Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., an underwriter of specialty insurance, announced an agreement to sell its Brazilian operations, Argo Seguros Brasil S.A. (Argo Brazil), to Spice Private Equity Ltd. (Spice PE), an investment company focused on global private equity investments, …
A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a “dearth of evidence” during a multi-billion dollar trial to support finding the companies’ pain pill marketing caused the health crisis. …
Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is backed by Goldman Sachs, announced the acquisition of S. Johnson & Co. Ltd. Established in 1990 and based in Birmingham, England, with a dedicated team led by Steven Johnson and Graham Ettrick, …
Federal officials allege in a lawsuit that a Texas-based company unlawfully fired disabled workers because of their inability to pass an essential functions test. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit Hospital Housekeeping Services (HHS) violated federal law …
New Delhi-based insurtech start up SafeTree has raised $1 million in its seed funding round from angel investors Shams Ahmed Parvaz and Faiz Shams. The startup aims to use the capital infusion to expand its team, strengthen product development and …
One in four companies has instituted a vaccine mandate for U.S. workers, a sharp increase from last month, following President Joe Biden’s directive ordering large employers to require shots or weekly testing. Another 13% of companies plan to put a …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its specialist underwriting subsidiary Pen Underwriting has acquired 100% of UK-based Manchester Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Manchester Underwriting Management Ltd. (MUM). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded …
Three more dancers have come forward to allege that an instructor and his wife, a former star with the Boston Ballet, sexually abused them, according to an expanded lawsuit. Five dancers now say dance instructor Mitchell Taylor Button and his …
McGill and Partners, the boutique specialist re/insurance broker, is set for further expansion following regulatory approval for its Bermuda operation. The office will officially open later this month. The Bermuda office will complement McGill and Partners’ other international operations as …
President Joe Biden has signed a disaster declaration for damage caused by storms that hit the southern Vermont counties of Windham and Bennington at the end of July, the office of Vermont Governor Phil Scott said Wednesday. The presidential declaration …