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Robbie Moore, a longtime agent and partner with Legacy Risk Solutions in Augusta, Georgia, has been sworn in as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia. He takes over from Jarrett Bridges, who is with the Higginbotham agency. Moore Moore has been with Legacy’s Blanchard and Calhoun Insurance agency in Augusta since 2003, handling all types of property and casualty coverage. He is the fifth IIAG president to come from the Blanchard agency, the association said in a news release. “Robbie Moore is a community-centered leader who is a strong advocate for policies that benefit Georgia insurance…

The liquidation of China Evergrande Group, the collapsed property developer, is raising concerns among some partners at its former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers China about the potential impact on their own finances. Several partners at PwC’s Hong Kong and mainland China affiliates say they are exploring strategies to safeguard personal assets, in case legal and regulatory challenges facing the firms ever spill over into any financial or legal burdens for themselves. One says he has even contemplated divorce as a means to shield wealth, while another is cutting education budgets for his children. A couple of former senior leaders at the Hong…

The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s said the ice cream brand’s new owner is in the “process of destroying” the Cherry Garcia maker’s future by stopping it from criticizing US President Donald Trump. Ben Cohen, who started the brand in 1978 with Jerry Greenfield, is locked in a months-long fight with the Magnum Ice Cream Company over Ben & Jerry’s right to speak out on social issues. Muzzling a brand known for its progressive stance on social justice issues is hypocritical and will damage the brand, perhaps irrevocably, according to Cohen. “Trumpism is essentially the biggest attack on the values…

India’s shipping ministry said all 20 Indian crew members were safe after a suspected U.S. strike on the asphalt tanker Jalveer off Oman on Thursday following two similar strikes involving Indian crews in the region this week. Three Indian sailors died in a U.S. strike on the Settebello tanker off Oman a day earlier. The Guinea-Bissau flagged Jalveer sent a distress call while off Oman’s port of Shinas after a fire broke out around its engine room and funnel, British maritime risk management company Vanguard said. An Indian shipping ministry official said the crew were being evacuated in coordination with…

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. What if every missed renewal could have been saved by a conversation weeks earlier? It can cost seven to nine times more to acquire a new client than to retain one. Yet most independent agencies still manage renewals the same way they did a decade ago: manual review, calendar-driven outreach, and limited visibility into at-risk accounts. Renewals get missed, and clients take their business elsewhere. FirstMark Insurance Group is an independent Seattle-based agency that has built its reputation on being a trusted advisor to its clients. As the agency grew,…

Jonathan Rinderknecht has been wrongly accused of starting the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history, his lawyer told a jury. Rinderknecht was watching New Year’s Eve fireworks on a hillside in the Pacific Palisades and called 911 just after midnight on the morning of Jan. 1, 2025, as a “concerned citizen” to report a brush fire, only to be charged nine months later with arson, defense attorney Steve Haney said at the start of his client’s trial in Los Angeles federal court. “There won’t be any proof that Jonathan Rinderknecht started that fire,” Haney said. The evidence “will show…

Cumulative trauma claims have risen sharply in recent years and they are driving changes in claim characteristics, costs and claim outcomes, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Emerging Patterns of Cumulative Trauma Claims report out on Wednesday finds CT claims are leading to higher levels of litigation and earlier involvement of medical-legal and interpreter services than non-CT claims. Related: California Comp Written Premiums ‘Relatively Stable’ Compared to Pandemic These differences are influencing both medical and allocated loss adjustment expense (ALAE) costs and shaping overall claim severity trends, according to the WCIRB report. The frequency…

Uber Technologies sued New York City to block enforcement of a new law that it said would unconstitutionally force it to keep drivers it does not want on its platform. In a complaint filed late on Tuesday night, Uber said the law against “wrongful deactivations” would improperly shield drivers who engage in dangerous, threatening or other inappropriate behavior, threatening public safety and causing “immediate and irreparable harm” by undermining the company’s reputation and goodwill. It said the law violates its free-speech and due-process rights under the U.S. Constitution, as well as New York’s state constitution. Uber is seeking a permanent…

A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI in California who now heads a think tank focused on AI safety filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired from the SpaceX subsidiary for raising concerns about the risks artificial intelligence poses to humanity. Devin Kim claims in the lawsuit filed in California state court on Tuesday that his efforts to place guardrails on the development of the chatbot Grok made him a target for company leadership. The lawsuit comes ahead of SpaceX’s planned initial public offering, the largest ever, on Friday. Related: Trump Takes Hands-Off Approach to AI Cybersecurity in New Order…

Andersen named leader of Nationwide Agribusiness Distribution and Underwriting Nationwide named Nick Andersen as the new leader of agribusiness distribution and underwriting, following Dirk Pollitt’s retirement. Effective July 1, Andersen will lead Nationwide’s farm, ranch and commercial agribusiness sales and underwriting teams and oversee operational work that influences business performance. Andersen currently serves as vice president of agribusiness claims and strategic transformation and brings more than 25 years of insurance experience to his new role. Ascot Appoints Eppers as Group Chief Investment Officer Ascot Group Limited appointed Joseph Eppers as group chief investment officer and a member of the company’s…