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Archive: August 2025

AM Best Maintains Under Review With Negative Implications Status for UNAIC
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
AM Best Maintains Under Review With Negative Implications Status for UNAIC
AM Best has maintained the under review with negative implications status for the Financial Strength Rating of B (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bb” (Fair) of Universal North America Insurance Company (UNAIC) based in Arlington, Texas. The …
People Moves: Texas Mutual Elects Cogan to Board of Directors
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
People Moves: Texas Mutual Elects Cogan to Board of Directors
Doug Cogan, of Cypress, Texas, has been elected to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board of directors. He was elected at the company’s annual policyholder meeting. Cogan’s board terms for Texas Mutual, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, …
Midwest Gas Station to Pay $35K in Discrimination Case
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
Midwest Gas Station to Pay $35K in Discrimination Case
Kwik Trip Inc., a family-owned gasoline station and convenience store with over 800 locations in the upper Midwest, agreed to resolve a discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. As a …
People Moves: NFP Tabs Ryan to Lead Complex Risk Business in Central and West Regions
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
People Moves: NFP Tabs Ryan to Lead Complex Risk Business in Central and West Regions
NFP, an Aon company and leading property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager and retirement plan advisor, has appointed Tom Ryan as managing director of Complex Risk for its Central and West regions. Based in the Chicago area, Ryan …
Delta, United Sued for Selling Windowless ‘Window Seats’
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
Delta, United Sued for Selling Windowless ‘Window Seats’
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were sued on Tuesday by passengers who claimed they paid extra money to sit in “window” seats, only to find themselves placed in seats next to a blank wall. Proposed class actions were filed …
Court Invalidates Maryland Digital Ad Tax for Blocking Tech Firms From Telling About It
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
Court Invalidates Maryland Digital Ad Tax for Blocking Tech Firms From Telling About It
Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companies’ right to free speech. Supporters say Maryland needed to overhaul its tax methods …
Connecticut House Fire Kills 2 Adults and 2 Children, Injures 5 Others
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
Connecticut House Fire Kills 2 Adults and 2 Children, Injures 5 Others
A fast-moving fire roared through a Connecticut home early Monday, killing two adults and two children and injuring five other people, including a firefighter, authorities said. The fire in Hartford broke out around 2:30 a.m., and firefighters found heavy flames …
Beshear Bans Designer Xanax Drug in Kentucky as AGs Urge Emergency Action
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
Beshear Bans Designer Xanax Drug in Kentucky as AGs Urge Emergency Action
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state’s attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly potent synthetic drug linked to dozens …
Pivix Specialty Launches E&S Brokerage Unit With Gramm at Helm
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
Pivix Specialty Launches E&S Brokerage Unit With Gramm at Helm
Pivix Specialty Insurance Services Inc., a Scottsdale-based excess and surplus managing general agent distributing through wholesale brokers, has opened a brokerage division. Pivix, which is backed by Ambac Financial Group, Inc., entered the market last fall with a contract binding …
People Moves: Markel Canada Taps Berkeley’s Paris as VP, Product Line Leader – Primary Casualty; Hiscox Taps AIG’s Bud as Group Head of Technical Claims
Insurance Journal | August 20, 2025
People Moves: Markel Canada Taps Berkeley’s Paris as VP, Product Line Leader – Primary Casualty; Hiscox Taps AIG’s Bud as Group Head of Technical Claims
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel Canada and Hiscox. A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Canada Taps Berkeley’s Paris as VP, Product Line Leader – Primary Casualty Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within …