Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute deal averting a trial that was scheduled to begin Wednesday over how to split a $4 billion settlement. The agreement means victims and survivors will not have to testify, …
CoVerica, headquartered in Dallas, appointed Mark Holland as president and CEO. Holland has over three decades of experience in the insurance and benefits industry. He entered the industry in 1994, focusing on worksite marketing, benefits communication and electronic enrollment. He …
Hub announced that it has acquired the assets of Lindenwood Agency, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in St. Charles, Missouri, Lindenwood Agency is one of the largest independent insurance agencies in St. Charles and has been …
Europe’s insurance watchdog has called for a recalibration of capital requirements to reflect rising climate-driven disasters across the continent. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority is recommending the industry update the way it accounts for natural catastrophe risks in …
Forth quarter 2024 net income at W.R. Berkley Corp. jumped 45% compared to a year ago to about $576 million. For the year, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based commercial insurer said it booked record income of about $1.8 billion compared to about …
Neither Art nor Renee Schaap could bear to stay on their dairy farm in Curry County, New Mexico, in April 2022 as employees put down the last of their cattle, shooting 1,000 in the head one by one with .22 …
Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), …
Aon reported net income attributable to shareholders of $716 million during the fourth quarter, a 44% increase from the $498 million reported in Q4 2023. For full-year 2024, net income attributable to shareholders increased to $2.7 billion, or $12.49 per …
Insurers paid out a record £585 million (US$724.7 million) for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions in 2024 in the United Kingdom, according to the latest data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The record claims come following …
Thirteen U.S. property/casualty companies became impaired in 2023, 10 of which were placed into insolvent liquidation, according to an AM Best report. The insurance company impairments identified in the U.S. property/casualty industry in 2023 follow six reported impairments in 2022. …