INSURANCE NEWS
Insured Damages in Canada From Hurricane Fiona Now Top C$800M
Insured damages from Hurricane Fiona are now estimated at over C$800 million (US$591.2 million), according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), quoting the Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). Hurricane Fiona remains the most costly extreme weather event ever …
Duck Creek to Acquire Swiss Payments Platform, Imburse Payments
Duck Creek Technologies, the tech company that serves the property/casualty insurance market, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Imburse Payments, a Swiss-based modern payments platform. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Imburse’s cloud-native software-as-a-service (SaaS) payment solution is …
Major International Investors Ask Glencore to Justify Thermal Coal Development
International investors with $2.2 trillion in assets will ask commodity giant Glencore Plc to show how its development of thermal coal mines meets the goals of the Paris climate accord to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. Glencore is one …
U.S. Targets Non-Compete Clauses That Block Workers From Better Jobs
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete provisions as well as some training repayment agreements, which companies use to keep workers from leaving for better …
Twitter Hacked, 200 Million User Email Addresses Leaked, Researcher Says
Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” Alon …
New Florida Law Makes Joint Settlement Offers ‘Legit’ But May Not Go Far Enough
In the celebration over the Florida Legislature’s sweeping insurance reforms approved last month, one statutory change has slipped under the radar a bit – one that insurance attorneys said will streamline the settlement process and could help reduce litigation. Among …
Judge Reduces Punitive Damages in Deadly Charlottesville Rally
A federal judge has slashed millions of dollars from the damages a jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay for their role in the violence that erupted during the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. …
Activists Say They’ll Continue to Call out Liberty Mutual for Fossil Fuels
Right after Tim Sweeney took the helm as Liberty Mutual’s CEO, a group of activists hosted a demonstration asking the him to “pick fossil fuels or Boston” by prioritizing climate policies to mitigate risk and protect the city of Boston …
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Departs, and Interim Commissioner Named
Department of Business and Industry Director Terry Reynolds announced the appointment of Nick Stosic as Interim Insurance Commissioner at the Nevada Division of Insurance. Stosic’s appointment becomes effective on Friday. The appointment was made following the Commissioner Barbara Richardson’s resignation. …
People Moves: Graham-Rogers Promotes Bishop, Makes New Hires
Graham-Rogers Insurance Promotes Bishop and Makes New Hires Jim Bishop has been promoted to division leader at Standard Lines Services, a division of Graham-Rogers Insurance, which is headquartered in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Bishop has extensive experience in commercial and personal lines …
Skyward Specialty Announces Launch of IPO
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (“Skyward Specialty” or the “Company”) announced Jan. 4 the launch of its initial public offering of its common stock. The offering consists of 4,750,000 shares of common stock offered by Skyward Specialty and 3,750,000 shares …
Missouri Polyurethane Facility to Settle Clean Air Act Case
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Earth City, Missouri, polyurethane manufacturer Foam Supplies Inc. to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Plan Rule. The settlement requires the company to pay a …