Danny Lakey and his wife have spent countless evenings sitting on rocking chairs on their front porch, watching the sun slowly dip behind the cows grazing on their neighbor’s ranch. It was the calm country life they dreamed of in …
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World Insurance Associates Names Cicchelli Head of Employee Benefits Practice World Insurance Associates LLC named John Cicchelli head of its employee benefits practice. Cicchelli, who will work out of the Iselin, New Jersey headquarters, will spearhead strategic initiatives to accelerate …
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The property/casualty insurance industry faces an urgent challenge to rebuild public trust amid growing public skepticism fueled by false narratives, according to remarks by Dino Robusto, chair of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association board of directors. “We must better …
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A Virginia appellate court has ordered a new trial in a malpractice case in which a jury awarded a $2.5 million in damages against a doctor for alleged failure to properly administer anesthesia to a woman undergoing an emergency caesarian …
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Fortegra Group Inc., a global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced it has secured a box in the underwriting room at Lloyd’s. Effective immediately, Fortegra will operate from Box 388 on the third gallery in the Lloyd’s underwriting …
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Kentucky’s attorney general claimed Tuesday that the online gaming platform Roblox has become a “playground for predators” as he announced a lawsuit accusing the company of lax child safety measures. The Kentucky suit, filed by his office Monday in a …
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San Francisco-based insurance AI start up FurtherAI announced a $25 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz to improve insurance workflows through AI. Claiming that those who run the $7 trillion insurance industry are “doing trillion-dollar work with …
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Cyber risk modeler CyberCube has gained a new investor to support its long-term growth. The software-as-a-service cyber risk analytics provider said Spectrum Equity is investing more than $180 million, subject to regulatory approvals. It equity firm with join ForgePoint Capital, …
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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and Westfield Specialty International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Nelson as Active U/W for Syndicate 4472 Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part …
Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of human-caused climate change and people moving closer to wildlands, a new study found. A study in the journal Science looks …
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