Recent Insurance Industry News

Survey: Employer, Employee Views Differ on Workplace Safety

• World Is Far More Ablaze Now With Damaging Fires Than in 1980s: Study

• Musk’s X Settles Ex-Twitter Executives’ $128 Million Severance Pay Lawsuit

• People Moves: GEICO Names Orpello CMO; O’Donnell Head of Logistics at Howden US

• FurtherAI Raises $25M to Alleviate Insurance Industry’s ‘Busywork’ Burden

• CyberCube Gains a New $180M Investor in Spectrum Equity

Tokio Marine Weighs More Than $10 Billion of International M&A

• Bank of England Says Soaring AI Valuations Risk Sharp Market Correction

• French Wine Output to Fall Below 2024 After Fires Ravage Vines

• Drone Attacks Are Now Seen 2,000 Kilometers Inside of Russia

• People Moves: Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Nelson as Active U/W for Syndicate 4472; Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps Faraday’s Richardson to Lead Open Market Property

• UK Car Finance Industry Faces $11 Billion-$13 Billion Mis-Selling Hit

New York City Sues Social Media Firms For Allegedly Addicting Children

• 3 Democratic Justices Hope to Keep Pennsylvania Supreme Court Seats

• Connecticut Launches Free Online Property Risk Mapping Tool

• New York Judge Upholds Transgender Athlete Ban on Long Island

• Fire at Ford Supplier in New York to Disrupt Business for Months, WSJ Reports

• M&A Settlements in Delaware Chancery Court Have Increased Substantially: Cornerstone

Acrisure to Lay Off 400 Employees, Citing Tech Advancements and AI Integration

• Walmart Sued for Disability Discrimination at Wisconsin Location

• EF5 Tornado That killed 3 in North Dakota was Nation’s First in 12 years

• Nebraska Officials Are Targeting Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana

• People Moves: Holmes Murphy Names Anderson Sioux Falls Employee Benefits Sales Leader

• Illinois Sues to Block National Guard Deployment to Chicago Area

Exxon Delays Planned Plastic Plant on Texas Coast

• DOL Awards $890K to Texas for Disaster Recovery Jobs After July Storms

• New MGU Hill Country Underwriters Launches for Artisan Contractors in Texas

• Texas Stock Exchange Receives Federal Approval

• Rural Texas Communities Weigh Pros and Cons of Data Centers

• Singer’s Elliott Escalates Battle With Texas Private Equity Firm

Greystar, Other Landlords Agree to $141M Settlement in Rent-Setting Lawsuit

• IMA Financial Adds Alabama’s Valent Group to the Team

• Engle Martin Acquires London-Based Integra Technical Services Claims Adjusters

• Laws and Regs Already Protect Insureds From AI Missteps, Insurance Reps Say

• Amwins Adds Credit Insurance With Purchase of Miami-based ARC MGA

• SC Law Enforcement Says No Arson Evidence in Fire That Destroyed Judge’s Home

Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Levels Returned to Stability

• Washington Dairy Worker Pleads Guilty in $122K Workers’ Comp Scam

• Man Charged With ‘Maliciously’ Starting Massive LA Wildfire

• US Sues Southern California Edison Over 2019 Wildfire

• J&J Must Pay $966M After Jury Finds Company Liable In Talc Cancer Case

• Lawmaker Calls for California Insurance Commissioner to Resign Amid Spending Probe