Geo Underwriting, the managing general agency and subsidiary of Ardonagh Advisory, announced it will acquire Navigators & General (N&G) from Zurich UK. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1921 by Captain William Coombs, a merchant navy …

The attorney general for Washington, D.C., sued StubHub on Wednesday, accusing the ticket resale platform of advertising deceptively low prices and then ramping up prices with extra fees. The practice known as “drip pricing” violates consumer protection laws in the …

A report from Moody’s Ratings service contends that one good hurricane this year could wipe out the Florida Cat Fund’s reserves, potentially forcing it to place a small surcharge on Florida insurance premiums to finance more debt. But that may …

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Missouri- based trucking company Transportation Management Group, doing business as Wilson Logistics, for violating federal law when it refused to hire a deaf job applicant because of his disability. According to the …

Symphony Risk Solutions announced it is opening an office in Austin, Texas to be led by Matt Burns, who was named president of the firm’s growing specialty business. As the leader of Symphony Build, Burns will oversee due diligence, evaluation, …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A storage tank spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil in a southern Louisiana parish, threatening drinking water and wildlife as officials work to clean it up. The storage tank spilled Saturday morning southwest …

People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage as part of the $600 …

GLOSTER, Miss. (AP) — This southern Mississippi town’s expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins’ home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial residues coated her truck and she no longer enjoys spending time …

Four years after Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as the head of Liberty University amid a series of personal scandals, he and the evangelical school founded by his father have announced a settlement of “all outstanding disputes on both legal and …

Software company Pegasystems convinced a Virginia appeals court on Tuesday to throw out a $2 billion jury verdict for rival Appian in a court battle over Pegasystems’ alleged theft of Appian’s trade secrets. The award from 2022 had been the …

Miller, the London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the acquisition of reinsurance capital advisory business 4809 Brokers AG. Financial details were not disclosed. As its third Continental European acquisition since 2022, Miller said, the transaction forms part of its continued …

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia said it was seeking further assistance from the European Union Tuesday to combat wildfires that continue to burn out of control in heatwave temperatures and have crossed the southern border into Greece. “Unfortunately, …

Financial services and insurance provider CBIZ said on Wednesday it would buy Marcum, one of the biggest accounting services providers in the United States, in a $2.3 billion cash-and-stock deal. The accounting market in the U.S. is dominated by the …

Economic liability associated with the remediation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in U.S. water districts is estimated to be between $120 billion and $175 billion, according to global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. PFAS are often referred to …

International treaties preempt state-based legal actions, giving an air transport company an escape from claims on what a hemp producer said was botched paperwork for an overseas hemp shipment, a federal appeals court said. The ruling by the U.S. 4th …

When actuary Greg Fears attended a Western Region Captive Insurance Conference in April, he expected to learn and share information about emerging uses of captives for commercial risks, including trucking captives—a recent focus of his attention. But during the last …

In one of the nation’s largest wage recovery judgments, a Pennsylvania federal court has awarded $35.8 million in overtime back wages and liquidated damages to 6,000 current and former workers in nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facilities. The workers were …

WCF Insurance Promotes Houting to SVP of Middle Market WCF Insurance, headquartered in Sandy, Utah, promoted Ken Houting to senior vice president of middle market. Houting leads growth and expansion of WCF’s middle market business unit. Houting has over 20 …

CrowdStrike has been sued by shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its inadequate software testing could cause the July 19 global outage that crashed more than 8 million computers. In a proposed class action filed …

The formal split of its life and retirement business Corebridge Financial resulted in a second quarter net loss of nearly $4 billion for American International Group (AIG). The deconsolidation and divestitures from last year affected AIG’s general insurance underwriting income, …