday after they all fell into a grain storage bin at a farm in the Mississippi Delta. Multiple law enforcement and rescue personnel responded to the scene near U.S. Highway 82 in Itta …

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has closed several exhibits and taken other precautions after one of its pelicans died from the bird flu. The zoo said one of its pink-backed pelicans that died on Thursday tested positive for the …

Women are leaving the top ranks of companies at higher rates than ever before — as female employees remain less likely to get promoted into leadership roles in the first place. For every woman at the director level who gets …

Lyft Inc. is increasing the service fee its U.S. riders pay directly to the company to cover higher insurance costs, the ride-hailing firm said. The increase averages less than 50 cents per trip nationally, a Lyft spokesperson said. The company …

Britain has ordered farmers to enact measures to curb bird flu cases, as the virus spreads in other parts of the world from Europe to the US. The UK government on Monday declared a prevention zone that requires farmers to …

China’s Sunshine Insurance Group Co. is planning to seek Hong Kong stock exchange approval for its initial public offering as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter. The Beijing-based company may start gauging investor demand once …

Australian banks may have to rethink whether they sell mortgages in areas prone to extreme weather events, the chief executive of the country’s second-biggest lender said on Tuesday as thousands of homes in Melbourne were evacuated. Ross McEwan, chief executive …