DAC Beachcroft Expanding Into US With 2 New Offices
Law firm DAC Beachcroft said it is expanding into the U.S. with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Insurance specialists Lawrence Klein and Gilbert Lee will join UK-based DACB as partners from law firm Robinson+Cole. They provide advice to …
AXIS to Transfer $2.3B of Reinsurance Reserves to Enstar in Boost to Specialty Focus
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. and Enstar Group Ltd. announced they have entered into a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) reinsurance agreement, which will retrocede $2.3 billion of AXIS’s reinsurance reserves. Structured as a 75% ground-up quota share, the LPT reinsurance agreement …
People Moves: Arch Insurance Taps Symenouh From Tokio Marine as Senior Cyber Underwriter; Chubb Promotes Latter to Lead Claims for Overseas General Insurance
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and Chubb Overseas General. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Taps Symenouh From Tokio Marine as Senior Cyber Underwriter Arch Insurance has appointed Ezechiel Symenouh …
People Moves: Spot Insurance Names Hamann as CEO
Spot Insurance, headquartered in Austin, Texas, appointed Joel Hamann as CEO. Hamann joined Spot in 2021 and most recently served as vice president of finance. He previously served as director of finance, technology and several other roles at Kohl’s Corporation. …
Lloyd’s of London Trade Body Examines Planned Conduct Overhaul
Lloyd’s of London members have set up a working party to examine the commercial insurance market’s plans to overhaul its conduct rules, a trade body said on Friday, following criticism of the strengthened powers in the new rules. Lloyd’s has …
Allianz Withdraws $1.63B Offer for Singapore’s Income Insurance
German insurer Allianz has withdrawn its offer to acquire at least 51% of Singapore’s Income Insurance for about $1.63 billion, the company said in a statement on Monday. Reuters reported on Dec. 13 that the insurer had scrapped the proposed …
Iowa Roofer Ordered to Cease Unlicensed Public Adjuster Services
An Iowa roofing company has agreed to a consent order to stop promoting itself as a public adjuster or providing any public adjuster services on its websites, social media pages and advertisements. Darren Reeves Roofing has also agreed to instruct …
Oklahoma Seeks Contractors, Evaluators for Fortified Homes Program
The Oklahoma Insurance Department is seeking applications from contractors and evaluators to participate in the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes program (SOH). SOH provides Oklahoma residents with grants of up to $10,000 to mitigate their home against wind and hail by adopting …
EEOC Sues Texas Pizza Hut Operator for Workplace Discrimination
Ayvaz Pizza, LLC, doing business as Pizza Hut, which operates more than 350 Pizza Hut restaurants in ten states and multiple locations in the Houston area, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to sex-based harassment and retaliation, …
New Jersey, Minnesota Sue Glock Over Firearms with Adaptable Switches
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock last Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute. New Jersey Attorney General Matt …
70,000 Gallons of Oil Spilled in Wisconsin Pipeline Leak
OAKLAND, Wis. (AP) — Roughly 70,000 gallons (264,978 litres) of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin, officials said. The problem was discovered Nov. 11 in Jefferson County, 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) west of Milwaukee, by an …
Trump Tariffs Could Intensify US Trucking Industry Slump, Experts Say
President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on top trade partners China, Mexico and Canada would deal a blow to the $1.7 trillion U.S. transportation industry and worsen a nearly three-year trucking recession, sector experts said. The industry that moves everything Americans …
Death of Nasdaq Diversity Rule Signals More Trouble for DEI
The message from Nasdaq as the Black Lives Matter movement exploded across the US: push for diversity – or prepare to explain. Four years later, a federal appeals court has struck down an attempt by Nasdaq’s US exchange – home …
What’s Not Changing in 2025: Homeowners Outlook, Re Retentions
When analysts at AM Best reviewed outlooks for the property/casualty insurance and reinsurance sectors this week, recent good news of a change in outlook for personal lines—and for the personal auto insurance—were the first highlights. But a cloud remains over …
NC Supreme Court Bucks Trend, Finds COVID Caused Physical Loss to Restaurants
Courts across the country have overwhelmingly ruled in favor of insurance carriers in claims disputes following the government-ordered closures of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Carolina Supreme Court last week bucked that trend, becoming just the second state …
Thermometer Factory Owner Gets Probation for Exposing Workers to Mercury
The owner of a New York thermometer factory was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for failing to protect workers who were exposed to hazardous levels of mercury after a spill at his plant. Robert Peyser, 66, of Bellmore …
Suburban New York Police Force Cited for Illegal Arrests, Strip Searches
A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S. Department of Justice report. The report on a pattern and practice of police …
EPA Awards $135M to California to Phase out Big Diesel Trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $135 million in grants to fund 13 projects in California to help the state wean off fossil fuels and phase out big rigs that run on diesel. The money will go to the state …
Supreme Court to Hear Dispute Over California Tailpipe Emissions, EV Standards
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by fuel producers to challenge California’s standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law in a major case testing the Democratic-governed state’s power to …
California Commissioner Announces Regulation to Enable the Use of Modeling in Rates
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday announced what he’s calling “first of its kind” catastrophe modeling and ratemaking regulation that will allow carriers to use the models as a factor in setting and getting rates. The regulation is a …