This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurance brokers BMS and Gallagher. A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Launches Global Healthcare Liability Unit, Led by Wendin From Carpenter BMS, the London-based independent specialist insurance and …
Florida’s governor has signed two bills that will provide more matching grants for homeowners and condominium associations to fortify properties against the growing threat of windstorms. Senate Bill 7028 will send an additional $200 million to the My Safe Florida …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement to an eyewitness who tried to intervene to prevent George Floyd’s murder and who says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result. Donald Williams, …
Smith Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Specialty Lending Practice EVP Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, named Michael R. Smith as executive vice president, Alliant Specialty, in the firm’s Financial Institutions industry vertical. Smith is based in Dallas. Smith …
The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access. In a 2023 complaint, the …
A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey Shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an emergency beach replenishment project at one of the state’s most badly eroded beaches. North Wildwood and the state have been …
Capitola Insurance in California has completed its rebranding to Flow Specialty and the specialty wholesaler has added new leadership. David Derigiotis has been named president of brokerage and head of insurance. Derigiotis has 20 years of specialty insurance industry experience, …
Inszone Insurance Services acquired Van Oppen & Co. 2 in Wyoming. Founded in 2008 by Rick van Oppen, the firm has specialized in serving the needs of the architectural, engineering and environmental sectors. Sacramento, California-based Inszone is an insurance brokerage …
State Street Corp. and the artist it commissioned to create Wall Street’s sculpture have settled a 2019 lawsuit on the eve of trial. The bank, which commissioned the artwork, was set to square off against the sculptor, Kristen Visbal, in …
Concerns about hazing have prompted the University of Virginia to terminate one local fraternity and suspend three others on its Charlottesville campus, the school said Wednesday. The university said in a statement that the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter had “engaged …