Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire San Francisco, California-based Woodruff Sawyer for $1.2 billion. The Woodruff Sawyer team, led by Andy Barrengos, will operate under the direction of Peter Doyle, head of Gallagher’s U.S. …
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Safeco Insurance will stop being a brand name in 2026, and Liberty Mutual Insurance will sell all of its personal lines products under the Liberty Mutual name. Safeco has been Liberty Mutual’s brand for the independent agent channel to sell …
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors announced a 6% rate cut for private employees effective July 1, 2025. The reduction follows a 7% rate cut for private employers last year. Ohio’s private employers will pay nearly $60 …
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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird last week announced lawsuits against Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip, Iowa’s two largest cryptocurrency ATM operators, over their failures that allowed Iowans to transfer millions of dollars to scammers through their kiosks. In October 2023, the …
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Global cyber insurance provider Coalition announced a new $30 million equity investment from Insurance Co., Ltd. (MSI), a member of MS&AD Insurance Group. The investment anchors a strategic partnership aimed at bringing what San Francisco-based Coalition calls its “Active Insurance” …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Argenta Syndicate Management and Specialty MGA UK. A summary of these new hires follows here. Wilson Named Deputy Chair of Argenta Syndicate Mgmt as Whiter Steps Down Argenta Holdings Ltd., the …
Since starting their beekeeping business southwest of San Antonio in late 2019, the Wheeler family has aimed to produce about 3,000 bee colonies each year, many of which are used to pollinate crops like watermelons and pumpkins. In the last …
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The hazardous cargo and fuel on a ship that ran aground in Canada last month has been contained, according to the company that manages the vessel. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. has also hired a salvage company and a marine oil …
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The federal weather and oceans agency touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy, according to the people who ran it. The first round of …
Firings at NOAA Risk Lives and Economy, Former Agency Heads Warn Read More »
A group representing U.S. airlines plans to urge federal aviation officials to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., following a January collision by an Army Black Hawk into an American Airlines regional jet that killed …
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