INSURANCE NEWS
NYC Mayor Mamdani Widens Delivery-App Crackdown With Lost-Pay Lawsuit
New York City said it’s suing a food-delivery technology provider for withholding pay from workers, signaling Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s get-tough approach to regulating app-based work. Motoclick violated delivery worker laws by failing to pay the required minimum rate and by …
AIG Announces Strategic Investment Partnership of Up to $3.5B With CVC
American International Group (AIG) announced a strategic partnership with global private markets firm CVC. The partnership, announced Jan. 19, includes the establishment of large-scale separately managed accounts (SMAs) across CVC’s credit strategies, for which AIG will allocate up to $2 …
Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley
Zurich Insurance Group AG has gone public with a £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, increasing pressure on the UK-listed company it’s been wooing for more than 12 months. The Swiss insurer offered to buy London-based Beazley …
Toscafund Is Said to Explore Sale of Portuguese Insurer Caravela
Toscafund Asset Management and other minority shareholders of Caravela Seguros are exploring a sale of the Portuguese insurer, according to people familiar with the matter. London-based Toscafund, which owns a 48% stake in Caravela, has hired Mediobanca to advise on …
Trump’s Greenland Threat Puts Europe Inc Back in Tariff Crosshairs
Just as European companies were getting used to last year’s hard-won U.S. trade tariff deals, President Donald Trump has put them back in his crosshairs with an explosive threat to place levies on nations that oppose his planned takeover of …
Chile Declares Catastrophe as Deadly Fires Force Evacuations
Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in two southern regions of the country where raging wildfires have killed at least 15 people and forced tens of thousands to evacuate. Ante los graves incendios en curso he decidido …
South Africa Declares National Disaster After Deadly Floods
South Africa declared a national disaster after severe weather conditions led to deadly floods across parts of the country. Heavy rainfall, strong winds, lightning and flooding have resulted in loss of life, significant damage to infrastructure and property, environmental degradation …
California Attorney General Issues Cease and Desist Letter to xAI
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent xAI a cease-and-desist letter that orders the company to immediately halt the creation and distribution of deepfake, nonconsensual, intimate images and child sexual abuse material. Creating, distributing, publishing or exhibiting child sexual abuse material …
Allstate Can Proceed with Recovery in Texas RICO Case: Fifth Circuit
Allstate can move forward in its recovery of $4.7 million it paid to settle fraudulent medical claims with a Houston, Texas medical facility, the Fifth Circuit has ruled. The federal appellate court reversed a lower court’s ruling that Allstate’s RICO …
Trump Officials Vow to Keep All US Coal Plants Running
Trump administration officials vowed to keep US coal power plants operating, casting it as an imperative to meet surging electricity demand and drive a revival of the nation’s industrial base. “The goal is 100% open,” said Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. …
Dealmakers See More Retail Mergers, IPOs After Tariffs Sidelined M&A Last Year
Dealmakers predict an uptick in mergers and IPOs for retailers and consumer goods companies this year after punishing tariffs on imports to the U.S. had sidelined activity in the industry for the first half of 2025. Several national restaurant and …
Texas Proposes 13,000% Fee Hike on Hemp THC Shops
Texas state health officials have proposed raising licensing fees by as much as 13,000% for some hemp businesses, among a slate of changes that many industry members and advocates say will shutter small operations in favor of large out-of-state companies. …