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Gallagher Appoints Practice Leaders From Assured Partners Gallagher is expanding its US retail brokerage capabilities with the appointment of the new practice leaders. Alush Garzon Alush Garzon, managing director, manufacturing, brings extensive experience developing comprehensive risk management programs for manufacturers and has a firsthand perspective in the sector from his time as a manufacturing engineer. Trevor Gilstrap Trevor Gilstrap, managing director, energy, joins Mike Hogue as practice leader to deepen Gallagher’s expertise in the energy sector. Gilstrap advises energy clients across the risk and insurance spectrum, with a focus on upstream and midstream organizations and the contractors that support them.…

The United Arab Emirates for decades has advertised itself as a haven for international business in a Middle East awash in violent upheaval. Those waves have now crashed into this nation, testing its economic model like never before. The UAE, a close ally of the United States and Israel, faced more missile and drone attacks from Iran during the war than any other country. The attacks — and Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz — have more than halved the Emirates’ exports of crude oil and natural gas. Its tourism and conference sectors have also suffered. The country, which…

The small plane that crashed while carrying four pickleball players to a tournament near Austin last month had problems with freezing instruments before it broke apart midair, according to a preliminary federal investigation report released Friday. The Cessna 421C took off from Amarillo on April 30 at 9:10 p.m. and crashed at about 11 p.m. in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Austin. Pilot Justin Appling and passengers Hayden Dillard, Brooke Skypala, Stacy Hedrick and Seren Wilson died. The National Transportation Safety Board report said that during the flight, the pilot reported problems with the plane’s…

The UK government must provide clarity on the future of Flood Re or risk seeing its failure to do so feed through to the country’s housing market. That’s according to the Climate Change Committee, a group created back in 2008 under an act of parliament with the goal of ensuring the UK is ready for the fallout from global warming. “One of our top recommendations for government is to undertake a priority review of what is the future of flood reinsurance,” said Richard Millar, the CCC’s director of adaptation. There needs to be “a clear decision,” not just for the…

Two supertankers exited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday while another is making its way out, after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months with 6 million barrels of Middle East crude oil onboard, shipping data on LSEG and Kpler showed. The ships are among a handful of supertankers exiting the Gulf this month via a transit route that Iran has ordered ships to use. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran which began on February 28 has severely curtailed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one fifth of the world’s supply of oil and energy normally…

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. Independent insurance agents are under real pressure right now. Client expectations are rising, renewals are growing more complex, and administrative work keeps expanding – often faster than headcount can keep up. The cost isn’t just busy teams; it’s accounts that don’t get cross-sold, renewals that slip to competitors, and agencies that can’t scale without adding headcount. Somewhere in the middle of all of it, the core of the job – trusted advice, strong relationships, meaningful conversations – gets squeezed out by the volume of everything else. Artificial intelligence (AI) is…

This article is part of a sponsored series by Cotality. In 2026, Cotality established four product vision pillars to serve as a roadmap to optimize innovation. These pillars—c imagery, interoperability, seamless workflows, and agentic AI—guide us in the development of solutions that enable all property insurance industry users to consistently access Intelligence beyond bounds™. Each pillar brings unique value to Cotality’s ability to empower, but they come together to allow insurance and restoration professionals to provide customer experiences rooted in empathy. When workflows are optimized on the back end, humanity can take the lead on the front end. Interoperability is…

The state of Vermont is offering well testing, free water and other support for southern Bennington and Shaftsbury in the wake of research last year that found PFAS contamination in the Bennington area has spread and worsened over time. The state is also in active negotiations with the current corporate owner of the now shuttered ChemFab factory in Bennington, which produced Teflon-coated fiberglass fabrics, containing PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid. PFOA is a specific type of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, which are a group of thousands of synthetic, toxic compounds that can be found in common items like cookware and…

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured an agreement with West Creek Financial, Inc., a Virginia corporation doing business under the name Koalafi, to resolve allegations that the lease-to-own financing company violated the Michigan Consumer Protection Act and Rental-Purchase Agreement Act. Under the Assurance of Voluntary Compliance and Discontinuance, West Creek Financial will pay $3.25 million to the Department of Attorney General. The settlement will primarily be used to provide restitution to eligible Michigan consumers who entered into auto-repair lease-to-own agreements with the company. The Department began investigating West Creek Financial in 2024 following consumer complaints that lease-to-own agreements, traditionally…

Mutual of Enumclaw named Joe Peterson vice president of claims and chief claims officer. Peterson has more than 20 years of claims leadership experience, most recently as vice president – P/C claims at Zenith Insurance Company. Joe Peterson He also held multiple claims leadership positions at Nationwide Insurance and Allied Insurance. Mutual of Enumclaw is a Washington-based regional insurer specializing in personal, business and farm and ranch coverage. Topics Claims Was this article valuable? Yes No Here are more articles you may enjoy. Interested in Claims? Get automatic alerts for this topic.