BEIJING – China’s central bank disclosed on Sunday it had asked the country’s payments giant Ant Group Co Ltd. to shake up its lending and other consumer finance operations, the latest blow to its billionaire founder and controlling shareholder Jack …
Here’s a look back at Insurance Journal’s most read stories of 2020 for the Southeast region, based on readership metrics: 1.) Florida Supreme Court Suspends Attorney Behind Thousands of Insurer Lawsuits Florida attorney Scot Strems was suspended by the Florida …
The top international news story of 2020 was the announcement in March of Aon’s proposed merger with Willis Towers Watson. The subject was of such interest to international readers that four of the 15 most-read articles involved the Aon-WTW merger. …
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance products, announced an agreement to sell its Italian operations, ArgoGlobal Assicurazioni S.p.A (AGA) to Perfuturo Capital AG, a Swiss holding company. Perfuturo is fully owned by Philantra Holding AG …
Providence Mutual, a Warwick, R.I.-based mutual property/casualty insurance company, has appointed Michele Streton, former vice president and chief operating officer for Personal Lines at Hanover Group, as the company’s new president and CEO-elect. Streton will join Providence Mutual on January …
A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own costs suffered a legal setback last Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president …
Wildfires were the big story in the Western U.S. in 2020. And a big underlying theme in those stories is what was being done to deal with them. One of the top stories in Insurance Journal’s Western region was when …
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. Believe it or not, talking to cannabis businesses about risk isn’t much different than talking …
The long-awaited and highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine is here. The first to arrive on the scene, from Pfizer-BioNTech, received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration several days ago. On the heels of that, Moderna’s version got the …
The weather, as usual, made for many headlines in Insurance Journal’s South Central region in 2020. COVID-19 related lawsuits and transactions involving nonstandard auto business also made news. Here’s a look back at some of the most read stories for …