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Business Continuity Plans Lacking Among SMBs: Nationwide Survey
Mid- and small-market businesses (SMBs) face a lot of the same big-picture challenges, but how they prioritize risk, spending, and solutions varies widely. According to Nationwide’s latest risk management survey, mid-market business owners are most concerned about economic and financial …
EU Mounts Major Retreat From ESG Agenda Amid Fierce Backlash
The European Union is about to walk back significant chunks of planned ESG regulations, amid a barrage of complaints that such rules are becoming a dead weight hampering EU efforts to compete with the US and Asia. The European Commission, …
Canada’s Axis Insurance Acquires Calgary-Based Fuse Insurance
Axis Insurance Managers Inc., the Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Fuse Insurance, a Calgary-based, technology-driven commercial insurance brokerage. Founded in 2017, Fuse has built a strong reputation for managing complex risks in industries such as ecommerce, healthcare, …
Talanx Sells Ecuadorian Subsidiary to Grupo Financiero Atlántida
The Retail International division of the Talanx Group is selling its Ecuadorian entity HDI Seguros S.A. to Grupo Financiero Atlántida, a financial conglomerate from Honduras. The sale enables the Retail International division to consolidate its portfolio in Latin America and …
FTC Chair Pledges to Keep Aggressive Merger Enforcement
President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission will “vigorously” sue to block illegal mergers, the agency’s new chairman said Monday, highlighting support for the repeated deal challenges during the Biden era. “We are going to enforce these laws vigorously and aggressively,” …
US SEC Plans to Cut Regional Directors as Agency Preps for DOGE Scrutiny: Sources
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to remove the top leaders at regional offices across the country as part of its cost-cutting recommendations to the Trump administration, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The SEC on Friday …
Polished Gem GEICO Fuels Berkshire Hathaway Operating Gains
The work that GEICO’s chief executive has done to “repolish” Berkshire Hathaway’s “long-held gem” got a special shout-out in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway 2024 annual report to shareholders last weekend. GEICO’s $4 billion-plus jump in 2024 underwriting profit (before taxes) …
Pennsylvania’s NSM to Sell Commercial Insurance Division to Investment Firm
New Mountain Capital, an investment firm, has agreed to buy the commercial insurance division of Pennsylvania-based NSM Insurance Group. The firms said in a news release that the deal is expected to close in the next 45 days. Terms were …
South Carolina Republicans Launch TV Ads to Salvage Tort Reform Bill
Georgia lawmakers aren’t the only ones contemplating a major tort-reform bill during the legislative session this year. Next door, South Carolina’s General Assembly is considering Senate Bill 244, which supporters say would end the state’s joint-and-several liability rules that have …
Damage to Baltic Sea Telecoms Cable May Have Occurred in January, Operator Says
Finland’s telecoms operator said on Monday that the damage reported last week to its C-Lion1 telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea may have occurred as early as January 26, the same day a cargo ship broke another undersea cable in …
Texas Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
A Texas man was sentenced last week to more than 13 years in prison for constructing a $5 million insurance fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas announced. Jordan Ford, 32, was charged via criminal complaint in …
People Moves: Incline P&C Group Adds Wafer as Independent Director
Incline P&C Group, a leading insurance program market services firm, has elected Thomas Wafer to the Board of Directors of each of its insurance carriers as an independent director. Wafer brings over 40 years of experience in reinsurance and insurance, …