A south Florida injury attorney, suspended from practice this year over alleged financial irregularities, has been charged with murdering his father, Boca Raton lawyer Paul Labiner. News outlets and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reported that Brandon Scott Labiner, …
Risk Strategies and Premier Financial Corporation announced that Risk Strategies has acquired Ohio-based First Insurance Group from Premier Financial Corp., (Nasdaq: PFC), a community banking and financial services holding company based in Defiance, Ohio. Founded in 1946, First Insurance Group …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) Actuarial and Underwriting Committee will meet July 11 to review the association’s 2023 rate adequacy analysis. TIWA’s rate analysis for 2023 indicates that current rates are inadequate by 20% for residential coverage and 22% …
Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California walked off the job on Sunday, demanding higher pay and better benefits in what the union is calling the largest strike in its history. Cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen and front desk …
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Mercury Insurance announced five new coverages and five new discounts available for homeowners and renters in Nevada. Mercury’s new coverages provide additional insurance protections with an option for environmentally-friendly replacement products. Discounts are available for homeowners already …
A tractor-trailer driver was on the social media app TikTok just before causing a Phoenix-area freeway collision that killed five people, authorities said. The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced in a news release that 36-year- old Danny G. Tiner …
Consistency within cyber insurance policies is something the industry has been grappling with for nearly a decade, according to speakers at the annual RIMS Riskworld conference, held this year in Atlanta, but the industry is beginning to see a light …
ClientEarth, an environmental law charity turned activist Shell investor, said on Friday it was challenging a London court decision to dismiss its novel lawsuit against the energy giant’s board over alleged climate risk mismanagement. The group said it would ask …
Abnormally hot and dry weather is set to return to Alberta on Thursday after a couple of cooler days helped calm wildfires that have forced thousands of evacuations and disrupted production in Canada’s main oil-rich province. Record-high temperatures and tinder-dry …
Drivers are kicking the tires and trading up for new auto insurance policies. In the first quarter, new policy growth rate was up 17% over the same period in 2022, and a record-breaking shopping growth rate was up 10.2% compared …