Uncategorized

/Uncategorized
8 08, 2022

Lloyd’s Launches 2nd Protected Cell Company to Provide Greater Flexibility for Investors

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Lloyd’s Launches 2nd Protected Cell Company to Provide Greater Flexibility for Investors

Lloyd’s announced it has received regulatory approval to set up a second protected cell company (PCC), which aims to enhance market accessibility for investors – a key deliverable of the Future at Lloyd’s project. Lloyd’s previously announced a number of …

8 08, 2022

Insurtech Startup Quotech Announces £1 Million Investment Led by Re/insurer Convex

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insurtech Startup Quotech Announces £1 Million Investment Led by Re/insurer Convex

Quotech, the insurtech that creates data-taming systems for specialty insurers, brokers, and MGAs, has raised £1 million from a number of angel investors and Convex Group Ltd., the international specialty insurer and reinsurer. Proceeds from the funding round will be …

8 08, 2022

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires UK Risk Management Consultant, Another Day

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires UK Risk Management Consultant, Another Day

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Another Day Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2016, AnotherDay is a London-based risk management consultancy that helps organizations across 90 …

8 08, 2022

More Grain Ships Safely Depart From Ukrainian Black Sea Ports

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on More Grain Ships Safely Depart From Ukrainian Black Sea Ports

Two more ships, carrying corn and soybeans, departed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Monday, Turkey and Ukraine said, taking the total to ten since the first ship sailed last week under a deal with Russia to unblock Ukrainian grain …

8 08, 2022

Rhine River Water Levels in Germany Keep Falling, Forcing Ships to Sail Partly Loaded

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Rhine River Water Levels in Germany Keep Falling, Forcing Ships to Sail Partly Loaded

Water levels on the Rhine in Germany fell again during hot dry weather over the weekend and cargo vessels cannot sail fully loaded, vessel brokers and commodity traders said on Monday. Shallow water is causing problems for shipping on the …

8 08, 2022

Gallagher Calls Alliant’s Filing in Poaching Suit a ‘Masterclass in Deflection’

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Gallagher Calls Alliant’s Filing in Poaching Suit a ‘Masterclass in Deflection’

In the latest in the back-and-forth court filings between Arthur J. Gallagher and Alliant Insurance Services, Gallagher said its competitor is putting on a “masterclass in deflection” to prevent the court from granting a restraining order against Alliant. Late last …

8 08, 2022

Berkshire Hathaway Posts $43.8 Billion Loss as Stock Holdings Tumble

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Berkshire Hathaway Posts $43.8 Billion Loss as Stock Holdings Tumble

The slide in U.S. stock prices punished Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s bottom line in the second quarter, as the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett on Saturday reported a $43.8 billion loss. Berkshire nevertheless generated nearly $9.3 billion of operating profit, …

8 08, 2022

Agency Partnerships: MarshBerry Platform, First Choice Agents Alliance Combine

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Agency Partnerships: MarshBerry Platform, First Choice Agents Alliance Combine

The MarshBerry Platform announced it has merged with First Choice Agents Alliance (FCAA). The merger will position the combined firms as one of the insurance brokerage industry’s top agency partnerships. MarshBerry Platform and FCAA, each on their own, represent two …

8 08, 2022

Phone Call With Insurer Does Not Void Insured’s Prior Rejection of Coverage

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Phone Call With Insurer Does Not Void Insured’s Prior Rejection of Coverage

A motorcycle driver’s signed waiver of underinsured motorists coverage in 2004 was still in effect 15 years later when he was in a tragic crash despite a phone conversation he had in 2014 with a representative for his direct insurer …

8 08, 2022

‘Community Lighthouses’ to be Powered by the Sun and Volunteers

By | August 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ‘Community Lighthouses’ to be Powered by the Sun and Volunteers

Enthusiastic church volunteer Sonia St. Cyr lost something she treasures during the blackout caused by Hurricane Ida — her independence, afforded her by the electric wheelchair she expertly maneuvers over bumpy city sidewalks. “After Ida I was housebound,” said St. …