Brown & Brown Dealer Services has acquired Finance Builders, a Canton, Connecticut firm providing finance and insurance (F&I) products and sales support to auto dealers in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Finance Builders operations, owned by Donald Ellis, will become part …

A Washington State University police sergeant accused of sexual misconduct while on duty in Pullman has resigned. Police Sgt. Matt Kuhrt submitted his resignation effective this week, KXLY-TV reported. A university investigation found Kuhrt engaged in predatory grooming behavior, made …

Four workers were injured, including one critically, by a release of carbon dioxide in a Los Angeles International Airport utility room, authorities said. One man was initially in grave condition but was upgraded to critical on arrival at a hospital, …

National insurance broker World Insurance Associates reports that it acquired CDR Insurance Group, Inc. of Waterbury, Connecticut on October 1, 2022. CDR was founded in 1992 by Rick Rice. The agency provides commercial and personal insurance products and services in …

A coalition of 40 state attorneys general has obtained two multistate settlements for $12.67 million with credit data firm Experian concerning data breaches in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of consumers nationwide. The attorneys general …

Danske Bank’s former chief executive Thomas Borgen was cleared by a Danish court on Tuesday of any liability for shareholder investment losses linked to the lender’s involvement in one of the world’s largest money-laundering scandals. A group of 155 institutional …

The World Bank will host a new facility that will help countries that suffer heavy economic loss due to climate change-driven disasters, its president David Malpass said on Tuesday. Malpass announced the new instrument, called the Global Shield Financing Facility, …

Australia’s corporate watchdog is investigating several companies and financial institutions for “greenwashing,” or exaggerated claims regarding environment-friendly investment and products, a senior official said on Tuesday. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has been increasing its oversight of climate-related …

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester will pay $55 million to survivors of sexual abuse committed by clergy members under a settlement announced by Rochester Bishop Salvatore Matano last week. The $55 million from the upstate New York diocese, its …

Indonesian authorities said on Monday it could take up to a month to free a crude oil tanker stuck in its waters, while the United States slapped sanctions on the vessel for alleged links to Hezbollah and a branch of …

Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to cut Iran off from the global financial system, blockchain data show. Almost all the funds, some $7.8 billion, flowed between …

Independent Lloyd’s retail broker Servca Group announced the acquisition of Medicas, an independent insurance specialist that offers a wide range of medical indemnity, medical malpractice and healthcare liability insurance for healthcare groups, entities and individual practitioners. Financial details of the …