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A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption…
A U.S. appeals court on Friday said the Trump administration could temporarily implement a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion…
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara provisionally approved State Farm’s request for a 22% interim homeowners insurance rate hike, the California…
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the death of a 20-year-old Southern University student who was repeatedly…
Keystone Agency Partners, an insurance agency partnership platform, announced the acquisition of Ascent Insurance Group, a prominent Oklahoma-based insurance agency.…
A group led by Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is claiming victory after it got a…
Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on…
When Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says he’ll seize assets to force China to pay a $24.5 billion award won…
Reinsurance renewal rates continued dropping during this year’s January renewals, but US property-catastrophe reinsurance pricing is likely to stabilize during…
The Tampa Bay Rays are backing out of a deal to build a new $1.37 billion stadium in St. Petersburg,…
ATLANTA (AP) — Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S.…
Specialty insurer Beazley appointed Lindsay Shipper as head of commercial property, North America, effective April 1. She will report to…
World Insurance Associates LLC reports it acquired the business of Archambault Insurance Associates of Putnam, Connecticut in December. Terms of…
AM Best has assigned Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) to Previsor…
A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises…
Consumers lost more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, which represents a 25% increase over the prior year, according…
A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages as part of a civil lawsuit after concluding an FBI…
Five years ago, Melanie Richburg used a roll of duct tape, a HEPA filter and a portable fan to draw…
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is planning to move its Jacksonville office, due in part to security concerns at its…
Eight people were injured over the weekened when a driver plowed a vehicle into a CarMax location in the Los…
Nirvana Insurance Secures $80M for Trucking Insurance AI Nirvana Insurance, an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer, announced an $80 million Series…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A fiery small plane crash in Tennessee last year that killed a Canadian family of five…
Adds background on case in paragraphs 3-13 By Nate Raymond March 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on…
French households, businesses and local authorities will face soaring costs for insurance if the country fails to adapt to a…
Bayer has told U.S. lawmakers it could stop selling Roundup weedkiller unless they can strengthen legal protection against product liability…
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired the remaining shares of Philippines-based Philpacific Insurance Brokers & Managers Inc.,…
The cockpit voice recorder was not working on a medical transport plane that killed seven people when it plummeted into…
Brazilian state-run insurance firm Caixa Seguridade said late on Sunday it had filed for a follow-on share offering that will…
Citigroup Inc. was fined 500,000 Swiss francs ($568,000) by Switzerland’s stock exchange regulator for failures after a London staffer’s fat-finger…
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported that it has received a second request for information from federal officials relating to…
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakened to a tropical low and was still lingering off the coast of Brisbane on Saturday afternoon,…
The country’s preeminent federal fire training academy canceled classes, effective immediately, on Saturday amid the ongoing flurry of funding freezes…
Just as several other U.S. states are bragging about the growing number of captive insurers domiciled there – and are…
The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Amazon Flex drivers are employees and not independent contractors while criticizing…
First came a dry spell that parched the land, then a spark, followed by some wind. Suddenly, swaths of South…
A Washington timber company was fined $114,300 for reportedly violating state and federal child labor regulations. The violations involve a…
More than a year after the Honolulu City Council created a program to reduce the city’s backlog of building permit…
This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance. Before venturing into independent insurance sales, it’s crucial to…
Worker misclassification in Maryland is widespread, leaving thousands of workers without injury protection and depriving insurance companies of more than…
The New York State Department of Financial Services in February issued more than $20 million in fines against three dozen…
AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed…
A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison…
A Michigan court struck down a large chunk of an $88,550 verdict for a Detroit-area organic gardener whose beloved clover…
Mid- and small-market businesses (SMBs) face a lot of the same big-picture challenges, but how they prioritize risk, spending, and…
By Chad Hemenway The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in February that it needs to borrow $2 billion from the…
This is obviously a warped paraphrase of the famous line from ìThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre,î ìBadges! I donit…
Premium renewal rates were up again in fourth-quarter 2024 but continue to trend lower for most commercial lines products. Premiums…
By L.S. Howard Businesses are now required to implement robust workplace violence prevention plans in Californiaounder a new law that…
March 8— Multiple brush fires burned in Long Island State Pine Barrens Reserve, a wooded area near bedroom communities outside…
Twenty-five victims of the Palisades Fire victims filed an inverse condemnation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the…
Molly Kelley was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available “nudification” technology to create…
A UK court blocked a class action lawsuit over allegations of the under reporting of sewage leaks by six water…
A Canadian court approved a plan to settle long-running tobacco lawsuits in the country as part of which the units…
Alacrity Solutions Group announced the acquisition of InspectionConnection from Latitude Subrogation Services, LLC. The transaction marks Alacrity’s 16th acquisition since…
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Scale AI, a data labeling startup backed by tech giants Nvidia, Amazon and…
Old Bridge, NJ March 07, 2025 – FTP, INC. announced today its acquisition of Coastal Flood Underwriters, LLC, a premier…
Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating…
Liberty Mutual owes approximately $4 million to about 138,000 Louisiana policyholders after overcharging the Louisiana Property Insurance Corporation Emergency Assessment…
A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on…
The interim chief of the US Securities and Exchange Commission says he expects a slowdown in the Wall Street regulator’s…
New York State experienced 74 worker deaths in 2023, a 48% increase over 2022’s 50 deaths, according to an annual…
A truck driver who killed seven farmworkers when he crashed into a parked van on Interstate 5 in Oregon was…
The South Carolina House of Representatives voted 109-0 Thursday in favor of a bill that would end joint-and-several liability for…
Gallagher Re, the reinsurance brokerage unit of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced it has launched a Cyber Risk Adjusted…
Zurich Insurance Group AG has amassed a substantial stake in Banco Sabadell SA, potentially giving it more influence over an…
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the brokers Miller and Acrisure Re. A summary of these new…
The world needs to prepare to fight global warming without the help of the US as the Trump administration pulls…
A cyclone threatening Australia’s southeast coast has taken a long and meandering path over the past week, challenging forecasters seeking…
James G. Walker of Washington, D.C. was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder, and 27 criminal building code…
Several U.S. retailers that publicly scrapped diversity, equity and inclusion programs – including Target, Amazon and Tractor Supply – are…
Standard market woes, captive growth and the increased importance of navigating relationships with third-party administrators — insurance experts in the…
Nationwide, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, appointed Tonya Courtney to lead its new excess and surplus (E&S) brokerage property unit with…
Alliant Insurance Services announced two additions to the team in the Southeast. Sadler Norris was named vice president in the…
The number of wildfires in Maryland during 2024 was much higher than the ten-year average, but acreage burned was significantly…
More insurers are paying contents coverage to California wildfire victims without requiring a detailed inventory, according to the California Department…
A Southern California restaurant has been fined more than $1.1 million over wage theft and sick leave violations. The California…
A construction company was fined more than $430,000 for California labor violations that resulted in unpaid wages, overtime and other…
This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. As an independent agent, time is your most valuable resource,…
Analysts at AM Best warned that the planned imposition of U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, along with…
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” (Excellent)…
Convective storms added to a year of extreme weather events that will put pressure on property insurance rates, particularly in…
NFP, an Aon company and leading property and casualty (P&C) broker based in New York City, hired Priya Nathan as…
Two Arkansas independent agencies — The River Company and Rogers Insurance — announced their merger today, creating ANKR, one of…
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has recognized Kalyn Siebert with the Lone Star Safety Award…
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of worsening cancer risks…
The U.S. on Wednesday announced indictments against a slew of alleged Chinese hackers, sanctioned a Chinese tech company and offered…
A Providence Forge, Virginia man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for embezzling funds from his former employer,…
As trans-Atlantic relations grow increasingly fraught, Europe’s ESG regulations are becoming yet another flashpoint that threatens to sour ties. The…
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Tokio Marine HCC International and the broker Miller. A summary of…
Multiple condominium buildings in Florida have been evacuated since the deadly 2021 collapse in Surfside. Now, residents of a Charleston,…
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced the launch of an Irish-domiciled property catastrophe bond fund, RenaissanceRe Medici UCITS Fund (Medici UCITS). A…
(AP) — Outside Beacon Hill Middle School in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, like along hundreds of roadsides across Georgia,…
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. reported fourth quarter 2024 net income of $1.2 billion – a nearly 90% increase over the…
NFP, the Aon company and insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has acquired Clay GBP Ltd., a London-based business management firm.…
The EU Court of Justice on Thursday fined five countries for failing to adopt rules to boost protection for whistleblowers…
Australia’s prudential regulator has long-serving board directors in its sights with a proposal to limit their terms to 10 years.…
Tokio Marine HCC announced a leadership change with the retirement of Mike Schell, president, at the end of this month.…
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis will continue to consider boardroom diversity when advising how to vote at U.S. company annual meetings,…
The Hartford Stag Gets a New Look The iconic stag logo of The Hartford is getting a new look—one that…
After two years of combined ratios over 110, American Family Insurance reported an underwriting profit in 2024—with a 96.6 for…
