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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers this week unveiled their initial attempt this year to provide recovery funding…
Ahoy! Insurance, calling itself an insurance company built by boaters for boaters, has expanded into Florida, one of the world’s…
Russia appears to be on the cusp of a debilitating oil-freight transportation problem because of US sanctions, writes Bloomberg oil…
Spain is seeking European approval to repurpose more than a billion euros of post-pandemic recovery funds to make Valencia more…
Avolon and BOC Aviation, two of the world’s largest aircraft lessors, have settled lawsuits in the Irish courts against insurers…
A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits management company, alleging that their son died because he couldn’t…
A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight…
Hiscox Appoints Baldwin US Media Practice Leader Hiscox, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Karen Baldwin as vice president, media practice leader.…
The United Arab Emirates, which operates the Gulf’s only commercial nuclear power station, is for the first time taking special…
Climate risks, disruptive technology and geopolitical instability are what worry risk managers most, according to a joint survey from the…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Thursday it is evaluating U.S. states as potential artificial intelligence data center locations for its…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After a violent year marked by multiple mass shootings in Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and…
AM Best has downgraded Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co. (CATIC) of Essex Junction, Vermont. The company’s Financial Strength Rating has…
A manufacturer and its workers compensation insurer thought an injured 60-year old service technician employee did not work hard enough…
Bankrupt health system Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. won court approval to hand operations of its Pennsylvania hospitals to a state-backed…
Edison International’s utility is looking at whether a power line retired in 1971 started the Eaton wildfire as part of…
Before a wildfire ravaged their street in northwest Altadena, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson lived next door to each other…
A Pittsburgh-based construction business will pay a fine of $144,000 for misclassifying 192 workers in violation of Pennsylvania law. The…
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday blocked a settlement between families who have sued Alex Jones over his false claims…
Wildfires are intensifying the problems in California’s property insurance market, according to a new commentary from AM Best. Those problems…
The European Commission has asked online fast-fashion retailer Shein to provide internal documents and more detailed information on risks linked…
Hub announced that it has acquired the assets of John L. Kiley Agency, Inc. dba DAR The Rocchio Agency (The…
Three children died in a weekend house fire in suburban Detroit, authorities said. The siblings, a 16-year-old girl and two…
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of an Arkansas librarian who was fired after she…
Oklahoma is poised to become the first Republican state to try to use its influence as an investor to end…
The U.S. AI Safety Institute’s inaugural director, Elizabeth Kelly, is departing her role on Wednesday, she said in a LinkedIn…
The Clear Group, the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of broker Phelan Caswell Insurances, based in Dublin, Ireland. The…
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at SCOR and AXIS Capital Holdings. A summary of these new hires…
Removing toxic waste from the foothills and coastal canyons where more than 16,000 homes and businesses burned down in the…
One of Generali’s biggest investors is considering challenging the reappointment of longstanding CEO Philippe Donnet in May and is weighing…
Georgia’s governor has asked state lawmakers for $175 million to cover the growing costs of liability claims against state agencies…
Coming off of its best year ever in 2024, Kingstone Companies, Inc., a Northeast regional property/casualty insurance holding company, announced…
Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity,…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications,…
A group of investors representing €6.6 trillion ($6.8 trillion) of assets is calling on European officials not to cave in…
Most of European Union surface water bodies are polluted by chemicals, the European Commission said on Tuesday, in a report…
Neither Art nor Renee Schaap could bear to stay on their dairy farm in Curry County, New Mexico, in April…
Denmark will ramp up inspections of ships transporting Russian oil through its narrow straits, in an effort to protect the…
The excess and surplus lines market continued to grow in 2024, with premium reaching more than $81 billion, according to…
Thirteen U.S. property/casualty companies became impaired in 2023, 10 of which were placed into insolvent liquidation, according to an AM…
A Charlotte man has been arrested on a felony charge of insurance fraud for allegedly falsely claiming to an insurer…
The North Carolina Rate Bureau, basing its filing on input from insurers in the state, has requested a 22.6% average…
A King County, Washington, judge issued a bench warrant a former Seattle insurance agent charged with stealing more than $400,000…
Almost a year after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials on Tuesday unveiled their designs…
A venture capital-backed startup illegally jacked up rents for furnished apartments in Los Angeles — more than 50% in one…
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) named Andrea Coleman as president and CEO. Coleman joined the WCIRB…
Allstate Corp. fourth quarter net income applicable to common shareholders increased 30% to about $1.9 billion, and the insurer finished…
The insurance industry admittedly may not be as glamorous as high-tech, investment banking, advertising, or Hollywood. After all, consider that…
Hub announced that it has acquired the assets of Lindenwood Agency, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located…
As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to…
Federal law enforcement agencies are rolling out one of the most extensive Super Bowl security operations in recent history, following…
A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment was…
Global commercial insurance rates fell 2% in the fourth quarter of 2024 following a 1% decline in Q3 2024 –…
USAA has paid out more than $1 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires, making it the third insurer to report…
DOXA Expands Executive Leadership Team DOXA, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired five new executive leadership team members. Matt Bishop…
Aon plc said it has launched a new parametric insurance solution designed to address and mitigate commercial losses from hurricane-related…
Special insurer Markel said it is realigning its U.S. professional liability products into four pillars: management liability, errors & omissions…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein asked state legislators Monday to roughly double their spending so far…
Florida’s 2025-2026 state budget, as proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would provide some $600 million for home and condominium hardening…
Newswise — In today’s world of interconnected computer-based information systems, cyber risk has become one of the critical risk factors…
Rokstone, the international speciality re/insurance MGA that is part of the Aventum Group, has announced the launch of a D&O…
Australia has banned DeepSeek AI services from all government systems and devices, becoming one of the first countries to take…
The UK will spend £2.65 billion ($3.31 billion) on flood defenses to protect homes from the growing risks posed by…
Insurance firms Allianz SE and Insurance Australia Group Ltd. are among parties considering bidding for Western Australia’s top insurer, according…
AXA XL Hires Bakker as Head of Environmental Package Solutions, Middle Market, Americas AXA XL in the Americas hired Peter…
U.S. Representative French Hill, a Republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, said on Tuesday lawmakers from both chambers…
Stephen Weinstein, a Harvard-trained lawyer, has spent more than two decades with Renaissance Re, as chief legal officer and executive…
Economic losses from the fires that tore through Los Angeles County in January range from $95 billion to $164 billion,…
Jupiter Risk Services has launched its Jupiter Private Client Excess Homeowners Insurance (XS Homeowners), a property insurance product providing up…
California Food Distributor Settles False Claims Liability for Small Business Contracting Violations
The GS Foods Group Inc. in Ontario, California, agreed to pay more than $949,000 to settle allegations of False Claims…
A group calling for reforms to lower insurance costs across New York has launched its first ad. The newly-formed Citizens…
The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a decision involving TripAdvisor that could make it easier for some companies to…
The impact area where a medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia was notably “expansive,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said…
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has filed an ordinance with the City Council to require the largest food delivery apps such…
This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. An insurance organization is composed of so many little pieces…
When President Donald Trump’s administration last week shut off the spigot of federal grant money, which a federal judge said…
Orion180 announced that its FLEX Home Insurance product is now available in Texas. Orion180 said that FLEX is designed to…
King Risk Partners announced the acquisition of Barker, Beck, Collins & Kronauge Agency (BBC&K), an independent insurance firm in Dayton,…
The National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it has completed interviews with air traffic controllers in its investigation into…
The Maryland Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, has upheld the Child Victims Act as constitutional. The Child Victims Act…
The 22 acquirers that make up the Sica Fletcher Index were involved in 533 agent-broker deals in 2024, down 6%…
In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to…
Bally’s Corp. and the City of Chicago were accused of discriminating against White men in a lawsuit by a conservative…
WTW reported net Income for the fourth quarter of 2024 of $1.25 billion, compared to net income of $623 million…
Specialty insurance provider Ryan Specialty reported it has completed the acquisition of Velocity Risk Underwriters, LLC from funds managed by…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, signaling a potential shift…
Liberian-flagged crude oil tanker Chrysalis, which was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis last year, sailed through the Red Sea this week,…
Generali to remain in charge of decisions over how to allocate its own clients’ savings under the asset management deal…
China on Tuesday imposed tariffs on some U.S. imports in a swift response to new U.S. duties on Chinese goods,…
The growing adoption of data-driven underwriting and predictive analytics has given delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) a competitive advantage within…
The number of securities class action filings increased for the second consecutive year in 2024, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related filings…
Artificial intelligence, cyberattacks or outages, and extreme weather events are the risks partners at global insurance law firm Kennedys perceive…
Aspire named Isaac Adams vice president of product. Adams most recently served as Aspire’s chief marketing officer. He previously served…
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to receive,…
An insurance company says it is not obligated to defend or indemnify the owners and managers of a Memphis apartment…
Weeks after wildfires that killed at least 29 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Southern California is facing another extreme-weather threat:…
A Connecticut man has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud for allegedly running a scam involving filing fraudulent insurance…
North Carolina officials charged with leading recovery efforts in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene — as well as parts…
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. When M3 Insurance began rapidly expanding its distribution channels, its…
State Farm General said on Monday it is asking the California Department of Insurance to immediately approve interim rate increases,…
