San Francisco-based COVU, Inc. announced it has acquired Ford Insurance Agency, a 100+ year-old, family-owned business based in Eliot, Maine. Operated by the Lonsinger family, Ford Insurance Agency provides commercial and personal lines coverage. This marks COVU’s fourth acquisition in …

As we reach the midpoint of 2025, now is a perfect time to reflect on some of the key trends that have defined the first half of the year while also looking ahead at what to expect in the back …

A ship that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean earlier this month has sunk. The vessel was abandoned in the middle of the pacific — about 360 miles from land — after a blaze. It was carrying about 3,000 vehicles …

The body of the last person missing from a boat that capsized on Lake Tahoe in California during a sudden and powerful weekend thunderstorm was found Monday, bringing the death toll to eight. Ten people were on board the 27-foot …

Chicago’s city council voted to give its police chief the green light to enforce temporary curfews for minors in a bid to curb violence that has typically ramped up during the summer months, prompting Mayor Brandon Johnson to vow to …

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Texas Senate, sharply rebuked Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday for vetoing his top legislative priority — a ban on all THC products — and dug in his heels against the governor’s …

Acrisure Re named Danny Souza, senior vice president, as leader of Acrisure Re’s new West Coast office in San Francisco, California. He will continue to report to Marc Piccione, partner and managing director of the New York office. Souza joined …

World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of five entities with locations across Louisiana on March 1, 2025. The agencies are Insurance Unlimited of Louisiana, LLC (“IU”), Erwin Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Erwin”), Burke & Burke Insurance Marketing Inc. …

Erie Insurance reports that it has made progress in reconnecting several business systems and applications as it continues to recover from a network outage that is now 17 days old. The insurer said the network and system outage it initiated …

Adaptive Insurance, a provider of parametric insurance solutions, has partnered with specialty insurer Tokio Marine HCC on GridProtect—an insurance product for short-term power outages. The flagship product from Adaptive, which says it is building an AI-driven platform to businesses create …

While cyclists on Pennsylvania roads must make “reasonable efforts” to not impede the flow of traffic, the law does not mandate that they always and immediately pull off the road to let faster traffic pass, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently …

Being able to predict the environmental risks that follow a major natural disaster represents an untapped business opportunity for the insurance sector, according to the head of reinsurance firm Swiss Re AG’s China unit. Risks associated with catastrophes such as …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Group and AEGIS London. A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Appoints Global Atlantic’s Co-Founder Levine to Board of Directors Everest Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based property, casualty, and …

Miller, the London-based specialist re/insurance broker, has unveiled MillerBoost, a new property smart-follow facility designed to help brokers and their clients move faster and with more conviction in a rapidly evolving market. Powered by InsurX’s frictionless trading infrastructure and offering …

Greek authorities sent new evacuation notifications for two areas near the main town of the eastern Aegean island of Chios Monday morning, as firefighters struggled to control a major wildfire raging on the town’s outskirts for a second day. The …

In the parts of the financial world that have spent the decade since the Paris Agreement trying to curb the most-polluting fossil fuel, there are actually two distinct types of coal — with two very different sets of rules. Thermal …

U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s reprisals have doubled the price of insuring shipments to the Middle East and the Gulf in the last week, insurance sources said on Monday. War risk insurance premiums for shipments to the …

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. sees scope for further expansion in the US as Japan’s largest property-and-casualty insurer explores acquisition opportunities around the world, its new chief executive officer said. “We want to expand in countries other than the US for …

A man won $11 million in a lawsuit against police after his conviction for killing a Missouri newspaper’s sports editor was overturned, but the city’s former insurer resisted paying most of it for almost three years. A Missouri judge this …

Ford Motor Co. is recalling nearly 200,000 electric Mustangs because the door latches could falter, potentially trapping passengers in the back seat. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford is recalling 197,432 Mustang Mach E midsize SUVs, …