Quebec’s Desjardins Group wants to expand further in the rest of Canada, its top executive said, an ambition that means it needs to make deals and add staff in wealth management and capital markets. The financial co-operative is flush: it …

A federal judge this week granted Marsh its request to prohibit a group of employees who left for Howden US from using its confidential information, soliciting other former employees, and trying to acquire current and prospective Marsh clients. An opinion …

College workers stricken with cancer should seek remedy through the workers’ compensation system, and injured students can bring negligence lawsuits, not claims that their constitutional rights have been violated, attorneys for North Carolina State University said in asking a court …

Two days before New York’s biggest snowstorm in a decade began, forecasters were still unsure how much snow would fall. One traditional US model had consistently predicted a major hit, while newer artificial intelligence systems weren’t so certain. The long-running …

German reinsurer Munich Re announced plans to return €5.3 billion ($6.3 billion) to shareholders through a new buyback program and a higher dividend. The firm aims to repurchase as much as €2.25 billion of its stock, according to a statement …

Floodbase and Liberty Mutual announced the launch of an instant quoting application for parametric flood insurance in the U.S., allowing wholesale and retail brokers to price parametric flood covers in minutes Designed specifically for the U.S. market, Liberty’s pricing engine …

The winter storm that brought several feet of snow and blizzard conditions to parts of the Northeast this week resulted in $34 billion to $38 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather. More …

A wholly owned subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SIH) has finalized its $3.5 billion acquisition of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., taking the insurer private. Under the terms of the deal, which was first announced in August 2025, 100% of …

California asked a state judge on Tuesday to stop Amazon.com from inflating prices for consumers through an alleged campaign to bully merchants not to sell goods more cheaply elsewhere. The state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, sought a preliminary injunction in …

Ongoing violence from criminal groups in Mexico, which disrupted travel and attacked businesses in Puerto Vallarta during the weekend, could create headwinds for a country where tourism represents approximately 10% of the economy, AM Best said in a commentary. Violence …

EPIC Names Rodriguez National Real Estate Program Development Leader EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, headquartered in San Francisco, California, appointed Miranda Rodriguez to the newly created role of program development leader within its national real estate practice. Rodriguez will focus …

Success for the property/casualty industry in 2025 was marked by rate increases and investment income, but plateauing or softening rates in many lines of business in 2026 may pressure financial results in 2026, said AM Best. In a new report, …

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo will start offering commercial robotaxi service in the three biggest cities in Texas, pushing ahead with its aggressive expansion plan after a recent setback in New York. The rollout of rides with no safety driver will begin …

A ransomware attack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all of its roughly three dozen clinics around the state and cancel elective procedures for a second day on Friday, hobbling one of the state’s largest health care …

Despite assurances from President Claudia Sheinbaum and her security minister Monday that Mexico was returning to normal after a weekend of cartel violence, many vacationers to Puerto Vallarta and other cities still faced canceled flights and shelter-in-place warnings. The travel …

The North Carolina house fire that killed NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s father and injured his mother has been ruled accidental but it’s still unclear what started it. A report released by Gaston County Emergency Management & Fire Services said the …

Britain on Tuesday sanctioned Maritime Mutual, the New Zealand-based marine insurer that was the subject of a Reuters special report into how it had helped in the trade of tens of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian oil. “(Maritime …

U.S. airlines canceled over 2,000 flights on Tuesday, far fewer than a day earlier, as a powerful winter storm that disrupted airports across the Northeast was expected to ease by evening, with strong winds expected to continue into the early …

Global transportation company FedEx filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking a refund for President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, one of the highest profile moves to recover funds since the U.S. Supreme Court last week deemed …

The European Union failed to approve a fresh round of sanctions against Russia as Hungary and Slovakia halted the measures, laying bare divisions within the bloc as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year. Efforts by EU foreign ministers …