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22 01, 2025

Six Years Post Fatal Disaster, Mines Start Global Waste-Dam Body

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An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as tailings kicked off Tuesday, six years after the collapse of a dam owned by Vale SA killed 272 people in the …

22 01, 2025

Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says

By | January 22nd, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says

The U.S. Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history.” Weeks after a U.S. Senate committee released a study and held a hearing on the affect of climate change …

31 01, 2025

Pennsylvania Says It Blocked $180 Million in Auto, Home, Other P/C Insurance Hikes

By | January 31st, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Pennsylvania Says It Blocked $180 Million in Auto, Home, Other P/C Insurance Hikes

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) reported that in 2024 it refused to approve $180.3 million in annual property/casualty (P/C) insurance premium increases in the state through its rate review processes. The PID said it rejected premium increases sought by insurers …

31 01, 2025

Aon Reports Organic Growth of 6% for 4th Quarter and Full-Year 2024

By | January 31st, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Aon Reports Organic Growth of 6% for 4th Quarter and Full-Year 2024

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 …

6 02, 2025

Uber Avoids Liability for Driver’s Assault on Passenger

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Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is “not automatically liable,” a federal judge in Philadelphia wrote in dismissing claims against Uber brought by a passenger who was …

11 02, 2025

Pen Underwriting Simplifies Divisional Structure in UK & Ireland, With Breslin at Helm

By | February 11th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Pen Underwriting Simplifies Divisional Structure in UK & Ireland, With Breslin at Helm

Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, announced a simplified divisional structure to bring together core commercial underwriting capabilities and expertise across the UK and Ireland. Under the central leadership of Sarah Breslin as managing director of the new Commercial …

18 02, 2025

Insurers Escape Coverage for Parents Accused of Hiding Son’s Murder Weapon

By | February 18th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insurers Escape Coverage for Parents Accused of Hiding Son’s Murder Weapon

A Pennsylvania husband and wife are not covered by their homeowners or personal umbrella insurance policies for claims they inflicted emotional distress by hiding the gun their son used to kill a friend and thus delaying discovery of the victim’s …

20 02, 2025

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Mercury and Subsidiaries Over LA Wildfires

By | February 20th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Mercury and Subsidiaries Over LA Wildfires

AM Best revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent) for the members of Mercury Casualty Group. Concurrently, AM Best revised …

21 02, 2025

People Moves: Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Names Swartz Chief Growth Officer

By | February 21st, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on People Moves: Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Names Swartz Chief Growth Officer

Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, headquartered in Towson, Maryland, named Jodi M. Swartz as the company’s senior vice president and chief growth officer. Swartz has more than 20 years of C-suite and leadership experience, most recently serving as senior vice president, …

21 02, 2025

S securities regulator to drop lawsuit against Coinbase, firm says

By | February 21st, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on S securities regulator to drop lawsuit against Coinbase, firm says

Coinbase said on Friday the U.S. securities regulator planned to withdraw its lawsuit against the crypto exchange, ending a contentious years-long legal battle once considered existential for the trading platform and the broader sector. The Securities and Exchange Commission has …