Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has appointed Aimee Nolan to head up its London Market cargo underwriting team. As cargo line underwriter, Nolan will be based in Hiscox’s London office, reporting to Mike Southgate, divisional director for Marine, Energy and …
McLarens, a global independent insurance services provider, announced the strategic acquisition of Vanderwal & Joosten (VWJ), a leading construction and engineering, environmental, liability, and agricultural loss adjusting and technical claims investigation firm in the Netherlands. McLarens purchased 100% of the …
Lawyers for about 200,000 Brazilian claimants, whose multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP over a 2015 dam collapse was struck down last November, said on Tuesday they will petition the English Court of Appeal to review the case. “This …
CRC Group, a national wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, has acquired the assets of Washington D.C.-based Federal Employee Defense Services (FEDS), a niche managing general underwriter specializing in professional liability coverage for federal government employees and contractors. FEDS is …
BEIJING/SHANGHAI – Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd , China’s largest insurer by market value, reported a 4.2% drop in annual net profit on Wednesday but beat analysts’ forecasts. Profit of 143.1 billion yuan ($22.16 billion) for the …
Federal investigators said they’ll focus on the crash of a box truck that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway in December as they consider recommendations to prevent similar fatalities. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a brief …
Multiple crew members on a seafood factory trawler in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska have tested positive for COVID-19, joining a growing list of outbreaks in seafood processors and vessels, city officials said. The city of Unalaska said that factory …
The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has completed its 100th acquisition by acquiring New York-based Rampart Brokerage Corporation & Affiliates (RBC). The effective date of the acquisition was December 1, 2020. Headquartered in Lake Success, New York, with nearly 200 employees …
Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired John Galon Insurance Services Ltd. and Galon Management Ltd., collectively known as Galon Insurance Brokers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in the cities of Regina and …
Oregon OSHA is proposing a permanent rule that largely maintains risk-reducing measures required by the current temporary emergency rule to help protect workers against COVID-19. It would replace the temporary rule, which expires on May 4. The proposed permanent rule …