Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Risk Placement Services (RPS), a specialty insurance distributor and Lloyd’s coverholder, has launched RPS Signature Programs, a new brand for its program administration division. Collectively, RPS Signature Programs offers industry-specific proprietary solutions on an admitted and non-admitted …
A Chicago-area sports fashion chain will pay $420,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said City Sports has more than 15 locations in Chicago and the surrounding …
Indianapolis, Ind.-based MJ Insurance has added risk management consultant, Dominique Norton, expanding its Commercial Insurance + Risk Management — Small Business department. Norton comes to MJ from a regional insurance brokerage, where he served as an advisor. He is an …
The UK Supreme Court will hear an appeal on Nov. 16 of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) test case over which insurance companies should offer payouts to small businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Monday. The hearing …
CNA Financial Corp. doubled its 2020 Q3 net income, thanks in part to higher investment returns and rate hikes in the P/C insurance division that increased more than 12 percent on average. Net catastrophe losses soared, however, due to three …
Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group said on Monday it would stop all its cruises through the end of the year, extending previous suspensions, as coronavirus infections continue to increase globally. The company’s announcement comes days after the U.S. Centers for …
Nationwide has named Jude DiBattista to head its E&S Brokerage wholesale primary and excess casualty unit. DiBattista will lead the E&S Brokerage wholesale casualty team from New York and will report to Tom Jurgens, senior vice president, E&S/Specialty Brokerage Underwriting. …
Applied Systems has named Reid Holzworth as chief executive officer of IVANS, the insurance industry’s exchange connecting insurers, MGAs, agencies, and the insured. Holzworth will lead the expansion of the IVANS strategy and all business functions to accelerate the digitization …
TOKYO — Japan’s largest airport opened a novel coronavirus testing facility on Monday as it takes steps to reopen international travel that has been largely grounded for months by the pandemic. The Narita International Airport PCR Center is aimed at …
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has expanded the list of states the company offers its architects and engineers professional liability product to include Colorado, Kansas, and Wisconsin. With these three states, the company now offers this line in half the …