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More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe’s family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from…
Climate change made Southern California’s dangerous wildfire conditions in early January 35% more likely than they would have been before…
A Pierce County, Washington, man has been ordered to pay back more than $60,000 to Washington’s workers’ compensation fund after…
In a 5-2 opinion, the Maine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2021 state law that eliminated the statute of…
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the southern Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt…
While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry last week, there is still optimism about the industry’s…
Trucordia has acquired the insurance business of CADA Insurance Services which has multiple offices in Louisiana, including Baton Rouge, Chalmette,…
On the South Texas coast, the city of Corpus Christi has initiated an emergency effort to boost its water supply…
Two truck stops in Iowa and Missouri – Iowa 80, advertised as “the world’s largest truck stop,” and Joplin 44…
Florida condominium sales last year reached their lowest point in almost a decade, according to a Florida Realtors report. It’s…
President Donald Trump is asserting more federal government control over water management decisions in California and ordering U.S. officials to…
It’s the final days to take this year’s Agency Salary Survey. All respondents will receive a copy of the report…
First it was the fake bear insurance fraud that made headlines around the country. Now, it’s a fake deer that…
DUAL Europe announced the launch of DUAL Cyber Active Protect, a new product that combines comprehensive cyber insurance with proactive…
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) recently released a report that concludes over-regulation impedes insurance markets “Insurance markets function…
American International Group (AIG) said it is organizing into three segments and Jon Hancock will lead two of them. Hancock…
The crew of the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia have abandoned the container ship in the Red Sea after it caught…
Everest Group preannounced full-year 2024 earnings yesterday, disclosing about a 45% drop in net income attributable to a $1.7 billion…
Storm Herminia triggered the worst flooding in four decades in parts of northwest France and created dangerous avalanche conditions in…
Japan’s Fuji Media said on Monday its chairman and the head of its TV unit would step down immediately amidst…
Ardonagh Netherlands, part of The Ardonagh Group, has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Private Insurance Assuradeuren…
The world’s oceans are warming four times faster than they were in the late 1980s, according to a new study.…
German watchdog BaFin said the country’s financial industry needs a better grasp of physical risks stemming from climate change because…
Plymouth Rock Assurance, headquartered in Woodbridge, New Jersey, named Greg Kalinsky as president and CEO of the Plymouth Rock Management…
The cyberattack at UnitedHealth Group’s tech unit last year affected the personal information of 190 million people, the health conglomerate…
Target is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion program this year, the retailer said on Friday, the latest U.S. corporation…
Holdout creditors who claim tainted baby powder gave them ovarian cancer urged a judge to reject Johnson & Johnson’s plan…
Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, said on Monday preliminary analysis of data showed a “momentary and…
New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young…
A private investigator embroiled in a corruption scandal that rocked New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade was…
Forth quarter 2024 net income at W.R. Berkley Corp. jumped 45% compared to a year ago to about $576 million.…
New York City is walking back a proposed rule change that would have required taxi and rideshare drivers to be…
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation this month released a report on fatal occupational injuries in Texas…
Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in…
The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion…
Fire investigators have asked Southern California Edison Co. to preserve its equipment near the site where the deadly Eaton fire…
Residents challenging Norfolk Southern’s $600 million settlement for the disastrous East Palestinetrain crash have asked a court to reject a…
Merck & Co. is facing its first jury trial over claims the company wrongfully marketed its lucrative Gardasil cancer vaccine…
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot a suspect during an altercation at a central Florida…
Former RenaissanceRe executive Stephen Weinstein has launched a new Florida-domiciled insurance carrier, known as Mangrove Property Insurance, with plans to…
Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles.…
Generali Group has launched a new business unit – Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) India – within its joint-venture company…
South Korea released a preliminary report into last month’s deadly Jeju Air Co. crash that offers more detail on the…
President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina and said he was considering “getting…
The state of Rhode Island last week began a phased relaunch of the HealthyRhode customer portal associated with RIBridges system,…
Westchester, Chubb’s Excess and Surplus Lines Division, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, named three leaders for its recently formed new business…
Winter Storm Éowyn pummeled Ireland and the UK with hurricane-force winds on Friday, creating blackouts for hundreds of thousands and…
Sweden detained a vessel suspected of damaging a subsea data cable connecting it with Latvia, the third such incident in…
International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms’ environmental, social and governance claims –…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has halted all pending environmental litigation and reassigned four career Justice Department attorneys focused on…
The US Federal Trade Commission is likely to have bipartisan support to keep filing cases to block anticompetitive mergers under…
Two workers were injured in an explosion and fire at a cannabis extraction facility on Maryland’s Eastern Shore last Wednesday,…
PayPal, Inc. will pay a $2 million penalty to New York State for violations of the state’s financial services industry…
The owner of a Tukwila, Washington, trampoline park faces more than $68,000 in fines for not giving teen employees meal…
A federal jury last week convicted a Maryland man for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, money laundering, filing false tax…
The commercial property market is showing signs of stabilization, and buyers with favorable risk profiles will see rate decreases or…
By Chad Hemenway Once again, settlements from class-action litigation topped $40 billion in 2024, according to an extensive analysis of…
By L.S. Howard Reinsurance buyers generally found ample capacity during January renewals as well as increased reinsurer appetite, which led…
This article follows Part One from last month and covers group benefits and health insurance, the effects of natural disasters…
Have you felt like hiring and recruiting has been harder lately? It’s tough to find good candidates. People seem less…
The brokerage industry is adapting to a changing landscape as macroeconomic conditions temper the tailwinds that have driven growth in…
What a start to the new year for the insurance industry. January 1 saw two separate incidents that drew attention…
By L.S. Howard Insurers saw the third most expensive year for natural catastrophe losses in 2024 — reaching a total…
By Martha Bellisle Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New…
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Safeway $182,000 in proposed penalties for safety violations that reportedly put…
National Arthur J. Gallagher, Assured Partners Arthur J. Gallagher will acquire AssuredPartners for $13.45 billion cash with a deal expected…
National Matt McHatten, president and chief executive officer at MMG Insurance, is the new chair of the Insurance Information Institute’s…
Secrets to Success “We really look for people that are good at service. Sometimes not even in the insurance application,…
The impact of the historic Los Angeles-area wildfires is being broadly examined and continually refined, with updates almost daily on…
Fitch Ratings said in an outlook revision that it expects Mercury General Corp.’s credit profile will withstand the impact of…
ZestyAI, a provider of AI-powered property and risk analytics, announced that its Severe Convective Storm suite, including Z-HAIL™, Z-WIND™, and…
A U.S. auto safety agency said on Friday it is reconsidering a landmark rule from the administration of former President…
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced the Kansas Department of Insurance recovered more than $11.8 million for Kansans in 2024.…
One of the world’s biggest crop traders has halted loading of grain vessels at US Gulf terminals as the region’s…
Texas and nine other Republican-led states are ratcheting up pressure on Wall Street’s diversity programs, asking firms about their policies…
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced it will acquire the assets of Ecclesia Group in The Netherlands…
Ki, the Lloyd’s digital follow platform, announced it completed the separation from its parent company, Fairfax Group, becoming a standalone…
According to a new analysis of homeowners insurance rates, some Midwest states saw the biggest jumps in premiums last year—and…
The Los Angeles wildfires could consume more than 30% of the aggregate natural catastrophe budgets set for 2025 by Europe’s…
New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Wednesday her office obtained a $1.065 billion judgment against Yellowstone Capital, a…
In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the…
Following a dramatic last-minute settlement in court, Prince Harry has again been victorious in his mission to take on the…
January 2025 report from the Geneva Association, titled “Insurance in a Fragmented World Economy,” found that geopolitical tensions have driven…
Hurricane-strength winds battered Ireland and the UK early Friday morning, leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power and disrupting…
U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told…
Major League Baseball has ordered its employees to return to the office five days a week, according to people familiar…
A man fatally shot a Georgia fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer…
Sugarcane crops in Louisiana and Florida, the only two states producing sugar from cane in the United States, could be…
Johnson & Johnson is balking at paying $30 million in punitive damages on top of a $15 million jury award…
A construction contractor could have prevented the death of a worker at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston by following…
The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, promoted Matt Holbrook to vice president of data and analytics. Holbrook, who is…
The California Insurance Wholesalers Association made transitions within its executive board and named new additions to its board of directors.…
Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging…
President Donald Trump’s executive orders against “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion policies have left corporations and their lawyers struggling to…
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking all California insurance companies to provide advance payments on claims for Los Angeles…
Moody’s Ratings said in a report on Thursday that it expects the Los Angeles wildfires to increase property insurance costs…
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready announced new details regarding the launch of OKReady, the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes (SOH) program, that…
Anneren Family Holding Company, established to perpetuate the Ansay family’s legacy, has announced the appointment of Angela Sikowski as President…
A New York roller derby league has lost its bid to temporarily block a local ban on transgender female athletes.…
A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to comply with the city…
