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Howden is acquiring Gravitas Insurance Agency LLC, a Los Angeles-based retail brokerage specializing in contingency insurance for music, sports and live events. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions, follows Howden’s other recent sport and entertainment acquisitions, including …

Beacon Hill Associates, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, will now operate as SPG Environmental under Specialty Program Group’s unified division, SPG Wholesale. SPG Environmental will still provide superior expertise, established carrier partnerships, and product offerings, only as part …

The owner of Florida-based Oakes Farms, known for his political views and conspiracy theories, has no legitimate legal claim against a Florida school district that terminated the farm’s food-supply contract over COVID-19 concerns, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. “To …

ServiceNow Inc. is expanding to West Palm Beach, Florida, opening a location for several hundred employees in a planned office tower being developed by billionaire Stephen Ross, the famed New York real estate magnate who broke from Related Cos. last …

Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season. “Where the heck are the Atlantic #hurricanes?” Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University, wrote recently …

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Monday requested $13.5 billion more from Congress in recovery aid for Hurricane Helene almost a year after the historic storm, saying additional help is needed from Washington to address record amounts of damage and …

Radian Group said on Thursday it would buy UK-based Inigo for $1.7 billion as the U.S. mortgage insurer seeks to transform into a global multi-line specialty insurer, sending its shares up nearly 7%. The Pennsylvania-based company’s expansion into the Lloyd’s …

Lyft Inc. is partnering with Waymo for the first time to offer robotaxi service in Nashville starting next year, a deal that helps it better compete with rival Uber Technologies Inc. Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo, which has been conducting testing in …

Benefits consultant Rob Wolf has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in New Hampshire, Wolf has more than 25 years of experience spaning strategy, planning, underwriting, cost containment, and regulatory compliance under ERISA …

U.S. vehicle thefts fell 23% in the first six months of 2025 from the first half of last year, a report out Wednesday from the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows. There were 334,114 vehicle thefts reported in the first half …

Apollo Global Management Inc. is set to use a rare structure to raise $10 billion from insurers, people with knowledge of the matter said, in the latest illustration of the increasing ties between private capital and annuity providers. The New …

Australia has detected the larvae of khapra beetles in imported nappies sold in supermarkets nationwide, the agriculture ministry said, raising concerns the pest could infest grain storages and disrupt agricultural exports. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday it …

Allianz Commercial Appoints Stewart as North American Head of Liability Global insurer Allianz Commercial, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, appointed Mary Ann Stewart as regional head of liability, North America, effective September 22. Based in Chicago, Stewart will …

Climate change fueled scorching summer temperatures that killed an estimated 16,500 people in European cities this summer, pushing overall heat deaths to more than three times what might otherwise have occurred, according to a new study. The analysis presents an …

Bamboo Insurance entered into a partnership with Accredited the companies say will provide availability and coverage options to homeowners across California. Bamboo’s E&S Signature product combines Bamboo’s tech-enabled underwriting platform with Accredited’s financial strength and specialty program expertise to deliver …

Police and rescue personnel in Marlborough, New Hampshire were dispatched earlier this month to the local Extra Space storage facility for a reported golf cart rollover and entrapment. The crews found the single occupant of the golf cart still pinned …

At a recent roundtable with New York executives, Heather Briccetti Mulligan remembers the frustration of a businessman who compared trying to file a permit for a $200 million construction project with ordering a pizza. The pizza could be tracked by …

Syracuse, New York based financial services firm Community Financial System, Inc. is expanding its commitment to insurance by investing $37.4 million in the insurance business of Leap Holdings, Inc. Leap’s wholly owned subsidiary, Leap Insurance Agency of Jersey City, New …

IMA Financial Group Appoints Boothroyd as Chief People Officer IMA Financial Group, Inc. named Greg Boothroyd chief people officer. He leads IMA’s people strategy, focusing on programs and practices that invest in talent, preserve the firm’s core mission and address …

The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday said it would allow companies seeking to go public to require that investors resolve claims of fraud or other false statements through arbitration rather than court litigation, handing a victory to companies and weakening …