Sentry Acquires The General for $1.7 Billion
The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year pending regulatory approvals.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year pending regulatory approvals.
As the cyber threat landscape becomes more complex, preparedness against cyber risks is declining with only 73% of U.S. business leaders feeling resilient against the cyber risk.
A key theme of this year’s Applied Net 2024 event was cutting through the noise associated with artificial intelligence (AI) technology and driving productivity for agencies large and small.
The newly expanded resource—which builds upon the toolkit first published in July 2023—covers a wide range of updates and strategies for navigating the challenges posed by the hard market.
The dog days of summer brought a Texas district court ruling that struck down the FTC ban on noncompete agreements.
Following a brief lull in tropical activity in the wake of Hurricane Ernesto, the conditions are now primed for a series of back-to-back storms over the next few weeks in the Atlantic.
This week, a Texas district court ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cannot enforce its ban on noncompete agreements.
Both residential and commercial property saw total reconstruction costs increase from July 2023 to July 2024.
As thousands more people move in rather than out of fire- and flood-prone areas, independent agents have an opportunity to counter the decline in flood insurance coverage.
Underwriting losses of $17 billion last year drove 2024’s first half-increases, according to data analysis from Insurify, which predicts rates will increase a total of 22% by the end of the year.