Arthur J. Gallagher — the international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – has signed an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Colombian retail insurance broker Guianza S.A. Corredores de Seguros (Guianza), subject to regulatory approval. The remaining …
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Atlanta, Ga.-based Risk Innovations LLC has acquired Columbia Commercial General Agency (CCGA), headquartered in Columbia, Mo. The deal was effective Aug. 1, 2015. The acquired business will continue to operate in Columbia under the Risk Innovations name and management team. Risk …
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Yankee Stadium visitors soon will be able to avoid long security lines by registering their fingerprints with a biometric identity service used at 12 U.S. airports. Starting Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, visitors to the Bronx, New York, …
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Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has established a relationship with an ‘A’ rated carrier as well as an ‘A++’ rated reinsurer to underwrite insurance for dump truck operators and other aggregate haulers. Coverages include auto liability, …
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AccuWeather has reported that “powerful Typhoon Soudelor will bring both flooding rainfall and damaging winds to Taiwan as the storm remains on a collision course with the island.” The report noted that “even though Soudelor has weakened, it remains a …
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Marine Insurance Market in Australia & N.Z Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) announced that it has begun underwriting Marine Insurance in Australia and New Zealand, and appointed Dimitry Zilberud, Head of Marine, and Mark Dixon, …
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The most serious challenge to Uber Technologies Inc.’s “Be your own Boss” business model might also present an early test to the wider sharing economy as well as undermine its own $50 billion valuation. The immediate battle comes Thursday in …
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Police in four Roanoke Valley localities in Virginia have proposed adopting a Canadian method of reporting car crashes that reduces police involvement. The Roanoke Times reports that if the governments of Roanoke, Salem, Roanoke County and Vinton approve the one-year …
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Second-term incumbent Mike Chaney of Vicksburg has won the Republican nomination for insurance commissioner. He held off a challenge Tuesday from John Mosley, a body shop owner from Clinton. Mosley campaigned, in part, by saying insurance companies have gotten away …
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Ken Curtis has been appointed as director of finance and risk for the London-based Lloyd’s Market Association, which represents the interests of the Lloyd’s underwriting community. He formerly was group chief financial officer of Chaucer Holdings plc and managing director …
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