Recent Insurance Industry News

Nine-Month 2025 Results Show P/C Underwriting Gain Skyrocketed

• US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Efforts to Ban DEI

• EEOC Files to Get NAPA Auto to Comply in Hiring Investigation

• CNA Q4 Underwriting Results Drop 6.2%

• Social Networks Face Big Tobacco Moment Over Addiction Claims

• Nationwide Acquires Surety, Fidelity Renewal Rights From Main Street America

EU to Soften Emissions Curbs on Companies in Flagship Market

• Danone Infant Formula Recalls Expand in UK, Ireland

• EU Commission Proposes Further Sanctions on Russian Oil Trade and Financial Services

• TikTok Charged for Breaching EU Rules With App’s Addictive Features

• Coupang Confirms More Data Leaks Which South Korean Aide Says Has ‘Shaken’ US Ties

• Portugal Rolls Out €2.5 Billion Aid as Deadly Flooding Spreads

Trump Demands $1 Billion From Harvard as Prolonged Standoff Appears to Deepen

• Concrete Firm Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation That Led to Worker’s Death

• Freight Train Derails in Connecticut, Sending Cars Carrying Liquid Propane Into River

• Fire at Pennsylvania Hospital Forces Evacuation of Dozens of Patients

• Insurance Ad During Super Bowl Aims to Win Over Frustrated New York Fans

• Man Charged in Organized Cargo Theft of Snow Crab, Blueberries, Cologne

Kansas Jury Awards $8M to Family of Teen Who Died at Juvenile Intake Center

• People Moves: Diessner Promoted to President of Kraus-Anderson Insurance; Alliant Adds Quitmeyer to Chicago Employee Benefits Group

• McGowan Allied Specialty Insurance Announces Sales Territory Realignment

• Starbucks Wins Dismissal of Missouri Lawsuit Over DEI Policies

• Trial of Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Charged in $60M Ohio Bribery Scheme Begins

• Forever Chemicals Quietly Contaminate Drinking Water Wells

Giant Snails and Tiny Insects Threaten Rice and Crawfish Farms

• Family of Still-Missing Texas Camper Sues to Shut Down Camp Mystic

• Louisiana Agency to Pay $1.2M Refund for Illegal Overcharging on Surety Premiums

• Pipeline Explodes at Delfin LNG Planned Project in Louisiana

• People Moves: XPT Specialty Hires Goedeke as Underwriter/Broker

• Lawyer for Prominent Texas Law Firm Among Victims ID’d in Maine Plane Crash

Florida’s Commercial Clearinghouse Bill Stirring Up Concerns for Brokers, Regulators

• Mississippians Without Power for Two Weeks After Winter Storm

• Florida Bill Would Allow High School Class in Place of CSR Ed Requirements

• Inside the Toxic Legacy of Georgia-Based Mulitbillion-Dollar Carpet Empire

• Ken Griffin, Steve Ross Team Up to Lure More CEOs to Florida

• Alabama, NC Public Safety Officers Investigated in ‘Chop Shop,’ Disability Fraud

Instagram, YouTube Addiction Trial Kicks Off in Los Angeles

• California Attorney General Files Suit Against Companies for Ghost Gun Coding

• California Produce Company Fined $6M for Farmworker Wage Violations

• EPA Outlines Trump Plan to Speed up Rebuilding of Homes Destroyed in LA Wildfires

• Uber Jury Awards $8.5 Million Damages in Sexual Assault Case

• Assignment of Benefits Bill Passes Washington Senate