TriBridge Partners was formed in 2013 through the merger of three established regional brokerage and advisory firms. It provides health and employee benefits, retirement plan advice, wealth management and individual insurance services to clients across the Mid-Atlantic. All employees, including co-founders and co-owners Heath Hykes, CEO; Dane Rianhard, founding principal; John Morris, principal; and Paul Younkins, chief growth officer, will join MMA and continue to operate from their existing Columbia office.
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That complexity is increasingly being managed on a portfolio basis, with linked covers for construction all risks, delay in start‑up, operational property, liability, cyber, political and environmental risk, rather than as stand‑alone placements. Marsh’s move positions Silberberg as a point of coordination across these disciplines for energy infrastructure sponsors and their lenders.
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the results of the FDA’s largest baby formula safety test on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on April 29. She also discussed how women seeking treatment for menopause symptoms are facing a shortage of estrogen patches on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on April 27. KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the rising cost of postcancer care on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on April 24.
Convex Group, the expansive global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter, has now successfully secured $175 million of multi-peril retrocessional protection from its new and fourth Hypatia Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond sponsorship, pricing the coverage at the mid-point of guidance, Artemis understands.Convex has previously sponsored three catastrophe bonds, a $300 million Hypatia 2020-1 deal, followed by a $150 million Hypatia 2023-1 issuance, and most recently a $150 million Hypatia 2025-1 cat bond roughly one year ago. That cat bond backed retro coverage from 2023 matured recently, hence Convex’s return to maintain a capital markets backed and fully-collateralized source of protection…
Sampanes has more than 17 years’ industry experience, with a background in commercial property, construction and manufacturing risks, and has held leadership roles at both global carriers and retail agencies. Meanwhile, Sloane began his career in the captive space, building and scaling a Farmers Insurance agency before exiting and moving into the independent market, where he led teams in a high‑growth insurtech environment.
Global legal and business services firm DWF has appointed David Abbott (pictured above) as managing partner of its Insurance Services division. The City insurance veteran takes on one of the most senior roles in the firm’s fastest-growing business, as it pushes deeper into London, North America and Australia.
Abaxx Technologies, a start-up financial software and market infrastructure company, has announced that Abaxx Exchange has expanded its suite of weather derivatives that it offers from wind to solar power, with German solar futures now available for trading.Recall in late 2025, Abaxx Technologies launched the Enwex German Wind Futures on the Abaxx Exchange, which marked the introduction of a new suite of weather derivatives. Now, Abaxx Exchange has expanded its weather-indexed product suite with the launch of Enwex Germany Solar (GSM) futures, which according to the announcement have been available for trading since April 23rd, 2026. This marks an interesting…
The complaint, filed April 30, 2026 in federal court in the Eastern District of New York, names Go For Med Supply Corp., Snyder Med Supplies Corp., Tantemed Supply Corp., and 10 of 10 Med Supply Corp., along with their listed owners Zemfira Nurullina, Carlos Borja, Svetlana Blokhina, and Aleksandr Ladyzhensky. The plaintiffs are Government Employees Insurance Company, GEICO Indemnity Company, GEICO General Insurance Company, and GEICO Casualty Company.
Then, the complaint says, very little happened. The plaintiffs allege James River “dragged its feet, reassigned the claim, and provided boilerplate responses” for more than a year. The carrier did not issue a reservation of rights letter until October 31, 2025 – and even then, it agreed to defend only Plycem, the filing claims. Elementia, the parent company facing fifth-party claims from supplier Harvey Industries, was not mentioned at all.
The agency kept a contested definition of “professional” student that excludes fields like graduate nursing and physical therapy from higher loan caps. Healthcare groups say the regulation could worsen workforce shortages.
Health care costs continue to top the public’s list of economic anxieties, even as fuel prices and economic uncertainty rose following the start of the Iran war, a new KFF Health Tracking poll finds. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of U.S. adults are worried about being able to afford health care costs, including three in ten who say they are “very worried.” The same share (64%) are worried about gasoline or other transportation costs, up from about half (52%) in January. Underscoring these concerns, nearly half of insured adults (46%) say that lowering out-of-pocket costs is their most-wanted change to their health…
Slide Insurance Company expects to have around $3.5 billion of catastrophe reinsurance limit in-force for a first event in 2026, an increase of roughly $1 billion and CEO Bruce Lucas has said that risk-adjusted rate decreases for its renewal are “substantial” so far.Slide Insurance Company has been expanding its business rapidly and as a result increasing amounts of reinsurance limit are required, given its focus on property exposures and footprint in catastrophe exposed regions. Now growing into a multi-state carrier, Slide has been building out a robust programme of catastrophe bond protection already, with 2026 seeing it back in the…
Insurtech car insurance provider Root said it has started a 24-hour agent appointment program to allow independent insurance agents to complete onboarding and begin selling policies in as little as one day. Root Insurance said traditional insurance carrier onboarding often takes weeks, but its 24-hour agent appointment program compresses this process into a single-day, fully digital experience to give independent agents faster access to revenue opportunities. Root said it has appointed more than 7,500 agents since launching. About 2,400 agents have been added this year. More than 15,000 independent agents are appointed with Root and 4,000 agencies are approved to…
The breaker went back to the manufacturer, which pegged repairs at $118,652.55, according to the complaint. Zurich’s adjuster, WK Webster, settled the claim at $114,033.68 – the value of the parts purchased for repair, minus Hitachi’s $25,000 deductible. Zurich paid out $89,033.68 and now wants the carrier to cover the loss.