United Risk has acquired specialized property/casualty managing general agent Verita CSG, Inc. from global risk advisor WTW and rebranded the venture as Verist LLC. Industry veteran Michael Chang will become CEO of Verist, now based at 50 Rockefeller Plaza in …
Chemours, DuPont and Corteva have agreed to pay $875 million over 25 years to the State of New Jersey to settle environmental claims including pollution linked to PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” the companies said on Monday. Lawsuits accusing major chemical …
The Senate confirmed Andrea Lucas to another term as commissioner of the country’s workplace civil rights agency, demonstrating firm Republican support for her efforts to root out diversity programs, roll back protections for transgender workers and prioritize religious rights in …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and Aspen Insurance Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Launches Program Business in Canada Led by Tran Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has …
Liberty GTS Appoints Remsen Head of East in the Americas Region Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, promoted Jason Remsen to head of East, Americas. He will be based in New York City. Remsen has experience …
Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based global insurance intermediary, announced it has completed the acquisition of German broker Ecclesia’s businesses in the Netherlands and Belgium. Originally announced in January 2025, this …
Beijing is getting drenched by another round of heavy rain, one week after torrential downpours across parts of the Chinese capital unleashed flooding that claimed at least 44 lives. The city’s meteorological service elevated its rainstorm warning signal to red …
U.S. and European officials say they’re seeing a decline in suspected Russian state-backed sabotage acts this year, evidence that President Vladimir Putin’s security services may be reining in a hybrid warfare campaign that’s been blamed for attacks across Europe. The …
U.S. officials told a Senate committee on Tuesday that there have been more than 3,000 drone events near American airports since 2021, including 11 aircraft this year that reported taking evasive action to avoid collisions. Those drone incidents have caused …
DUAL Europe announced the launch of its Trade Credit Insurance business, led by Frank Masteling, who joined the company as head of Trade Credit. With more than 25 years of experience in the trade credit sector, Masteling brings deep expertise …