INSURANCE NEWS
Carolina Agent, Missouri Attorneys Indicted on Tax, Insurance Fraud Charges
Two Missouri tax attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent have been indicted for helping clients set up fraudulent tax shelters, file false tax returns and to defraud an insurance carrier, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Michael Elliott Kohn and Catherine …
NFP Acquires Philadelphia Staffing Firm Juno Search Partners
Insurance broker NFP reports it has acquired Juno Search Partners, a Philadelphia-based search and staffing firm. Juno specializes in contingent search, contractor placement, executive search and custom talent for employers. NFP said Juno co-founders Mikal C. Harden and Vicki Sack …
Insurer FM Global Upheld in Firing of Longtime Executive Who Claimed Age Bias, Retaliation
Rhode Island-based Factory Mutual Insurance Co. properly handled the firing of a long-time employee who claimed his axing in 2018 was due to age discrimination and retaliation for his complaints about the company taking no actions against another employee accused …
FBI Director Says TikTok Poses National Security Concerns
The U.S. operations of Chinese-owned TikTok raise national security concerns, FBI Director Chris Wray said on Tuesday, flagging the risk that the Chinese government could harness the video-sharing app to influence users or control their devices. Risks include “the possibility …
Florida Citizens Expects 5,000 claims and $63 Million in Losses from Nicole
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has released its first estimate on losses from Hurricane Nicole, a category 1 storm that hit Florida’s east coast Nov. 10. Modeled losses plus loss adjustment expenses – but not including anticipated litigation costs – will …
People Moves: Generali’s GC&C Names Marcato to Lead Financial Lines; BHSI Promotes Taylor for Property in ANZ; Optio Taps Hartford’s Barrett for Financial Lines
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali’s Global Corporate & Commercial, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and Optio Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Names Marcato as Head of Financial …
Report: 90% of U.S. Counties Hit With Disaster in Last Decade
Ninety percent of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. Some endured as many as 12 federally-declared disasters over those 11 years. More than 300 million people …
Gayner to Become Markel Corp. CEO on Jan. 1
Markel Corp. said current co-CEO Thomas S. Gayner will become the sole CEO upon the retirement of co-CEO Richard R. Whitt III on January 1, 2023. Markel in May announced the anticipated retirement of Whitt by the end of March …
Turkey to Demand Oil Tankers Have Proof of Insurance, Adding Teeth to Russia Sanctions
Turkey is to demand that oil tankers passing through its key Bosphorus shipping strait must provide proof that they have adequate insurance, a move that could have implications for Russia’s giant crude-exports program. Ships hauling oil through the waterway and …
Trump Firm’s Longtime CFO, Still on Payroll, Testifies on Tax Scheme at Fraud Trial
Donald Trump’s jail-bound longtime finance chief is still a company man, collecting a hefty salary from the former president’s namesake Trump Organization even as he makes his long-awaited turn as the prosecution’s star witness in a criminal tax fraud trial …
New Hampshire High Court Sides With Body Shop Owner Who Argued Own Appeal
Collision repair shop owner Steve Piispanen didn’t hire an attorney because he considers them to be “not educated” when it comes to insurance law. He represented himself when he appealed a local judge’s decision to dismiss a $1,093.37 claim against …
UK Insurers Provide Test Case for Post-Brexit ‘Unshackling’ From EU Capital Rules
The British government and the Bank of England are reforming insurers’ capital rules, seen as a post-Brexit test of UK willingness to “unshackle” the City of London after leaving the European Union. Reform would potentially free up billions of pounds …