Insurance Journal

MILAN – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has tendered its stake in Cattolica under a takeover offer by Assicurazioni Generali, a source close to the situation said on Friday. The move brings Italy’s top insurer a step closer to controlling its …... Read more

Oregon’s central administrative agency inadvertently released the COVID-19 vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees to two media outlets. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported a spreadsheet sent to them and the Statesman Journal was supposed to contain the latest vaccination rates …... Read more

Maricopa County, Ariz., officials approved a settlement this week with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in a lawsuit that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office had defamed him and violated his rights about seven years ago when investigating whether …... Read more

The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school has cancelled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in a plane crash. The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 18 in a field …... Read more

A Louisiana mayor says 300 to 400 commercial buildings damaged last year by Hurricane Laura are being condemned or marked for demolition. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter told the City Council on Wednesday that he realizes business owners have needed …... Read more

Texas utility regulators on Oct. 21 approved a rule requiring power companies to better prepare for winter weather — based on recommendations that were made, but never acted upon, a decade ago by experts and federal regulators after a 2011 …... Read more

Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were made vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million, the governor’s office confirmed. The estimate includes the cost of credit monitoring and a …... Read more

On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away from beneath them, everyone …... Read more

Californians rejoiced this week when big drops of water started falling from the sky for the first time in any measurable way since the spring, an annual soaking that heralds the start of the rainy season following some of the …... Read more

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a new managing general agency, Aura Risk Management, providing program administration and a wholesale trading platform for its carriers, Liberty producers, and Aura’s growing national network of select agencies. San Clemente, Calif.-based Aura Risk …... Read more

NEW DELHI – Indian fintech firm Paytm has received approval from the capital markets regulator for its $2.2 billion stock market listing that is likely to be India’s biggest ever IPO, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on …... Read more

Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of the Guy Carpenter Insurtech Center of Excellence (COE) to provide comprehensive services to global re/insurance carriers and managing general agents (MGAs), powered through modern technology …... Read more

Willis Towers Watson Hires Latham to Mid-Atlantic FINEX Commercial Team Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, hired Kenneth Latham to as associate director for the Mid-Atlantic FINEX commercial team. Latham will be responsible for all aspects …... Read more

The National Council on Compensation Insurance has launched a workers’ compensation learning academy for member carriers. “NCCI affiliates have asked for convenient training and development programs focused on workers compensation insurance,” the council said in a bulletin. The learning sessions …... Read more

Late last month in New Castle County, Delaware, a grand jury indicted multiple residents for insurance fraud. The indictments stem from Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau investigations, in partnership with the Delaware Department of Justice. They allege that following …... Read more