INSURANCE NEWS
Florida Speaker Says Tort-Reform Bill May See Changes Before It’s Approved
A Florida tort-reform bill that picks up where previous insurance-market rescue bills left off has passed its first milestone and now moves to the full House Judiciary Committee. But the speaker of the House said the measure is far from …
Acrisure Continues European Expansion With Launch of German Subsidiary
Acrisure, a fintech company that operates a top-10 global insurance broker, announced the formation of Acrisure Deutschland GmbH, a new subsidiary covering the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. Mathias Pahl will serve as president of Acrisure Deutschland GmbH and head …
Murdoch Testified Fox News Hosts Endorsed Idea That Biden Stole Election
Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged under oath that some Fox hosts “endorsed” the notion that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen, according to a court filing unsealed Monday. Murdoch’s acknowledgment is included in a filing from Dominion Voting …
Walmart Loses Challenge to OSHA Finding in Injury at New York Warehouse
Walmart Inc. violated federal workplace safety standards at its warehouse in Johnstown, New York, when it failed to prevent stored merchandise from falling onto – and seriously injuring – an employee in 2017, a federal panel has affirmed. The Feb. …
Global Insurance M&A Hits 10-Year High, Despite Slowdown in H2 2022
The insurance sector saw 449 completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide during 2022, up from 418 the previous year – the highest for a decade, according to law firm Clyde & Co’s insurance growth report. However, there was a marked …
Hong Kong’s FWD Group Raises $1.8 Billion in Private Placements Over Past 2 Years
FWD Group Holdings Ltd. raised a total of $1.8 billion in private placements over the past two years, as the pan-Asian insurance company owned by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li moves a step closer to its planned initial public offering. …
AXA Sells Stake in Monte dei Paschi After Providing Cash Call Support
AXA said on Monday it was selling virtually all of the 8% stake in Monte dei Paschi di Siena acquired when it invested into a make-or-break new share issue at the state-owned Italian bank. AXA paid 200 million euros in …
Reinsurance Recap: 2022 Results Mixed as Market Improves
Full-year 2022 financial results, reported by a handful of international groups that write reinsurance, show mixed results in a market full of challenges—ranging from inflation to the Ukraine war to growing losses from natural catastrophes. A wrap-up of these 2022 …
Cyber Official Urges Microsoft, Twitter to Boost Security
A senior US cybersecurity official described adoption of some of Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc.’s security protocols as “disappointing” as part of a broadside against large technology companies’ approach to protecting user accounts. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and …
Insurer Startup Trium Cyber Finds Path to Profits, With Large Business Focus
This profile of Trium Cyber is the inaugural article in a regular series of Company Spotlights, published by Insurance Journal, which cover the insurance industry’s startups and innovators. Trium Cyber is the industry’s first Lloyd’s-approved company to provide mono-line cyber …
Tesla, Musk sued by shareholders over self-driving safety claims
Tesla Inc. and its Chief Executive Elon Musk were sued on Monday by shareholders who accused them of overstating the effectiveness and safety of their electric vehicles’ Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technologies. In a proposed class action filed in San …
Federal Appeals Court in NC Says Undercover Filming of Animal Farms is Protected Speech
In a decision that animal rights advocates are calling a big win over big agricultural interests, a federal appeals court last week struck down part of a North Carolina law, declaring that it violated the constitutional guarantee of free speech. …