INSURANCE NEWS
Risk Strategies Acquires Ohio’s First Insurance Group
Risk Strategies and Premier Financial Corporation announced that Risk Strategies has acquired Ohio-based First Insurance Group from Premier Financial Corp., (Nasdaq: PFC), a community banking and financial services holding company based in Defiance, Ohio. Founded in 1946, First Insurance Group …
Florida Injury Attorney Arrested in Homicide of his Father in Boca Raton
A south Florida injury attorney, suspended from practice this year over alleged financial irregularities, has been charged with murdering his father, Boca Raton lawyer Paul Labiner. News outlets and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reported that Brandon Scott Labiner, …
NCOIL Writes IRS, FTC on Rules it Says Infringe State Regulation
The National Council of Insurance Legislators last week urged the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission to reconsider proposed rules that the organization said encroaches on state regulation. The first of the letters from NCOIL addresses a years …
People Moves: BindDesk Insurance Services in California Names Young President
BindDesk Insurance Services, headquartered in San Diego, Calif., named Robert Young president. Young has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. Young led the startups of two wholesale operations, Magellan Insurance Services and Valiant Insurance Services. His …
Western Heat Wave Ahead of July 4th Raises Prompts Changes in Utah
Extremely hot, dry conditions forecast across much of the West through the Fourth of July are heightening concerns about wildfires and the dangers of fireworks, including in Salt Lake City where officials are replacing their traditional explosive extravaganza with a …
Authorities: Fires That Damaged Arizona Homes Amid Hot Temperatures Spread From Palm Tree
A fire that appeared to have started in a backyard palm tree spread through a Phoenix, Arizona neighborhood, destroying two homes and damaging four others as hot embers blew onto roofs and into other vegetation, authorities said. The Phoenix Fire …
Tech Group Sues Arkansas Over Law Parental Permission for Minors Creating Social Media Accounts
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas on challenging a new state law that requires parental permission for minors to create social media accounts. NetChoice, a group whose members include Facebook parent Meta, TikTok and …
14-year-old Charged After Accidental Shooting of Youth in Tennessee
A 14-year-old boy is facing charges in Tennessee after a gun in his backpack accidentally fired in the gym of a youth community center on Wednesday, striking a 10-year-old peer and sending him to the hospital, according to police. The …
Parkland Deputy’s Acquittal Shows Florida Has No ‘Cowardice Under Fire’ Law
When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. So it was not a surprise to legal observers that Peterson was acquitted …
Fox Corp Settles Lawsuit With Fired Former Producer for $12M
Fox Corp settled for $12 million a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had claimed gender discrimination and accused the network’s lawyers of pressuring her to make misleading statements in the Dominion Voting Systems case, her lawyer …
Guy Carpenter Completes Acquisition of Re Solutions in Israel
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan, announced it had completed its previously announced acquisition of Re Solutions, the leading independent reinsurance broker in Israel. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With immediate effect Re Solutions has become …
People Moves: Liberty Mutual Promotes Johnson From Ironshore; Federer Named CEO Fusion Specialty N.A.
Liberty Mutual Names Johnson President of Field Operations & Marketing, Global Risk Solutions North America Liberty Mutual Insurance, based in Boston, Mass., appointed Ben Johnson as president of field operations & marketing, Global Risk Solutions (GRS) North America, effective July …