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#1 Fleming Files Lawsuit Against James River, Alleging Fraud During JRG Re Acquisition

Jul 17 2024 // Fleming Intermediate Holdings filed a lawsuit against James River Group Holdings Ltd., alleging it had been defrauded during its $300 million acquisition of JRG Reinsurance Co.Once the deal agreement was signed in November...

#2 Disaster-Struck Cities Fight for Aid as FEMA Funding Runs Low

Jul 17 2024 // A once in 200-years storm dumped 11 inches of rain over four hours on the central Massachusetts town of Leominster in September, washing away culverts, creating a sinkhole that swallowed cars at a dealership and flooding...

#3 Cash-Flush Florida Tries to Buy Back Its Bonds for First Time

Oct 23 2024 // Florida bond investors are about to have an unusual decision to make — whether to sell their debt back to the state that issued the securities in the first place.The state is offering its first ever buyback, or...

#4 US Steel, Nippon Sue Biden Administration Over Decision to Block Merger

Jan 6 2025 // U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit they said was filed on...

#5 Towers Watson Again Denied Coverage for $90M Settlements Over 2016 Willis Merger

Apr 1 2024 // Towers Watson has been hit with another roadblock on its long and winding road to reach coverage for $90 million in settlements of two lawsuits related to its merger with broker Willis in 2016.A Virginia federal district...

#6 Florida Senate Committee Adopts Litigation Funding Rules; Expands Wrongful Death

Jan 23 2024 // Litigation financing could soon become more transparent and less influential in Florida, but a 34-year-old restriction on who can file medical malpractice wrongful death claims would be expanded under bills approved Monday...

#7 Washington State Sues to Block Kroger and Albertsons Proposed Merger

Jan 18 2024 // Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocery chains.In the suit filed in King County Superior Court, Ferguson argued...

#8 RiverStone Acquires Electric Insurance; Plymouth Rock Gets Renewal Rights

Jun 3 2024 // RiverStone International reports it has closed on its acquisition of Electric Insurance Co. and its two subsidiaries, Elm Insurance Co. and Electric Insurance Agency.Electric Insurance is a Beverly, Massachusetts-domiciled...

#9 Alphabet in Talks to Buy Wiz in $23 Billion Cyber Deal

Jul 15 2024 // Google parent Alphabet Inc. is in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter.A deal may be worth as much as $23 billion, said the person, who asked not to be identified...

#10 Missouri Supreme Court Strikes Down 2022 Vote on KC Police Funding

May 2 2024 // The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday took the unusual step of striking down a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that required Kansas City to spend a larger percentage of its money on the police department, and...

#11 Florida Arts Groups’ Insurance Could be Affected With DeSantis Veto of Funding

Jul 3 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Coral Gables Art Cinema will be short more than $100,000 this year. About $150,000 has suddenly disappeared from the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra’s budget. The Miami New Drama also has an...

#12 Court Orders Start to Expose ‘Startling’ Data on Litigation Funding Sources

Oct 8 2024 // There is no federal law that requires the disclosure of litigation funding agreements in court cases, but some disturbing insight has been found in individual jurisdictions that have rules to increase transparency,...

#13 Fired ‘Mandalorian’ Actor Sues Disney With Funding From Elon Musk

Feb 8 2024 // Actor Gina Carano sued Walt Disney for wrongful termination from Star Wars series “The Mandalorian” in a lawsuit filed Feb 6 and backed by billionaire Elon Musk.Carano argued in the suit that she was fired in...

#14 Towers Watson Again Denied Coverage for $90M Settlements Over 2016 Willis Merger

Mar 11 2024 // Towers Watson has been hit with another roadblock on its long and winding road to reach coverage for $90 million in settlements of two lawsuits related to its merger with broker Willis in 2016.A Virginia federal district...

#15 Agency M&A Down 24% in 2023 but More Large Deals May Be Seen in 2024: OPTIS

Jan 30 2024 // There has been a somewhat return to normal when it comes to insurance-agency mergers and acquisitions, with traditionally active buyers preferring to remain inactive to focus on integration of agencies they’ve...

#16 FTC Antitrust Merger Rules Issued After Rare, Bipartisan Compromise

Oct 30 2024 // A new US antitrust rule requiring companies to give the government more information on their mergers and acquisitions came with a surprise twist: The Federal Trade Commission passed it with a rare 5-0 vote.The...

#17 Buffett’s Insurance Leader Ajit Jain Sells Large Part of Berkshire Stake

Sep 13 2024 // Ajit Jain, the longtime top insurance executive at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N, sold more than half of his Class A shares in the conglomerate this week.According to a Wednesday night regulatory filing,...

#18 Viewpoint: Reinsurers Reach Peak Performance as Market Stabilizes; M&A on Hold

Sep 9 2024 // The reinsurance market has reached an equilibrium, with increased capital supply from accumulated earnings meeting higher demand for reinsurance protection from cedents. As such, margins will peak in 2024, although...

#19 R&Q to Sell Stake in Obra Joint Venture for $30M, Expects “Significant Pre-Tax Loss”

Apr 12 2024 // R&Q Insurance Holdings, (R&Q) the Bermuda-based non-life speciality insurer that focuses on program management and legacy insurance business, announced it has agreed to sell its stake in a joint venture with Obra...

#20 Howden to Acquire French Broker OFRACAR

Apr 3 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire OFRACAR, an independent brokerage group headquartered in Rouen, thereby expanding its geographical footprint and...