5 days 22 hours ago
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday it cited an Alabama forklift parts manufacturer over the death of a worker who was caught inside a molding machine in August 2023.
5 days 23 hours ago
Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Friday named Anabella Frontado to the newly created role of head of war & terrorism, U.S. and Latin America.
5 days 23 hours ago
A severe convective storm outbreak across the central United States on March 12-16 caused widespread property and infrastructure damage, with the aggregated impacts potentially driving economic and insured losses into the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report Friday from Aon PLC.
5 days 23 hours ago
The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Thursday reversed a Chubb Ltd. unit’s win against SXSW LLC over the defense and coverage of a more than $1 million settlement to resolve a class action over the cancellation of the Austin, Texas-based music festival South by Southwest in 2020.
6 days ago
6 days ago
USI’s poaching lawsuit against a former broker is attracting plenty of interest. Also of note: The announcement of the winners of the Business Insurance 2024 Break Out Awards.
6 days 2 hours ago
A federal judicial panel Thursday consolidated at least nine lawsuits challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules requiring public companies to report climate-related risks in a venue favored by Republican-led states and a business group.
6 days 19 hours ago
Aon PLC on Thursday announced the launch of its Climate Risk Monitor, a tool that helps businesses visualize and understand their exposures to physical climate risk.
6 days 21 hours ago
The Department of Justice and 15 states Thursday sued Apple, alleging the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up prices.
6 days 21 hours ago
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. Thursday said Kyle Freeman has been named head of insurance-linked securities.
6 days 22 hours ago
A decision announced Wednesday by State Farm General Insurance Co., the homeowners unit of State Farm Group, to non-renew about 72,000 commercial and personal lines property policies in California raises serious questions about the insurer’s financial health, according to the state’s insurance regulator.
6 days 23 hours ago
A Texas Roadhouse worker in Tennessee was permanently disabled by a work-related fall he suffered when he was startled by an opossum after his shift, the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled Thursday.
6 days 23 hours ago
From Mount Rushmore to Yellowstone, cash isn’t king for visitors of America’s National Parks, according to a lawsuit over the U.S. National Park Service’s refusal to accept paper currency for entry.
6 days 23 hours ago
Commercial insurance brokers are forecast to achieve organic revenue growth in the mid-single digits or higher this year, bolstered by continued economic growth and property/casualty rate increases, according to a report released Thursday by ratings agency A.M. Best & Co.
1 week ago
1 week ago
1 week ago
Modiin, Israel-based Gabriel, a technology company monitoring mass shootings and workplace violence threats, Wednesday said it has partnered with specialty insurer and reinsurer Chaucer Insurance Group PLC and crisis management specialists Merrill Herzog Group to provide an active assailant insurance product designed to prevent and mitigate against mass shootings.
1 week ago
Hiscox Ltd. on Wednesday named Leigh Hellrung, formerly with Farmers Insurance Group Inc., as chief operating officer in the U.S.
1 week ago
A New York appeals court Tuesday ruled a prior act exclusion in a directors and officers policy issued by a Travelers Cos. Inc. unit to Xerox Corp. does not apply to bar coverage for two settlements resolving suits brought by a shareholder over the proposed purchase of Xerox by Fujifilm Holdings Corp.
1 week ago
Business Insurance on Wednesday announced the 40 winners of its 2024 Break Out Awards.