National - May 23, 2025
[caption id="attachment_824663" align="alignleft" width="150"] Graham Jenks[/caption] Starwind Specialty Insurance Services named Graham Jenks the president of JH Blades Group, which encompasses JH Blades Energy, JH Blades Marine, Southern Marine and Energy Technical Underwriters (ETU)...
National - May 23, 2025
The deadline to submit for Insurance Journal's Top 100 Agencies and Top Agency Partnerships ranking is approaching! We hope that you will consider entering your firm for Insurance Journal's 2025 Top 100 independent property/casualty insurance agency rankings and Top Agency Partnerships ranking...
National - May 23, 2025
Private capital firms grappling with a moribund dealmaking climate are increasingly turning to a niche securitized product to raise cash...
National - May 23, 2025
Global insurer American International Group (AIG) has reached an out of court settlement of its legal dispute with the excess and surplus insurance firm Dellwood that was started by former AIG executives...
East - May 23, 2025
A man has been charged with providing alcohol to the 20-year-old who fell from the outfield stands at a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30...
East - May 23, 2025
The former manager of the Harvard Medical School Morgue this week pled guilty to interstate transport of stolen human remains...
East - May 23, 2025
A Mexican navy tall ship's fatal collision with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday highlighted a hazard that has worried seafarers for nearly 150 years...
East - May 23, 2025
A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool and stealing data pertaining to millions of students and teachers that hackers used to extort the company and school districts into paying ransoms...
Midwest - May 23, 2025
Former major league outfielder/first baseman Darin Ruf is suing the Cincinnati Reds for damages after he suffered a career-ending injury while crashing into an uncovered tarp roller at Great American Ballpark two years ago...
Midwest - May 23, 2025
The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance released preliminary uninsured estimates for properties in the St...
Midwest - May 22, 2025
A man who admitted in federal court to setting the fire that destroyed an eastern Missouri church has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison and ordered to pay the church nearly $7 million...
Midwest - May 22, 2025
Frankenmuth Insurance Appoints Ott Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary [caption id="attachment_824825" align="alignleft" width="150"] Kelly Ott[/caption] Frankenmuth Insurance, headquartered in Frankenmuth, Michigan, appointed Kelly Ott as chief legal officer and corporate secretary...
Southeast - May 23, 2025
Owners of dangerous dogs in Florida will soon have to secure at least $100,000 in liability insurance coverage after the governor signed House Bill 593 into law this week...
Southeast - May 23, 2025
Mercedes-Benz announced Thursday that it plans establish its North American headquarters in metro Atlanta, where the automaker will expand its existing U...
Southeast - May 23, 2025
The company that operated a Georgia chlorine plant with a history of explosions, chemical fires and toxic clouds that have drifted over neighborhoods outside Atlanta has decided not to rebuild the main manufacturing facility in Conyers...
Southeast - May 23, 2025
On April 21, 2025, Georgia lawmakers enacted sweeping tort reform through Senate Bills 68 and 69, signaling a significant recalibration of the state's civil litigation framework...
Southcentral - May 23, 2025
COVU, Inc., an AI-native customer servicing platform for the insurance industry announced the acquisition of Uno Insurance Services, a fast-growing Texas-based agency with a stronghold in Houston's Spanish-speaking communities and a track record of revenue growth through targeted acquisitions...
Southcentral - May 23, 2025
Texas regulators are warning that wastewater from fracking in the biggest US oil basin is causing a "widespread" increase in underground pressure -- a development that risks hindering crude output and harming the environment...
Southcentral - May 22, 2025
Swingle Collins & Associates announced the appointment of Dan Curtis as President. Curtis will continue to foster a culture of growth and exceptional insurance services as he succeeds former president Mac Wesson, who will remain with the agency in a production capacity...
Southcentral - May 22, 2025
The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement announced Wednesday, the latest in a string of settlements by the Catholic Church...
West - May 23, 2025
California is joining an 11-state coalition to advance clean vehicles in response to a vote by the U...
West - May 23, 2025
An insurance brokerage executive in California will plead guilty to breaking federal campaign laws by making contributions illegally to a joint fundraising committee, according to the U...
West - May 23, 2025
A recent survey of Pacific Northwest drivers reveals a disconnect between self-perception and well they think other drivers are doing, particularly concerning speeding in residential neighborhoods...
West - May 22, 2025
The Senate voted on Thursday to block California's first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, moving to kill the country's most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles as President Donald Trump's administration has doubled down on fossil fuels...
International - May 23, 2025
The shareholders of the Swiss insurers Helvetia Holding Ltd. and Baloise Holding Ltd. approved the merger to form Helvetia Baloise Holding Ltd...
International - May 23, 2025
BMS Group, the London-based independent re/insurance broker, has acquired Istanbul, Turkey-based Oria Sigorta ve Reasürans Brokerliği A...
International - May 23, 2025
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday that the Baltic Sea is becoming "a new area of confrontation" with Russia, putting the country's critical infrastructure increasingly at risk...
International - May 23, 2025
Cetus Protocol, a decentralized crypto exchange and key liquidity provider on the Sui blockchain, said it lost approximately $223 million in a security breach...