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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Divisive legislation that would expand legal immunity for police officers who use excessive force or kill…
Safety Insurance Group Inc. (SAFT) on Tuesday reported profit of $8.1 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis,…
Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, has expanded and enhanced its specialist insurance proposition for recruitment agencies, to support…
British drugmaker GSK will no longer set diversity targets, it said on Thursday, as it became the latest company to…
The UK set out a raft of reforms designed to improve building safety, as it aims to clamp down on…
A working paper from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office recently estimated the distribution of changes in gross domestic product in…
While Western wildfires have dominated disaster news for decades, new analysis using artificial intelligence shows millions of homes across the…
Reforms in 2024 to Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act may have slowed the frequency and severity of litigation, but there…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a slew of Biden-era lawsuits against lenders as the nominee to lead the agency…
Two major, publicly traded Florida insurance companies reported fourth-quarter earnings, with the Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. (BWIN) noting a loss…
Tennessee-based Selectsys, an insurtech specializing in business process outsourcing for insurers, has acquired Expert Insured, an artificial intelligence-led insurance management…
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers passed emergency legislation this week prohibiting state agencies and municipalities from purchasing or using…
A Florida appeals court has re-affirmed a major state Supreme Court decision, helping to answer lingering questions about whether the…
A carpet-cleaning claim and a fake theft of a Hyundai has led to guilty pleas for two people for insurance…
Tesla Inc. is seeking approval to offer ride-hailing services in California, a key step by Elon Musk’s company to begin…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is enlisting veteran Republican lawmaker Ken Calvert to help push his $40 billion wildfire aid request…
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Norfolk Southern NSC.N of causing hundreds of millions of dollars of…
A leading insurance executive said the best way to keep price increases in check for property insurance in regions exposed…
Templar Specialty announced that it is now expanding its executive and professional liability insurance offerings to include excess and A-side…
Past the terracotta canyons and sloping hills in the Texas Panhandle is a colorful, small town center. A vibrant mural…
A 21-year-old US soldier accused of trying to sell AT&T call records of Donald Trump’s family members also attempted to…
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia. Over the course of a few…
Philadelphia’s public transit system is moving forward with plans to test-run bullet-resistant glass enclosures for drivers on city buses, joining…
A luxury home that had been on the verge of tumbling into Cape Cod Bay due to erosion has been…
A Missouri woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis…
Root Inc. followed up its first ever quarterly net profit in the third quarter with another in the last quarter…
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Beazley and BMS Re. A summary of these new hires follows…
Swiss Re’s commercial insurance arm, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, has unveiled a new organizational structure, aiming to serve corporates and…
A leading insurance executive said the best way to keep price increases in check for property insurance in regions exposed…
British insurer Aviva beat annual profit expectations on double-digit growth in its general insurance premiums in 2024, and said its…
French insurer AXA reported better-than-expected full-year earnings on Thursday, boosted by increased premiums from individual insurance policies and fewer claims…
Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Thursday that claims from wildfires in Los Angeles would be less than $700 million…
The last three years have exposed a growing challenge for insurance carriers: attracting, hiring and retaining young talent. Despite the…
The head of the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, AerCap, said on Wednesday that Russia may look to buy used…
After a fire broke out at an Oklahoma motel in June 2020, the property owner submitted a loss claim to…
It was not your typical smash-and-grab burglary and the booty was precious: a toilet worth more than its weight in…
Members of the IU Indianapolis men’s basketball team are unhurt and back home Monday, a day after their bus caught…
The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, as well as increase imports…
A Maryland woman pleaded guilty to defrauding USAA Insurance out of more than $58,000 in water damage claims by using…
Surety carriers providing bonds for elected officials in Georgia this week discovered that a statute of limitations on claims litigation…
Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and Arizona in a string of audacious heists resulting…
A federal jury has awarded $7.25 million to a 74-year-old Arizona woman for a spine injury she suffered in a…
Martine Joins The Liberty Company as VP, Producer The Liberty Company named Derrick Martine vice president, producer, employee benefits in…
This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance. Marketing an insurance agency can feel overwhelming, especially if…
The US Supreme Court signaled it will revive a job-bias lawsuit by a straight woman and make it easier in…
In a prosecution that local news outlets had called “stunning,” a New Jersey judge has made an equally stunning dismissal…
NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the Miami-based provider of parametric re/insurance solutions, has agreed to acquire FloodFlash, the parametric flood managing general…
A school-aged child has died in Lubbock from measles, the first death reported in an ongoing outbreak that has infected…
A man from Detroit, Michigan was sentenced last week for his role in a multi-state, million-dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme…
Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Kouri & Associates Inc., a Sioux Falls-based agency with a legacy dating back…
Higginbotham announced an association with Program Insurance Group of Georgetown, Texas — also known as the home of EZ CERT,…
A new study disputes a long-held fear that climate change will lead to a quick, total collapse of the Atlantic…
Insurtech Lemonade reported a fourth quarter 2024 net loss of about $30 million and a loss for the year of…
In the era of cutting-edge computer modeling, satellite data and AI, there has never been more abundant information on the…
A Mississippi city dropped its lawsuit Monday against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local leaders removed by a…
New York this year could become the 50th U.S. state to accept title insurance, after Gov. Kathy Hochul quietly submitted…
Last week the Federal Court fined Australia’s biggest superannuation company, AustralianSuper, A$27 million for overcharging customers. The company had breached…
Bank of America Corp. is rolling back workplace representation targets and replacing references to diversity, joining peers in citing legal…
Germany’s Munich Re expects about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) in claims resulting from the Los Angeles wildfires, it said…
Potential downgrades of State Farm’s California homeowners insurer came closer to reality yesterday when S&P Global Ratings put the “AA”…
Smartwatches and other wearable technologies have the potential to change the pricing of life insurance policies by offering better data…
New fathers are more likely to be eligible for state paid parental leave programs but less likely to take the…
Claims, communication, and technology are the top three concerns for independent agents when placing new business with a carrier, according…
Two years ago, Rudy Diaz made a gutsy bet. The 45-year-old owner of Hight Logistics, a trucking company that hauls…
A federal judge on Tuesday said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that the Facebook and Instagram parent prefers…
Insurance agents in Florida and beyond are finding that some of their toughest competition now seems to be coming from…
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited a homecare provider $2.3 million for misclassifying caregivers in a test of a new…
A bill that would create a study on the impact of insurance rating factors in Washington, including credit history, is…
This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. Late at night in the Fall of last…
Various media outlets have reported shots were fired into the home of the head of Oregon worker’s compensation insurer SAIF…
Apple Inc. investors rejected an outside shareholder proposal to end the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, though Chief…
A Texas pipeline company’s lawsuit accusing Greenpeace of defamation, disruptions and attacks during protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline goes…
Texan Insurance, a provider of personalized insurance solutions in Texas, announced the launch of Artemis Insurance as its new parent…
Texans living in a 250-square-mile area of Harris County that includes a hazardous Superfund site had abnormally high rates of…
AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed…
Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024…
Allianz Commercial Appoints Contreras North American Portfolio Solutions Leader Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jenna Contreras to…
Jami Long joined Robertson Ryan Insurance, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Long will oversee…
One person was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were…
Multi-year market conduct investigations by the New York State Department of Financial Services have resulted in $20 million in fines…
A suspected gas explosion in the grill area of a Hawaii beachside resort has injured seven people, including three in…
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel and Specialty MGA UK. A summary of these new hires…
Alphabet’s Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers’ ability to compete with its artificial…
DoorDash Inc., the biggest food-delivery firm in the US by market share, agreed to pay New York couriers $16.8 million…
A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five…
Mid- and small-market businesses (SMBs) face a lot of the same big-picture challenges, but how they prioritize risk, spending, and…
The European Union is about to walk back significant chunks of planned ESG regulations, amid a barrage of complaints that…
Axis Insurance Managers Inc., the Vancouver, Canada-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Fuse Insurance, a Calgary-based, technology-driven commercial insurance…
The Retail International division of the Talanx Group is selling its Ecuadorian entity HDI Seguros S.A. to Grupo Financiero Atlántida,…
CHARLESTON, SC., February 24, 2025 – We are pleased to announce that Robert (Rob) C. Johnson III, Executive Vice President…
President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission will “vigorously” sue to block illegal mergers, the agency’s new chairman said Monday, highlighting…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to remove the top leaders at regional offices across the country as part…
The work that GEICO’s chief executive has done to “repolish” Berkshire Hathaway’s “long-held gem” got a special shout-out in Warren…
New Mountain Capital, an investment firm, has agreed to buy the commercial insurance division of Pennsylvania-based NSM Insurance Group. The…
Georgia lawmakers aren’t the only ones contemplating a major tort-reform bill during the legislative session this year. Next door, South…
A Florida framing contractor has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and millions of dollars in fines and restitution…
The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources…
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Article Key Points: Insurance distribution involves various entities like agents,…
In insurance circles Florida and California have the dubious distinction of being perennial problem children for home and auto insurance.…
