This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Westfield Specialty International and Vantage Group Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. Westfield Specialty Int’l Names Former AIG Exec Baldwin as President Westfield Specialty International announced the appointment …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Denver, Colorado-based Surescape Insurance Services LLC. Doug Rothey and his team will remain in their current location under the direction of Bret VanderVoort, head of Gallagher’s South Central retail property/casualty brokerage operations. Surescape is …

Progressive’s insureds in Florida who held auto policies in 2023 and 2024, then switched to another carrier, may not qualify for a refund, despite a state law that measures excess profits over a three-year period. Progressive officials said that the …

Already suing the current CEO of Howden US and others, all former employees, broker Marsh has filed a new lawsuit against another group of former employees now at Howden US for breach of various employee contracts. The lawsuit filed Nov. …

A Chubb subsidiary says it is not obligated to cover a Ramada Inn franchise policyholder that has been ordered to pay $4.1 million to its parent company for a judgment in a sex trafficking case. The Philadelphia motel franchisee, Eighty …

JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit by the state of New York over allegations the company misled the public about reducing the impact of its operations on the environment. As …

Some of the most sizable and troubled nursing homes in the state of Vermont have struggled for much of this year to provide sufficient care under new ownership, logging violations that included a death, injuries and neglect of residents. The …

Global efforts to slash emissions are set to pick up significantly in the years to come. That’s according to an analysis of the Group of 20 countries by London Stock Exchange Group Plc. The findings, which point to “a material …

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced it will make a payout of US$70.8 million to the government of Jamaica to cover damages from Hurricane Melissa. This marks the largest single payout in the history of CCRIF, the Cayman …

Typhoon Kalmaegi killed 21 people and displaced nearly 400,000 more as it dumped heavy rains and caused widespread flooding in central Philippines, according to officials and local media. Many of the fatalities were in Cebu province where residents were trapped …

Li Auto Inc. is recalling 11,411 of its flagship Mega multi-purpose electric vehicles in China after one of its cars caught fire [on October 23], highlighting growing concerns about EV safety. The recall covers the 2024 model of the Mega …

More than five years after first announcing stricter controls on industrial farm pollution in Michigan, state environmental regulators will finally start enforcing them. Regulations issued Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy require the state’s largest …

UBS Group AG’s chairman warned against looming risks in the US insurance industry, citing weak and complex regulations amid an unprecedented boom in private financing. “We’re beginning to see huge rating agency arbitrage in the insurance business,” Chairman Colm Kelleher …

McCrosson Joins AXA XL Reinsurance as Senior Underwriter, US Property Treaty AXA XL Reinsurance hired Dan McCrosson to the U.S. property treaty reinsurance team in Stamford, Connecticut, as a senior underwriter, U.S. Property Treaty. McCrosson’s career spans several years at …

CNA Financial Corp. recorded third quarter net income of $403 million compared with $283 million a year during the same period. Pretax catastrophe losses were $41 million for Q3, down more than $100 million from the prior year quarter. CNA’s …

Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind since 2024, maritime sources said. If confirmed, …

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc., headquartered in East Providence, Rhode Island, hired Dennis Leamy as a commercial risk advisor. Leamy joins the firm with nearly 20 years of experience in property, casualty, and life insurance, along with a record …

Costco, Ryder Last Mile Inc. and Mega Nice Trucking LLC $868,128 citation has been issued by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for worker misclassifying and labor law violations affecting 58 delivery drivers. The LCO reports that Ryder Last Mile Inc. …

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he’d close US airspace if officials determined air travel was dangerous, as the government shutdown stretches into its second month. “If we thought that it was unsafe, we’ll shut the whole airspace down,” Duffy said …

Workers’ compensation insurance premium rates in California have been in a steady decline for many years, after a series of reforms to the system reduced claim payouts, and subsequent changes to the experience modification rating calculation decreased the impact of …