Allianz X, the digital investments arm of Allianz Group, will acquire 100% of the shares in Berlin-based simplesurance. Allianz X has been a strategic investor in the Berlin-based insurtech company since 2016 and most recently expanded its involvement in 2019. …
Water up to waist-high flooded some riverfront neighborhoods and other areas of Thailand on Thursday after a tropical depression dumped heavy rains and knocked down trees, causing at least one death. The heaviest rainfall, about 22 centimeters (8.5 inches) in …
India’s markets regulator will restart a review of a $440 million initial public offering of Digit Insurance after the company resolved certain compliance issues that had led to the regulator putting the process on hold, two sources told Reuters on …
Postulka Returns to Arbella as Vice President and Chief Information Officer Arbella Insurance Group, in Quincy, Massachusetts, has announced that Matt Postulka has rejoined the company as vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Postulka will be responsible for all …
The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation and DIR’s Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022. Providers are suspended from the workers’ compensation system when they have been convicted of fraud-related …
A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol this week to sign one of the most contentious bills before him this year, reversing course on a measure to help …
A physician pleaded guilty to defrauding California’s Medi-Cal system by prescribing unnecessary drugs to more than 1,000 patients, prosecutors said. Dr. Mohammed El-Nachef entered pleas in Orange County to one count of insurance fraud and one count of aiding and …
Australia’s AUB Group Ltd. (AUB) announced it has completed its acquisition of leading Lloyd’s wholesale broker Tysers from Odyssey Investment Partners. The acquisition, which was first announced in May 2022, has a purchase price of A$880 million (US$570.3 million) with …
Survivors of the mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade and family members of those killed filed 11 lawsuits Wednesday against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the attack, accusing gun-maker Smith & Wesson of illegally targeting …
A train derailment sent a dozen rail cars off the tracks Thursday morning near Detroit, snarling traffic while emergency responders assessed the damage, officials said. Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said 12 of the train’s 151 cars derailed about 7:30 a.m. …