All the headlines from our Entertainment Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2025 // Movies like “The Hangover” and “Ocean’s Eleven” piqued interest in the Las Vegas Strip long ago. But now Nevada labor unions hoping to boost jobs and tourism are pushing state officials to...
Sep 18 2025 // Howden is acquiring Gravitas Insurance Agency LLC, a Los Angeles-based retail brokerage specializing in contingency insurance for music, sports and live events. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions,...
Aug 26 2025 // Alive Risk, the sports, leisure and entertainment managing general underwriter of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty announced that Scott Carroll has joined Alive...
Nov 13 2024 // American International Group said Christopher Schaper has been appointed chief risk officer of AIG.Schaper has held the role of chief risk officer on an interim basis since September, while also serving as AIG’s...
Aug 19 2024 // The Liberty Company named Erin Gaston managing director, entertainment and Alex Johnson vice president and producer.Gaston, who is based in California, previously served as managing director at Momentous Insurance...
Aug 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurance broker Miller and the insurer Tokio Marine HCC International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Appoints Thevenot for Strategic...
Aug 1 2024 // Arch Insurance North America it has closed the acquisition of the U.S. MidCorp and Entertainment insurance businesses from Allianz. Nearly 500 former Allianz MidCorp and Entertainment employees have joined Arch and will...
May 20 2024 // Even during the post-pandemic boom in the entertainment industry, when event and live performance venue attendance reached pre-COVID-19 levels, insurance markets in the sector could be difficult.Now, the post-pandemic...
Apr 5 2024 // Arch Insurance North America, part of Bermuda’s Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s US MidCorp and Entertainment businesses...
Apr 2 2024 // Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law.Gov. Jay Inslee signed the measure,...
Mar 6 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired Hencilla Canworth GI Ltd., a leading British independent specialist performing arts insurance broker.Founded in 1981, based in Croydon, UK,...
Feb 20 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired entertainment insurance agency Truman Van Dyke Co. Truman Van Dyke was founded by Truman Van Dyke Sr. and Truman Van Dyke Jr. Van Dyke Sr. transitioned from a silent film actor to an...
Dec 22 2023 // The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) announced the appointment of four new Non-Resident Scholars (NRS). Teresa Chan, Director – Insurance Management Program School of Professional Studies, Columbia...
Sep 14 2023 // Caesars Entertainment Inc. paid tens of millions of dollars to hackers who broke into the company’s systems in recent weeks and threatened to release the company’s data, according to two people familiar with...
Sep 6 2023 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the launch of a new division serving the global entertainment, media, and sport industry.This new entertainment, media, and sport division...
Jul 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Commercial, Banyan Risk and Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Allianz Commercial Taps AIG’s Sandric as Leader Asia...
May 22 2023 // Spectator Safety, Natural Catastrophes, Rising Costs Top Concerns TodayAs theater shows and live events return to full force this year coming off pent-up demand, underwriters are placing extra scrutiny on safety, resulting...
May 3 2023 // Days after Disney sued Florida’s governor in federal court for what it described as retaliation for opposing the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney World’s governing board...
Mar 10 2023 // When celebrities collect their Oscars on Sunday, none of them will thank insurers.But it’s the insurance industry that makes entertainment production possible, whether it’s movies, live concerts, or even a...
Mar 1 2023 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced an agreement to acquire Franz Gossler Insurance Group, one of the leading insurance brokers focusing on film and entertainment insurance in Germany and beyond.The...