The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday took up a major new legal fight pitting religious beliefs against LGBT rights, agreeing to hear an evangelical Christian web designer’s free speech claim that she cannot be forced under a Colorado anti-discrimination law …
High Street Insurance Partners has acquired The Craft Agency in Jackson, Michigan. The Craft Agency has been serving their clients for 100 years and provides comprehensive personal lines, commercial and life insurance across Michigan. Robert Craft is president of The …
The operator of Felicity Ace, the ship transporting thousands of Porsches, Lamborghinis and other Volkswagen AG vehicles, said Tuesday it assumes the car carrier is still on fire almost a full week after the crew abandoned ship. Two large tugboats …
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access Pipeline, letting stand a ruling that required a new federal environmental analysis and left the pipeline vulnerable to being shut down. Making no comment, the justices refused …
Germany’s Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG, the fuel storage and distribution company that suffered a cyber attack at the end of January, said its first tests to restore operations weren’t successful, according to a letter sent to customers seen by …
A Chicago brewery was destroyed by a dramatic blaze early Feb. 21 that fire officials believe started in a nearby apartment building. The Twisted Hippo partially collapsed due to the fire which started about 3:30 a.m. in the Albany Park …
Roofs peeking out of the water have become a common sight every summer at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts would appear of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower …
Nexus Underwriting Management Ltd. (NUML), the London-based independent specialty managing general agent, announced it will be renamed Kentro Capital Ltd. Nexus Underwriting (Nexus), the specialty managing general agent, and Xenia Broking (Xenia), the leading credit insurance and surety distribution specialist, …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Fairfax Financial Holdings, AXA XL and SiriusPoint Ltd. A summary of these new hires follows here. Fairfax Financial Holdings Promotes Clarke to President Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has appointed Peter Clarke …
Vitesse PSP, the London-based fintech that specializes in digital solutions for global payments and counts numerous insurers among its customers, announced it has raised $26 million in Series B funding. The Series B funding, which was led by Prime Ventures, …