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New Jersey Supreme Court rules brokers can be sued under fraud law
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (350+ words) New Jersey’s highest court reversed course on a nearly two-decade-old precedent, ruling that insurance brokers, producers and agents are not shielded from consumer fraud claims simply because they hold state licenses. The Supreme Court of New Jersey on Wednesday unanimously…...
Trucordia appoints Jay Green CFO
1+ week, 1+ day ago (77+ words) Business Insurance Magazine Trucordia appoints Jay Green CFO Brokerage Trucordia named Jay Green chief financial officer. Mr. Green joins Trucordia from Accelerant Holdings, a specialty insurance risk exchange, where he was group chief financial officer, according to a Trucordia statement…...
Company vehicle didn’t make fatal commute compensable: Texas appeals
2+ week, 3+ day ago (212+ words) A Texas appeals court on Thursday ruled that Old Republic Insurance Co. does not have to pay workers compensation death benefits to the family of an Energy Transfer LP technician who was killed while driving home from work in a…...
Rokstone introduces cargo stock-only program
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (88+ words) BusinessInsurance.com Rokstone introduces cargo stock-only program Specialty managing general agent Rokstone said Thursday it launched a cargo stock-only program, backed by $25 million in capacity. The program separates inventory coverage from property or stock-throughput policies and is intended to help…...
Supply chain and logistics top risk for business leaders: Sentry
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (222+ words) Supply chain and logistics challenges topped the list of risks business leaders worry about the most, according to the 2026 C-Suite Stress Index Survey by mutual insurer Sentry, released Wednesday. Almost half, or 45% of the 1,250 U.S. executives surveyed by Wakefield Research in…...
Connecticut bill seeks new worker safety protocols for warehouses
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (195+ words) The bill would prohibit quotas that interfere with legally mandated meal and bathroom breaks or otherwise penalize employees for taking such breaks. Paid and unpaid breaks could not be counted toward productive time for the purposes of meeting quotas unless…...
8. Gallagher sued brokers who set up on their own
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (171+ words) When a pair of former Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. construction brokers left and established their own firm, the world’s third-largest brokerage hit back with a lawsuit. James Baranello and Joseph Siringo had joined Gallagher from USI Insurance Services in 2021. Earlier this…...
5. Marsh went to court to fight Howden over broker defections
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (277+ words) Howden’s decision to launch a U.S. retail brokerage division earlier this year caused quite a stir, especially among the established firms from which it aimed to recruit staff. While the London-based brokerage had been rumored to be considering entering the U.S....