General Motors is restructuring how its U.S. dealers sell used vehicles, a bid to compete better with fast-rising online sellers like Carvana. The Detroit-based automaker said on Tuesday it is dissolving a long-standing program that helps its dealerships sell used …
Nearly every state legislative incumbent was poised to win their primary on Tuesday, in a stark change from the conservative bloodletting rendered in the Texas House two years ago. Two years ago, intraparty warfare resulted in a massive scrambling on …
SullivanCurtisMonroe has acquired Stepco Insurance Agency. The Stepco group will join SCM’s Pasadena team. Stepco was founded in 1962 as George Joseph & Associates, dba Mercury Insurance Agency. In 1983, CEO Steve Stepanian took over the agency from his brother-in-law, …
President Donald Trump says the US will ensure the free flow of energy through the Persian Gulf with insurance guarantees and even naval escorts. But the shipping industry sees it — at best — as only a partial solution to …
A crew guided a York County barge equipped with a giant sea vacuum across the waters of Wells Harbor last week. One contractor nudged the so-called dredge in a tiny tugboat. Another manned the equipment, which sucked up sand from …
Berkshire Hathaway’s chief executive had the unusual task of reporting lower 2025 underwriting and investment income for GEICO and other insurance and reinsurance operations in his first report to investors recently. After two years of rising underwriting profits, Greg Abel, …
Justin Timberlake is suing to block the release of police body camera footage from his drunken driving arrest in New York’s Hamptons in 2024. The pop star’s lawyers argued in a lawsuit filed Monday against the village of Sag Harbor …
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, promoted three members of the Ryan Financial Lines (RFL) executive team. Deborah Egel-Fergus, president of lawyers E&O – Egel-Fergus most recently served as vice president …
Wisedocs named Mark Tainton senior vice president of data solutions. Tainton will leverage his experience overseeing AI-enabled services. He has experience in leading large-scale data modernization initiatives. Tainton previously served as chief data analytics officer at Venttiv Technology, Calamos Investments …
More than half (54%) of U.S. business leaders expect their companies to survive and thrive in 2026, yet 60% say they’re more stressed than they were last year, according to mutual insurer Sentry’s 2026 C-Suite Stress Index survey. Sentry’s survey …