King Risk Partners, ranked as the 36th-largest independent agency in the U.S., is planning for continued growth in coming years. The Gainesville, Florida-based firm this week named M&A specialist Colton Houseman as executive vice president over mergers and acquisitions. Houseman …
A former engineering director at Meta Platforms testified on Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was responsible for a culture that may have led the company to shirk its responsibility to protect children who use its Facebook and Instagram platforms from …
Progressive insurance, already one of the most-recognized U.S. insurance brands, will gain more exposure this fall with its logo placement on 13 college football fields, including the fields at Ole Miss, Georgia, Oregon, USC, Boise State, Colorado State, Iowa, Kansas …
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited said Jim Rhyner has been appointed head of North America financial lines, programs, and Canada. Rhyner will take the role on Aug. 31 and report to Head of North America Mike McKenna. He will work out …
China Evergrande Group’s founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, bringing an end to one of the most dramatic rise and fall stories in China’s corporate history.The disgraced property tycoon, once Asia’s second richest man, had …
Climate change could cost London as much as £36 billion ($50 billion) a year by the 2050s, the Mayor of London’s office said in a report.Lost working hours, disruption to businesses and damage to infrastructure caused by extreme weather in …
There’s a flurry of construction in Pacific Palisades, more than a year and a half after a wildfire ravaged the Los Angeles enclave in the most destructive blazes in Southern California history. There’s also a lot of frustration. At the …
A California agency on Wednesday approved long-delayed regulations designed to protect homes from wildfire, but they’re less stringent than defenses recommended by scientists and firefighters. The new rules, which apply to about 2 million homes, were mandated by a 2020 …
The gap in average claims severity between repairable battery electric vehicles and internal combustion engine automobiles hit the lowest level on record in both the U.S. and Canada, a new report shows. Mitchell released its latest Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights …
A former Maryland police officer has been sentenced for his role in an auto-insurance fraud scheme that involved several other police officers over several years. Michael Anthony Owen, Jr., of Accokeek, a former Prince George’s County police officer, was sentenced …