K2 Placements and Wealth Advisor Growth Network (WAGN) have partnered on an insurtech platform for wealth managers buying business insurance to protect their firms. The new platform, Advisor Insurance, was designed to simplify the business insurance process for wealth managers …
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has acquired the assets of Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Gray-Stone & Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gray-Stone has both a wholesale and retail component, and the firm specializes in lawyers professional liability. The …
This wrap-up of international People Moves details recent appointments at Peak Re, the Hong Kong-based reinsurer; Euler Hermes, the Paris-based credit insurer, and Sedgwick, the provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions. A summary of these new hires …
More than 50 people have been displaced by a fire at a Delaware apartment, according to the state fire marshal’s office. Officials estimate that Saturday afternoon’s fire at the Lighthouse Hill Apartments complex in Wilmington caused more then $1 million …
A state lawmaker from Maine is facing a lawsuit from neighbors who say she and her husband cut down thousands of trees from their property to build a barn and horse paddock. Sasha and Christopher Malone filed the lawsuit against …
The Alaska court system said it is taking steps aimed at avoiding future cyberattacks, such as upgrading software and “investing in technology that can better protect our systems from intrusion.” The court system, in a statement, said it continues to …
A grand jury indicted a former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles on 21 counts of sexual abuse offenses in a case where he is accused of sexually assaulting seven women, court documents say. Dr. James Heaps faces …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Rapides Parish, Louisiana, as a primary natural disaster area because of the winter storm and ice from Feb. 15-21. Producers in Rapides and the seven parishes that touch it are eligible to apply …
The Plexus Groupe Commercial insurance brokerage and consulting firm, The Plexus Groupe, has named industry veteran John Stollenwerck to vice president of Business Development. He is based in Dallas. Stollenwerck has more than 20 years of client service experience across …
HSB, part of Munich Re. has launched HSB Precision Ag insurance, a suite of coverages for evolving farm data risks, technology and state-of-the-art equipment. Designed for large commercial enterprises and smaller family farms, the coverage combines equipment breakdown and cyber …