18 01, 2023

Acrisure Acquires Affinity Brokers in Scotland

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Acrisure, which operates a global insurance broker, has acquired Affinity Brokers Limited, a commercial insurance broker based in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 2010 by Scott Meechan and Yvonne McKnight, Affinity has a specialty in jewellery and jewellers block. The business …

18 01, 2023

Skyward Specialty Finds 2023 is Right for IPO

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Houston, Texas-based Skyward Specialty on Friday became the first U.S. company to launch an initial public offering in the calendar year, a move that CEO Andrew Robinson said will provide greater capital flexibility as it grows its business in the …

18 01, 2023

Gallagher Acquires Retail Broker First Ireland Risk Management in Dublin

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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Dublin, Ireland-based First Ireland Risk Management Limited, a retail insurance broker offering commercial and personal insurance products as well as life and pension products throughout Ireland. Principals Tony Gill, Linda Gallagher and their …

18 01, 2023

Alabama Landfill Still Burning, Triggering Health Concerns, Class Action vs. Owners

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An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors. The monitors surrounding the Moody landfill …

18 01, 2023

The Insuring Cyber Podcast’s Most Listened Episodes of 2022

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From the next wave of InsurTech to diversity and inclusion within the cybersecurity and insurance industries to bias within artificial intelligence technology, The Insuring Cyber Podcast listeners were paying attention to a range of issues last year. Take a trip …

16 01, 2023

Exclusive Remedy Bars Uninsured Motorist Coverage for Crash — S. Carolina High Court

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If Stephany Connelly had not been working, she may have been entitled to collect up to $350,000 in uninsured motorist benefits because of the injuries she suffered from a 2015 car crash. But she was working at the time of …

16 01, 2023

Nepal Locates Black Boxes of Aircraft After Deadliest Crash in 30 Years

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KATHMANDU, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday from a passenger flight that crashed, killing at least 70 people in Nepal’s worst plane accident for 30 years, officials said. The data …

17 01, 2023

Japan Indicates Delay of Fukushima Plant Water Release

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Japan has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to “around spring or summer,” indicating a delay from the initial target of this spring, after …

17 01, 2023

Fund Groups Warn Against EU Idea of Legally Defining ‘Greenwashing’

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LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – European Union regulators should not define greenwashing in law, fund industry groups have told the bloc’s markets watchdog, citing concerns this would complicate a sector in “constant flux.” Trillions of dollars have flowed into investments …

17 01, 2023

New Jersey Home Explosion Injures 5 Firefighters

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POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey house where smoke had been reported exploded with volunteer firefighters inside, injuring five of them and sending two to a hospital for treatment of burns, authorities said. The Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire …