With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said experts during a November webinar hosted by …

A Senate Budget Committee report shows how dangerous climate change is to the nation’s financial system as well as how bad it could be for homeowners seeking affordable insurance. A Senate Budget Committee Staff report out this month, Uncovering the …

Afore Insurance Services, a brokerage and broker acquisition platform based in the Atlanta area, has acquired Block Insurance in Oveido, Florida, a firm that has specialized in finding coverage for childcare providers, educators, private schools and martial arts organizations. Afore …

A Florida car dealer is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to rolling back the odometers on at least three vehicles by thousands of miles. Drew Mitchell Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group, in Winter Garden, admitted that he …

The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group UNH.N executive Brian Thompson is being charged with federal murder and stalking crimes, according to a court document filed on Thursday, alongside state murder and terrorism charges previously announced by New York …

A New York man has been arrested on charges of conspiracy, arson and insurance fraud for allegedly hiring a man to set fire to his Yonkers home and then attempting to collect more than $1.3 million from his home insurance …

A physician who worked for an Inland Empire medical company has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud California’s workers’ compensation trust fund by continuing to work on workers’ comp matters after being suspended due to a prior healthcare …

Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Otter Insurance Agency Inc. in Lynnwood, Washington. Patrick Otter, president, and the Otter Insurance Agency team will join HUB Northwest. Otter Insurance Agency will be referred to as Otter Insurance Agency, a Hub …

A California man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for filing false claims on dozens of auto collisions. Jacob McNabb, 33, of Bakersfield, was sentenced following a jury’s guilty verdict on four felony counts including insurance fraud after a …

US authorities have reached a settlement to resolve a whistleblower case alleging that a New York state health insurer systematically defrauded the federal Medicare program by exaggerating how sick members were in order to boost profits. The settlement was disclosed …

The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it was temporarily barring drone flights over 22 utility locations in New Jersey amid public concern. The FAA said the decision to bar drones for 30 days at the sites was made in …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Several people were injured Tuesday morning after foggy conditions contributed to several car crashes that forced the closure of the 24-mile-long (38.6-kilometer-long) bridge connecting the north and south shores of southeast Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain. By early …

Texas property management companies Castle Hills Master Association Inc., Bright Realty LLC, Bright Industries LLC, and Bright Executive Services LLC will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity …

DARAG Group, the Malta-based legacy acquirer that focuses on the European market, announced it has completed the sale of its North American and Bermuda business entities to the RiverStone Group, a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Financial details of …

Denmark warned that Russia’s navy may start escorting the so-called shadow fleet tankers through Danish straits to escalate provocations against NATO countries. Threats against Denmark have become “more serious,” and Russia now has more options to challenge North Atlantic Treaty …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) and the broker Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Taps Allianz’s Moro as Head of Cyber Insurance …

W. R. Berkley Corp., the Greenwich, Connecticut-based insurer, announced that Berkley Insurance Co. has received regulatory approval to launch a branch office in India. The new branch, Berkley Insurance Co., IFSC Branch GIFT City, Gujarat, marks a significant milestone for …

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it will not seek an immediate recall of airbag inflators in about 50 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers and instead will conduct further investigation. The agency said in July …

Pennsylvania’s facility that insures high risk medical professionals is a public agency, not a private entity, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled. The ruling by a three-judge panel opens the door for the state to access the Pennsylvania …

The U.S. Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday held a hearing to release a study they said confirms climate change is increasing non-renewal rates in multiple states, but the insurance industry clapped back by saying extreme weather is just part of …