A 25-year-old firefighter from South Carolina has died after part of a burning apartment building collapsed while firefighters were inside. Authorities said James Muller of the Irmo Fire District died Friday while he was providing aid during the response to …

Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance specialist business of Marsh McLennan, announced it will acquire Re Solutions, the leading independent reinsurance broker in Israel. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close later this quarter, were not disclosed. Founded in 2010, …

Buffeted by earthquakes and the potential of conflict with China, Taiwan’s leaders want to accelerate plans to make the island more resilient to communications breakdowns and direct attacks on its digital infrastructure. It could be an impossible task. Audrey Tang, …

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest insurer by market value, is withdrawing from the Net Zero Insurance Alliance, the latest in a wave of defections from the world’s biggest climate alliance for insurers. The company declined to give a reason …

Germany’s Talanx said on Saturday it had acquired Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Latin America business for about 1.38 billion euros ($1.52 billion), through its subsidiary HDI International. “The acquisition encompasses Liberty’s retail business in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador,” Talanx said, …

The record $279 million whistleblower award issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month stemmed from a bribery case against Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The award from the regulator’s cash-for-tip …

An insurer group was quick to respond over the weekend after State Farm announced it will cease accepting new applications for business and personal lines property/casualty in California. The American Property Casualty Insurance Association on Saturday said inflation has increased …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14. The …

A New Orleans television station broadcast an audio recording of a founding partner of the McClenny Moseley & Associates law firm admitting that his law firm used a roofing company and a marketing firm to sign on clients. 4WWL’s Eyewitness …

HOUSTON – Attorneys representing the family of a worker who was killed in a fire at a Texas City, Texas, refinery and another worker who was hospitalized said on Wednesday they have filed or would soon file injury claims against …

Florida investigators have charged a former Progressive Insurance claims adjuster with fraud, alleging that she used claimants’ identities to submit fraudulent auto claims, then pocketed almost $24,000 in settlements. Kiyuana R. Pasley, 41, of Homestead, was an adjuster at Progressive …

CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ attorney general has ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far worse than the church acknowledged in 2018 …