Willis Towers Watson announced it has launched a new risk and analytics model for the trade credit market. The model analyzes clients’ trade receivables to predict potential losses over a range of statistical scenarios. A typical model run covers: Rating …
A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it to her husband, resulting in his death, a state appeals court held on Tuesday, upholding what appeared to be the …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Definity Financial Corp., SCOR and Marsh. A summary of these new hires follows here. Definity Appoints Former Swiss Re Exec Schmid to Board of Directors Definity Financial Corp., the Waterloo, Ontario-based …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the herbicide dicamba can be sprayed on soybean and cotton plants genetically engineered to resist the chemical, without the procedure posing “unreasonable risks” to other crops, an agency official said on Tuesday. …
MILAN – An Italian supplier at the center of recent industrial snags on the 787 Dreamliner airplane produced more than 4,000 non-compliant parts destined for Boeing Co. over five years, a preliminary report from Italian prosecutors shows. Initial results of …
Acrisure, a fintech company and insurance broker, has acquired the managing general agency and third-party administrator operations of Florida-based SUNZ Insurance, a workers’ compensation specialist, the company announced. The operations acquired in the transaction include Next Level Administrators, a third-party …
Willis Towers Watson Appoints Petersen as Head of Primary Casualty Broking, North America Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Casey Petersen as the head of Primary Casualty Broking for North America. In this role, Petersen will lead …
Butler & Messier Insurance recently acquired two Cranston, Rhode Island, insurance agencies to add to its expanding statewide footprint. Effective October 1, 2021, Butler & Messier successfully closed on the final purchase of the Alpine Insurance Agency. Additionally, on December …
Alliant Insurance Services, a distributor, announced it has expanded its Florida team with the addition of William “Jib” Reagan as vice president over the employee benefits group. Reagan, based in Tampa, previously was assistant vice president with a global insurance …
A Kansas contractor faces $223,000 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the company exposes its workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards. The OSHA cited Lakewood, Kansas-based Compass Resources LLC for …