BB&T IHC International Ltd. has acquired a 16.9 percent interest in Miller Insurance Services LLP, the London-based specialist wholesale insurance broking firm. BB&T, which owns the world’s sixth largest insurance broking business, acquired its stake from Willis Group Holdings plc, …
Hank Greenberg, who built American International Group Inc. into the world’s largest insurer, said he’s putting his money behind Jeb Bush in the Republican party’s crowded nomination race. “Does he have the flair others are looking for? No, but that’s not what you …
London-based Endeavour Insurance Services* has appointed David Price as divisional director to drive further growth of the company’s specialist business across its U.S. and Canadian accounts. Price’s role will be to work with Endeavour’s broking and producer support teams in …
MetLife Inc., the insurer fighting the U.S. government’s decision to label it a potential threat to financial stability, wants to know why Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has gotten a pass. Documents just released show that question was posed last …
Statistics from the Tennessee Department of Health revealed that 1,263 Tennesseans died in 2014 from opioid overdoses despite measures designed to stop the addiction. In 2014, the state saw 97 more deaths caused by opioid overdoses than in 2013, The …
Dublin-based XL Group plc announced that XL Innovate*, the venture capital fund sponsored by the company, has acquired all of the shares of New Energy Risk Inc. “New Energy Risk has developed and delivered to the market unique performance warranty products …
A Kentucky district court judge is challenging a county attorney’s revenue-generating traffic school in the state. Kentucky news outlets report Judge Sean Delahanty is opposed to the operation of Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell’s traffic school which allows Louisville traffic …
York Risk Services Group, a provider of claims management, managed care and risk management services, has acquired Brandon, Miss.- based Quick Cat LLC. Quick Cat provides commercial daily and catastrophe claims services on a national basis and can expand their …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced via a mass email late Thursday that he’s running for the office of California Attorney General in a little over two years. “I am very excited at the prospect of working to make California’s …
A Superior Court jury in Riverside, Calif. awarded $1.885 million in a lawsuit over an e-cigarette product that exploded while charging, physically burning and emotionally scarring her, attorneys for the woman said on Thursday. Jennifer Ries was traveling to the …