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U.S. Cannabis Insurers Quietly Prepare for Increasingly Likely Federal Legalization
Insurers are quietly gearing up for a potential ten-fold increase in sales to the booming $17.6 billion-a-year cannabis industry as Congress inches closer to legalizing pot at the federal level. ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Insurance and Africa Specialty Risks
AXIS Insurance made three new appointments within its U.S. Excess and Surplus Property team, including a former Chubb executive. Africa Specialty Risks, the pan-African focused reinsurance group, ...
T-Mobile Discloses Data Breach Affecting 40 Million People
T-Mobile US Inc said on Wednesday an investigation into a data breach revealed that personal data, including social security numbers and driver's license information, of more than 40 million former ...
Hagerty, an Insurer of Classic Cars, Will Go Public in $3B SPAC Deal
Hagerty, an insurer of classic cars, has agreed to go public through a merger with SPAC Aldel Financial Inc in a deal that values it at $3.13 billion, the companies said on Wednesday. Hagerty ...
InsurTech Quotall Links With Broker Acrisure in New Strategic Partnership
InsurTech software and services company Quotall said it is partnering with global insurance broker and fintech services provider, Acrisure. Under the arrangement, Acrisure will provide insurance ...
Former Chubb Exec Kocsondy Joins Beazley in Cyber Leadership Role
A veteran Chubb executive is joining specialist insurer Beazley as its new Head of U.S. Cyber & Tech. Patricia Kocsondy was previously senior vice president, errors & omissions (E&O) and ...
OSHA Urges Employers to Make Fully Vaccinated Workers Wear Masks
The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to wear masks to protect unvaccinated colleagues and customers, ...
Cyber Attack Claims Soar in 2020 for Smaller Organizations: Coalition
The share of policyholders who filed a cyberattack claim jumped by 50% from the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2021, according to a new report by cyber insurer Coalition. An ...