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Former Argo CEO Watson Pays $450K to SEC Over Failure to Disclose $5.3M in Perks
The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled with former Argo Group chief executive officer and president Mark Watson III over his role in the firm's failure to disclose more than $5.3 million ...
U.S. General Liability Insurance Assigned A.M. Best Negative Outlook
The U.S. commercial general liability insurance segment gets a negative outlook from A.M. Best, due to concern about social inflation, third-party litigation financing and other factors leading to ...
Aon’s Proposed $30B Willis Towers Watson Acquisition Reportedly Faces EU Probe
Aon's $30 billion bid for Willis Towers to create the world's largest insurance broker faces a full-scale investigation because of its complexity, two people familiar with the matter said. The ...
Bipartisan COVID-19 Plan Separates Coronavirus Liability Protections, State Aid
A bipartisan group of lawmakers released proposed Covid-19 relief legislation that may provide momentum for breaking a months-long impasse, by separating out coronavirus liability protections and ...
Majority of Americans Skipping Travel This Christmas
With a new surge in COVID-19 cases and stay-at-home orders in place across the country, two-thirds of Americans say they will not travel this Christmas, according to a national survey commissioned by ...
APCIA 2021 Lobbying Priorities: Pandemic, Social Inflation, Disaster Mitigation and More
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, insurance industry lobbyists such as Nat Wienecke of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association have continued to do their jobs. Like most of us, ...
Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ O’Leary to Give Up CEO Title; Glomb to Succeed Him
Philadelphia Insurance Companies' longtime leader Bob O'Leary will give up his CEO title at the end of 2020, with company President John Glomb on tap to succeed him. O'Leary, who served 8 years as ...
Executives On The Move at USAA, BHSI and QBE North America
Everest Re's President and CEO is joining USAA's board of directors. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance promoted a veteran executive to the role of Head of Professional Lines for the U.S. Four ...