Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced it has agreed to purchase The MECO Group Ltd. (MECO), subject to regulatory approval. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1974, MECO is a leading, independent specialist Read more…

Alphabet’s Google is being sued in Britain for potential damages of up to 5 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) in a class action alleging the company abused its dominant market position in the online search industry. The class action, filed at Read more…

Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumberg, Illinois, hired Jeannie Sullivan as head of technology for its U.S. middle market team. She will report to Stan Bernard, head of industry practices for U.S. middle market at Zurich, a leading provider of Read more…

Venbrook Group launched a new corporate benefits and specialty health division and named Alison Myers its president. The division is an expansion of the firm’s employee benefits practice. Myers was most recently executive vice president of the employee benefits practice. Read more…

Two explosions occurring two hours apart sent two workers of a storage tank sales and servicing company to the hospital, one with serious burns, prompting the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries to fining the Des Moines, Wash. business Read more…

The Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to hear conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ appeal in a defamation case that resulted in a $1.4 billion verdict against him for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax. Jones asked the justices Read more…

OneDigital, an insurance brokerage, financial services, and HR consulting firm, has acquired Fortune Insurance, a property and casualty firm headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. A press release announcing the news said that with an established presence in employee benefits, HR, and Read more…

A fire on a bucolic stretch of California coast has threatened the rapid growth of an industry considered key to greening the power grid — and keeping the lights on. Midway through the afternoon of Jan. 16, flames erupted from Read more…

An insurer erred in denying workers’ compensation benefits to a utility worker who contracted COVID-19 while on the job, a job the state had deemed as “essential” during the pandemic. The insurer had denied the claim on the basis that Read more…

Florida’s property insurance market is an example of the powerful impact that strong legislative reforms can have in addressing a crisis. Other states, like Georgia, have seen the benefits of Florida’s legal system abuse reforms and are following suit with Read more…