Category: Rest of the World

Swiss Re on Friday said it plans to raise its dividend and return an additional $1 billion to shareholders.

PEMCO Insurance in Washington has added Curt Simonson to the carrier’s people and brand team as the department’s learning and development manager. Simonson’s responsibilities include managing employee training...

Giant insurer Chubb has joined a list of companies that are halting business deals with the National Rifle Association (NRA). However. the insurer confirmed to Insurance Journal that the decision was made several months ago,...

Shelters have been opened to assist people forced from their homes by flooding in the Midwest, as rivers swollen by heavy rain and melting snow continue to rise in Indiana, Michigan and other states. Flood warnings were in...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicted ahead of Hurricane Harvey’s arrival that reservoirs in Houston would fill to record levels, flooding adjacent neighborhoods, but never shared the concern with the public,...

Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC, has added three new partner agencies to its network. The latest additions are: Patterson & Associates Insurance in Richardson, Texas; NP Dodge Insurance in Omaha, Nebraska;...

Suzan Kereere has joined the board of directors at Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Mutual Casualty Co. Kereere heads both the European Merchant Sales & Solutions team and the Global Merchant Accounts team at Visa. There, she...

Smoke and water damaged the department’s offices.

The federal government issued a recall of chicken salad made by an Iowa processing company and distributed by Fareway Stores which has now sickened more than 100 people in five states and prompted lawsuits in Illinois, Iowa and...

Credit Suisse said it would fight on after a Texas appeals court upheld a $351 million award against the Swiss bank over its role in a Las Vegas resort project whose finances collapsed a decade ago. The Texas Court of...

A private school system in Honolulu, Hawaii has agreed to pay $80 million to the victims of a doctor accused of sexually abusing students and other patients for decades. Kamehameha Schools has also agreed to create new...

Cannabis businesses, beware: The Hershey Co. is on the warpath. Perhaps the most famous confectionery peddler in the world has a well-documented history of actively protecting its trademarks, and the marijuana industry is no...

The former foster son of ex-Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has filed a claim for damages against the city, saying that last year it negligently failed to investigate his and other men’s allegations that Murray sexually abused...

Swiss Re AG’s chief said the reinsurer would welcome an anchor investor after being approached by billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group Corp. In a business where results can change radically from one year to the...

The High Court of New Zealand has ordered CBL Insurance, the main subsidiary of CBL Corporation, be placed into interim liquidation.