Insurance
Iran and US launch New Missile Attacks, Battle Over Control of Strait of Hormuz
Iran fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. air base in Jordan on Tuesday and the United States attacked Iranian targets for five hours in a battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz that has pushed up oil prices to …
Read More People Moves: Clifford Takes On Expanded Role for NFP’s Construction Unit
NFP’s Clifford Named U.S. Brokerage and Account Management Leader Tom Clifford assumed an expanded leadership role as leader of U.S. brokerage and account management in the construction and infrastructure (C&I) group at NFP, an Aon company. Based in New York, …
Read More Canada Regulator Warns Banks About Cyber Risks of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
Canada’s federal banking regulator warned the country’s largest financial institutions about the risks of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and other advanced AI models, saying the new technology could increase cyber threats and reduce the time institutions have to identify and fix …
Read More KKR Joins US Consortium to Buy Australian Broker Steadfast in $5.3 Billion Deal
Australia’s Steadfast said on Tuesday that the global investment firm KKR has joined the consortium of Amwins Group and Dragoneer Investment in their A$7.7 billion ($5.33 billion) proposal to buy out the insurance broker. Here are some more details: KKR …
Read More People Moves: The Baldwin Group Hires Pierce as West Regional President for Insurance Advisory Solutions
The Baldwin Group announced the appointment of Phil Pierce as west regional president for its Insurance Advisory Solutions (IAS) segment. This appointment further underscores the firm’s sustained growth as well as the evolving scale of its IAS business. In this …
Read More FDA Urges Infant-Formula Makers to Tighten Supplier Oversight After Product Recalls
The U.S. FDA on July 13 urged the infant-formula industry and supply-chain partners to exercise substantive oversight of their suppliers following multiple product recalls and recent botulism cases – the first outbreaks in the country linked to baby formula in …
Read More Florida Property Tax Cut Plan Relies on Population Boom That Has Slowed Dramatically
From 2020 to 2024, Florida’s population grew by 8.5%, from 21.6 million to 23.4 million. This is nothing new: The state’s warm weather, amenities that include world-class golf courses and beaches, and lack of income tax have long attracted newcomers, …
Read More 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Are Insurers Ready for a Different $100B Disaster?
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph. It had previously reached Category 5 intensity over the Gulf of Mexico, peaking at 175 mph, before weakening …
Read More Philadelphia Area Digs Out From Damage Left by Microburst Storms
Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up Sunday from widespread damage caused by a line of severe, short thunderstorms that passed through. The storms, called microbursts, passed through Saturday afternoon, downing trees and power lines, flooding …
Read More Markets/Coverages: Clach Casualty Seeks Habitational Properties in NY Free Trade Zone
Clach Casualty Underwriting Managers, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, has launched an admitted general liability real estate program designed specifically for habitational properties within New York’s Free Trade Zone. “Placing complex New York habitational risks can be uniquely …
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