BNP Paribas SA is considering a potential acquisition of Fosun International Ltd.’s stake in Belgian insurer Ageas, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The French lender has been holding discussions on a possible purchase of Fosun’s holding in …

For four decades, the Riverbend Festival delighted music fans in Tennessee with headlining acts like Lionel Ritchie and ZZ Top, but this year the show won’t go on. “Riverbend is reevaluating and restructuring in order to be successful in the …

A major environmental group has sued to challenge new rules issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring public companies to report climate-related risks, arguing they do not go far enough to protect investors. The Sierra Club and the …

Terrorist threats toward the US have reached a “whole other level” from the already heightened situation before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and its response, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday. “You’ve seen a veritable rogue’s gallery …

McGlinchey Stafford, headquartered in New Orleans, named former Louisiana commissioner of insurance and attorney Jim Donelon as a member. While his insurance regulatory practice is national in scope, he will primarily work from the Baton Rouge and New Orleans offices. …

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has reiterated his concerns about railroad safety and scolded the industry for not doing more to improve since last year’s fiery Ohio derailment. In a new letter to the freight railroads’ main trade group, Buttigieg acknowledged …

A Hopkinton, Massachusetts couple has been arrested and charged in connection with separate schemes to defraud their workers’ compensation insurance carriers, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and their mortgage lender. According to the U.S. Attorney, Ronaldo Solano and Adriana Solano …

More than three dozen people allege in two lawsuits filed Tuesday that they were sexually abused as children at a Maryland residential program for youths that closed in 2017 following similar allegations. In the separate lawsuits, attorneys detailed decades of …

A small private jet was short on its approach to a rural Virginia airport’s runway when it struck trees and crashed into a hillside and burned, killing all five people aboard, state police said Monday. The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 …

The State Farm Mutual board of directors has selected President Jon Farney as the company’s next chief executive officer. Farney will succeed retiring CEO Michael Tipsord on June 1. Farney joined State Farm in 1993 and has served in a …

Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles this week when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service. Waymo is expanding into Los …

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said he will allow catastrophe modeling to be used in rate regulation for wildfires, a move he says will help restore insurance options for Californians, including allowing. It was the latest phase of Lara’s Sustainable …

Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg, recognizing the criticism swirling around his company’s involvement in recently providing Donald Trump with a $91.6 million appeal bond, penned a letter to explain. “When Chubb issues an appeal bond, it isn’t making judgements about the …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn’t violating transgender residents’ rights under the state constitution by refusing to change their driver’s licenses to reflect their gender identities. District Judge Teresa Watson kept in place …

Oklahoma lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would provide financial grants to residents to construct or retrofit homes, making them more resilient against the destructive forces of tornadoes, windstorms and hail. House Bill 3089, …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Reinsurance and DUAL France. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Reinsurance Promotes 3 Senior Leaders: Halgan, Hardy Pickering and Pun Arch Reinsurance Group announced the promotions of …

Brawner Insurance Agency recently acquired Armstrong Insurance, a four-year-old agency serving Northeast Missouri. Brawner Insurance owner Jared Brawner will continue to serve as president and hired Jake Bunker as Sales Advisor to assist with day-to-day operations. Bunker brings 12 years …

An Iowa woman was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) and one count of Theft in the 2nd Degree (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. …

Red flag fire warnings are up across the Texas Panhandle, as well as parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, the National Weather Service said. While critical fire conditions exist in a wide swath of that area, the region around …

QBE has created a Healthcare practice group and has launched a Healthcare Advantage Liability product. The Healthcare practice group will be supported by all regional offices in the UK and aims to provide a more focused approach to customers in …