This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter Specialty MGA, the London-headquartered managing general agent …
Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. is hoping its record of growth and profitability selling flood insurance policies will generate the same investor enthusiasm for its US IPO that greeted most debuts by other firms in the sector this year. Like many …
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The U.S. Transportation Department tightened commercial driver’s license requirements for noncitizens Friday after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers. The new rules make getting commercial driver’s licenses extremely hard for immigrants because …
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A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside review. The Independent After-Action Report produced by the …
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood’s global business model. The step signals Trump’s willingness to extend protectionist trade policies into cultural …
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Hurricane Humberto will likely bulldoze a path for Tropical Storm Imelda to veer away from the coastal US Southeast, sparing the region from a direct strike. Category 4 Humberto’s winds rose to 145 miles (233 kilometers) per hour as of …
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A New York judge ruled Ron Perelman was not entitled to $400 million from insurers over alleged damage to an Andy Warhol and four other paintings from a 2018 fire at his Hamptons home. Justice Joel M. Cohen’s Friday decision …
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Customers of Harrods Ltd., the luxury London department store, had their personal data stolen, the latest in a string of cyberattacks and IT breaches affecting major UK businesses this year. Data including names and contact details for some Harrods customers …
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A French appeals court will begin a new trial on Monday of Air France and Airbus, 16 years after a jetliner plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board. A lower French court cleared both companies of corporate …
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OpenAI is rolling out parental controls for ChatGPT on the web and mobile, following a lawsuit by the parents of a teen who died by suicide after the artificial intelligence startup’s chatbot allegedly coached him on methods of self-harm. The …
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