Hedge Funds Are Expanding Desks Designed to Profit From Natural-Catastrophe Risk June 8, 2026 By Gautam Naik When Mitesh Parikh, a headhunter at UK recruiter Selby Jennings, started looking for an ILS modeler for a large US...
Paramount to Face Legal Challenge From States on Warner Deal June 8, 2026 By Josh Sisco, Leah Nylen and Erik Larson The top lawyers for several states are drafting a legal challenge to Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion deal to buy...
Atlanta-Area Insurance Agent Charged With Taking Premiums, Giving Fake COIs June 8, 2026 A longtime Atlanta-area insurance agent has been indicted and arrested after allegedly keeping premium payments and issuing fake certificates of...
California Mortgage Servicer Settles for $4.6M Over Pandemic Foreclosure Violations June 8, 2026 A California mortgage servicer is paying $4.6 million to settle allegations it violated mortgage servicing and debt collection laws during...
Karen Read Sues Police Agencies That Investigated Her Boyfriend’s Death June 8, 2026 By Leah Willingham Karen Read has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police and the town of Canton, alleging misconduct and negligence...
Washington Commissioner Issued $167K in Fines in 2Q June 8, 2026 A Yakima insurance agent and an unauthorized insurance company are barred from doing business in Washington after Insurance Commissioner Patty...
California Governor Issues Executive Order to Prep Workers, Businesses for AI Disruption June 8, 2026 California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to attempt to deal with the impacts of artificial intelligence on workers...
Report: California Independent Medical Review Overturns 10.2% of Treatment Requests June 8, 2026 More than one-in-10 workers’ compensation treatment request denials in California were overturned by independent medical review, a new report shows....
Florida Governor Signs Bill Dropping Building Permit Requirements for Work Valued at $7,500 or Less June 8, 2026 Florida’s governor in May signed House Bill 803 into law, dropping building permit requirements for construction work valued at $7,500...
Three New HO Carriers and an Improving Condo Market in Florida, Reports Show June 8, 2026 Three new property insurance companies have entered the Florida market this spring, bringing to 20 the number of new carriers...