Rainier Partners, a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market services businesses, has acquired Apex Insurance Services, a multi-brand managing general agency (MGA) platform focused on the Texas non-standard auto insurance market. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, Apex manages five MGAs — Apollo MGA, Apollo Specialty, Newstar General Agency, Excellent Insurance Services, and Ignition Insurance Services …
RenRe’s rally hits a bump in the road, while Arch shares outperform Source link
Barclays Plc is looking to buy default protection on more than $10 billion of debt to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure in a bid to create capacity for more lending as hyperscaler funding needs soar. The London-based lender has been assessing the appetite among insurers in recent weeks to provide credit risk cover for the loans, …
Drone incidents do not necessarily need to involve explosives to cause significant disruption, the broker says Source link
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $604,000 in back wages for 829 workers after an investigation found an Indianapolis-area vehicle parts manufacturer failed to properly calculate overtime wages. Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division found that Toa (USA) LLC, a major automotive supplier that serves top-tier automotive companies, did not include a …
Q3 was ‘another strong quarter’, says president and chief executive Kevin O’Donnell Source link
Turkiye Sigorta AS shares extended losses after local media reported that two of its top executives were arrested as part of a sweeping probe into allegations of market manipulation in Turkish funds. Chief Executive Officer Taha Cakmak and his deputy Gurol Sami Ozer were detained earlier this month, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. The company’s …
The use of AI in the financial service sector is up 11 percentage points over two years, with generative AI… Source link
French lenders will face heightened scrutiny over turmoil in the country when they present third-quarter earnings this week, with investors focused on their sovereign bond holdings and risks from a potential slowdown in the economy. BNP Paribas SA, Societe Generale SA and Credit Agricole SA together hold about $60 billion in French sovereign debt, according …
The Bank of England, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the Financial Conduct Authority are all calling for greater resilience… Source link
A Franklin County judge blocked last week a state law that eliminated Ohioans’ special legal powers to sue polluting neighbors like steel or other industrial plants that spit smoke, ash or other fumes into the sky. This marks the second time in a short few years that environmental interests have managed to squash, at least …
Severe storms and flooding dominate loss picture in third-worst summer on record Source link