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King Risk Partners announced it has acquired the independent insurance agency Norton and Siegel in New York. Established in Babylon Village on the South Shore of Long Island in 1892, Norton and Siegel is a multigenerational agency offering personal and commercial lines. Agency owner Aaron Stein said that joining King Risk Partners allows his agency to access additional resources, carrier relationships, and capabilities. “Most importantly, our clients will continue working with the local professionals they know and trust while benefiting from the strength of a broader organization,” Stein stated. Headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, King Risk Partners now has more than…

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley are among banks shareholders are suing over their roles on multibillion-dollar buyout deals after a recent corporate-law overhaul failed to protect financial advisers from potential liability. In cases against financial advisers, shareholders have claimed, among other allegations, that banks helped steer sales of public companies to private equity firms with which they do business at prices that undervalued their shares, according to suits filed in Delaware Chancery Court. That means the banks allegedly knew they were helping directors breach their fiduciary duty, according to the suits. A controversial revision of Delaware law last…

Almost every former National Football League player who died between 2016 and 2021 and allowed their brains to be evaluated were found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, stark evidence of the toll repeated head impacts can take on athletes. Researchers obtained personal information and causes of death for 878 players who died during the five-year period, when brain donations were highest. Of the 235 athletes whose brains were subject to the postmortem neurological examination, 215 had confirmed CTE, according to findings published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal. CTE, a progressive brain disease tied to repeated head trauma that’s common…

In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world’s nations to unite to combat climate change. Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts. But what once seemed like the realm of fiction is now discussed as a possibility, even an inevitability. Warning about an “extreme of extremes” or the “Other Big One,” a play off the California reference…

West Virginia stakeholders have until Sept. 11 to submit comments on what should or should not be on the state’s export list of coverages that can be placed with surplus lines insurers. The Offices of the Insurance Commissioner annually revises the export list, and it’s that time again. In keeping with state law, agents and brokers hoping to place types of coverage that are not on the export list must undertake a diligent search for available coverage in the primary market. But Insurance coverages and classes included on the list may be placed with surplus lines insurers without completing a…

Accounting firm Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice probe over diversity, equity and inclusion practices, which President Donald Trump’s administration has cracked down on during his second term in office. The settlement marks a resolution reached through the DOJ’s unit formed last year called the “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” to crack down ⁠on DEI policies using a civil anti-fraud law. The Trump administration has targeted public and private organizations, from government agencies to universities, over DEI practices that civil rights advocates say help address historic inequities for marginalized groups like women, the LGBT community…

Tracy Benson Ames & Gough, headquartered in Washington, D.C., appointed Tracy Benson, Christine Gibboni and Baynard Stanchina as assistant vice presidents in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. All three executives specialize in serving the risk management and insurance needs of Ames & Gough’s design firm clients. Benson, a senior account manager, joined Ames & Gough in 2014 after a decade with USI. At Ames & Gough, she supports the firm’s design firm client management throughout the mid-Atlantic region, focusing on insurance placements across all commercial coverage lines, including property/casualty, professional liability, and management liability. Christine Gibboni Gibboni, a senior account…

Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday expanded its Gemini Enterprise artificial intelligence platform with new tools for lawyers and law firms, accelerating a race among technology companies to meet legal sector demand for AI. The company said its Gemini Enterprise for Legal would help law firms use AI to manage routine and complex work to allow lawyers to focus on higher-value services, while keeping their data secure and confidential. The new plug-in for Gemini Enterprise includes integration with legal software and data platforms and a stable of AI agents that Google said can handle specialized legal and administrative functions without significant human…

Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion ($19.94 billion) worth of United States goods, matching dollar-for-dollar new duties imposed by Washington, and unveiled financial support for Canadian businesses and workers caught in the escalating trade war. The counter-tariffs take effect on U.S. goods from September 8 and will impose duties of 15%, 25% and 50% across 700 products imported from south of the border, a government statement said. In terms of financial support for affected workers and industries, Canada announced a C$7.5 billion package of new and enhanced measures including support for small and medium-sized businesses, a stream…

Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Harris Insurance Services. This strategic acquisition strengthens Inszone’s personal lines footprint in Oklahoma, bringing a respected, century-old family agency into the Inszone family. Founded in 1925 by Charles R. Harris and later incorporated in the 1970s, Charles G. Harris Insurance Agency INC., doing business as Harris Insurance Services, has served the West Tulsa community across three generations of the Harris family. Built on a foundation of personal relationships and dependable service, the agency has specialized in personal lines coverage, including home, auto, umbrella, motorcycle, RV, and boat insurance, earning the trust of its…