Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles August 26, 2025 A federal appeals court has decertified a class of plaintiffs in a South Carolina lawsuit alleging that Progressive Insurance undervalued...
Containment Increases on California Wine Country Wildfire August 26, 2025 Containment has increased on a rural California wine country wildfire that was burning out of control and threatening thousands of...
Lawmakers, Unions Oppose Railroad Plan to Automate Track Safety Inspections August 26, 2025 A U.S. railroad industry plan to rely more heavily on technology instead of humans to conduct routine track safety inspections...
Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy August 26, 2025 By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the...
‘Big Four’ Reinsurers Maintain Property-Cat Appetite, Despite Signs of Rate Softening August 26, 2025 By L.S. Howard Europe’s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – are maintaining their appetite for property-catastrophe...
7 Ways Producer Data Helps Carriers Determine Broker Compensation August 26, 2025 By Regina Stephenson The first most expensive aspect of an insurance carrier’s business is claims—no surprise there. But often the second most expensive...
Musk Sues Apple, OpenAI, Saying They Hurt AI Competition August 26, 2025 By Madlin Mekelburg Elon Musk accused Apple Inc. and OpenAI in a lawsuit of unfairly favoring the artificial intelligence company across iPhones and...
Azerbaijan Sounds Alarm Over Shallowing of Caspian Sea August 26, 2025 By Nailia Bagirova Rapid falls in the level of the Caspian Sea are affecting ports and oil shipments and threatening to inflict catastrophic...
Japan FSA Plans New Division to Oversee Asset Managers, Insurers August 26, 2025 By Mari Ishibashi and Hideki Suzuki Japan’s financial regulator plans to set up a division to oversee the asset management and insurance industries, as part of...
Squishmallows Maker, Build-A-Bear Call Truce in Plush Toy Legal Battle August 26, 2025 By Blake Brittain Jazwares, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned maker of Squishmallows, has agreed to end a lawsuit against Build-A-Bear Workshop over its alleged knockoffs...