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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. is targeting a valuation of about $491 million in its initial public offering in the United States, as it joins a slew of companies preparing to list amid a rebound in the capital markets.

Wholesalers and MGAs can drive growth by improving their billing and accounting operations.

The FBI is working toward charging hackers from the aggressive Scattered Spider criminal gang who are largely based in the U.S. and western countries and have breached dozens of American organizations, a senior official said.

A California judge Thursday said underwriters at Lloyd’s of London did not breach an errors and omissions policy when denying coverage for Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s $85 million settlement of a consolidated class action for privacy violations that allowed hackers to engage in “Zoombombing.”

Retailers knew there was the risk of some theft when they introduced self-checkout lanes — even classifying such losses as “shrinkage,” and claiming that some stealing, as it is traditionally coined, would be unintentional.

A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld an award of permanent disability benefits to a former police officer who was beaten while responding to a call that she believed to have been set up by the chief of police, who was involved in a sexual harassment case filed by the only female officer in the force.

A pork processing company was prematurely granted summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by an injured staffing agency employee because of lingering questions over the worker’s employee status, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday that it cited the operator of multiple psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities for the third time in five years after workers were killed or seriously injured in violent patient attacks.

BI's photographer provided extensive coverage of the 2024 Riskworld conference and exhibition, which took place May 5-8 in San Diego. View our photo galleries from all four days.

Higher interest rates have slowed mergers and acquisitions among insurance agents and brokers, and deals may soon be restructured to reflect increased M&A expenses, said Greg Zimmer, CEO of Alliant Insurance Services Inc.

An Iowa appeals court said Wednesday an insurance agency’s $37,868 liquidated damages award could stand after finding it did not constitute a penalty for a former employee who emailed herself a client list before leaving.

Specialist insurer Mosaic Insurance Holdings Ltd. Thursday said it will offer $15 million in targeted primary professional liability coverage for unique risks for specialist engineers.

The probability of work-related accidents increases 5% to 6% when temperatures rise above 90 degrees, and the effect of workplace heat is stronger in the southern U.S. and in the construction industry, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

A split West Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a denial of workers compensation benefits to a man who claimed he developed Parkinson’s disease after being exposed to industrial chemicals while working as an automotive paint technician.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday announced that it has moved closer to publishing a proposed rule to offer greater workplace heat protections to employees in both outdoor and indoor settings.

Lawmakers in New Jersey on Monday read through the latest version of carryover legislation from 2023 that would create a heat standard for workers, calling on businesses to provide water, breaks and shade for those working in high temperatures.

Adriana Scherzinger will take up the role of group head of captives for Zurich Insurance Group Ltd., effective Sept. 1.