National News for August 2026
- People Moves: Rhyner to Lead AXIS’ N.A. Financial Lines, Programs
- Progressive Boosts Exposure With Football Field Logos at 13 Universities
- Zuckerberg Did Not Make Child Safety a Priority at Meta, Former Engineer Testifies
- CIAB Survey: Overall Soft Market Conditions Continue in Q2
- ICE Pitches Legal Insurance for Officers Who Make Immigration Arrests
- At-Bay to Be Acquired by Munich Re for $575 Million
- Latin American P/C Insurers Enter Softer Market but Earnings Stay Resilient
- Willis Re Jumpstarts US Expansion With Buy of BMS Re, US
- Data Center Gas Plants to Boost US Power Emissions by 20%
- People Moves: Aon Appoints Leadership for N.A. Middle Market, Names Hammond Global Exec Chairman of Middle Market; Guy Carpenter Promotes New Global P/C Leaders
- Regulator Objections Quantified: ZestyAI Says 44% of Filings Have at Least One
- Trump Agencies to Set Crypto Policy as Bill Stalls, Limiting Industry’s Gains
- Meta Stares Down Trillion-Dollar Threat as Landmark Social Media Trial Begins
- Hackers ‘Learn in Real Time’ As Agentic AI Drives 36% Uptick in Found Vulnerabilities
- Paramount Seeks $1.9 Billion Bond From States in Merger Lawsuit
- Should Parents Be Responsible for Kids Getting Hurt and Killed on E-Bikes?
- 11 New Firms Join Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Independent Agencies
- The Great Modern Train Robbery: Thieves Steal $200 Million a Year
- Amazon Reinstates Binding Arbitration, Bars Class-Action Lawsuits
- Gallagher: Securities Class-Action Settlement Dollars Up $48% in H1
- SEC to Keep Hands Off Shareholder Proposals, Worrying Activists
- FTC Probes Health Records Giant Epic Systems, Sources Say
- US Ready to ‘Take Any Actions Necessary’ to Fight EU ESG Rules
- EEOC Says Nike Complied With Subpoena, Drops Lawsuit
- Hacking Group Claims Mass Data Theft From Shell, Philips, GE, Fiserv, Others
- Tornado Alley’s on the Move and Creating New Risk Concerns, Modeler Says
- US Climate Prediction Center Sees 69% Chance of Historic El Niño
- Almost All Top US Companies Had Board Diversity Rules. Now Most Are Gone
- Cargo Thefts Drop in Q2 but Losses More Than Double
- Markets/Coverages: AIG Starts Parametric Cloud Outage Solution
- Taylor Farms Outbreaks Show Limits of US Ability to Safeguard Mexican Produce
- Viewpoint: Storm Resilience Must Account for the Assets That Do Not Stay Put
- UnitedHealth Investor Suit Alleges Security, Governance Lapses
- Homeowners Insurance Market Reaches ‘Fragmented Phase,’ Says S&P GMI
- AI Data Center Boom Is ‘Maxing Out’ P/C Insurers, AIG CEO Says
- AI Giants Are Quiet on Climate in Sign of Post-ESG Wall Street
- Insurtech Root, The Zebra Partner on Auto Insurance
- Viewpoint: Is it Time to Rethink the ‘Secondary-Peril’ Label and Reclassify Risk?
- AI’s Volatile Power Demand Is Damaging Its Own Data Centers
- FDA Urges Sanitation, Supplier Checks to Curb Fresh-Cut Produce Contamination
- Americans Just Endured the Hottest Month in 132 Years
- Delta Probing Unauthorized Wi-Fi on Flight After Hacker Event
- Taylor Farms, Taco Bell Face Multiple Lawsuits Over Cyclospora Outbreak
- Renewal Changes for Most Commercial Lines Decrease in July and Q2, Says Ivans
- Kellington Returns to ACORD to Take CEO Role
- People Moves: O’Connor Promoted to NA Head of Pro Liability, Cyber at AIG; Canopius Appoints Kuchinski US CUO
- US FDA Moves to Increase Oversight of Food Additives
- Appeals Court: Social Media Companies Must Face Thousands of Addiction Lawsuits
- Can Reinsurers Maintain Underwriting Discipline or Will ‘Irrational’ Competition Return?
- OpenAI Pays $3.2 Million in Probe Over Hiring Foreign Workers
- New AIG CEO Andersen Talks Marketplace ‘Pass-Throughs,’ Opportunity
- Viewpoint: Understanding Why Privacy Claims Doubled in H1 2026
- OpenAI Pauses Some Work on New Astra Model on Cyber Concerns
- Taylor Farms Recalls Salsa and Guacamole Over Salmonella Risk
- Major Hedge Funds Targeted in Wave of Attempted Cyberattacks
- Allstate Introduces Large Language Model, ALLIE
- AIG’s General Insurance Q2 Underwriting Income Up 10%
- NOAA Maintains Forecast for Below-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
- People Moves: Aon Names Fletcher Head of M&A, Transaction Advisory, North America
- AI Risks Require Tougher Cyber Defenses, Top US Officials Warn
- Meta AI Model Accessed Internet, Hacked Outside Firm
- OpenAI Asks Judge to Toss Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit
- Allstate Q2 Net Income Jumps 56% on Underwriting
- AI-Native Network American Growth Insurance Makes Heller-Kowitz its First Buy
- As Wildfires Destroy and Displace, APCIA Says Congress Must Pass Fix Our Forests Act
- Global Wildfire Surge Hits US, Propelled by Rising Temperatures
- Auto Insurer Root Inc. Reports 12% Increase in Q2 Net Income
- Ex-VW Engineers Plead Not Guilty to US Insider Trading Charges
- Data Centers Exposed Carriers to China Hack, House Panel Says
- The Hartford To Acquire Equitable’s Employee Benefits Biz
- People Moves: Chubb’s Westchester Announces Leadership Appointments; Fields to Lead New Marsh US Semiconductor, AI Compute Practice
- Trump’s Latest Tariffs Hit With New Lawsuit by 25 States
- Prediction Market Bets on Wildfires Draw Scrutiny From Senators
- TikTok Finalizing Trio of Settlements in Addiction Litigation
- Bring It On: AI Strategy Sways Underwriter Choices of Employers
- Lawsuit Says EEOC Has Halted All Federal-Sector Class Complaints
- UBS Fined $125M by US Regulators for Money Laundering Violations
- EEOC Moves to End Employer Reporting of Worker Race, Sex Data
- Hackers Hit Bitcoin’s Safest Hiding Place in Ongoing Attack
- NHTSA Says Some Older Ford Cars, SUVs Pose Unreasonable Safety Risks
- American Family to Acquire Bowhead Specialty in $1.2B Cash Deal
- Amgen Reports Theft of Patient Data in Cyber Incident
- OpenAI Finds Evidence Other AI Agents Escaped Containment as it Widens Probe
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