The Hartford To Acquire Equitable’s Employee Benefits Biz August 5, 2026 In a deal designed to boost The Hartford’s growth in the small and midsized employer segment, the Connecticut-based insurer announced...
Law Restricts Her From Reducing ‘Excessive’ $91M Injured Worker Award, Judge Finds August 5, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson A Massachusetts judge has declined to reduce the $91 million damages award she approved last September for a construction worker’s...
German DHL Cargo Plane Hits Object as Drone Found at Leipzig Airport August 5, 2026 By Peter Hobson and Helen Clark A DHL cargo aircraft hit an unknown object as it was climbing away from Leipzig/Halle airport in eastern Germany overnight,...
AI Now Fuels Over Half of Africa’s Cybercrime, Study Finds August 5, 2026 By Ruth Olurounbi Artificial intelligence is fueling more than half of cybercrime in Africa, enabling criminals to launch faster, more sophisticated attacks as...
Danube River Hits Record Lows and Threatens Romania, Hungary Nuclear Plants August 5, 2026 By Andra Timu, Thomas Escritt, Daniel Hornak and Andrea Dudik The green excavator scooped another heap of arid dirt and rocks before swiveling around to deposit the load onto barges...
Yemen’s Houthis Say They’ll Target Tankers in Northern Red Sea August 5, 2026 By Alex Longley and Omar Tamo Yemen’s Houthi militant group said it would attack Saudi oil tankers in the northern Red Sea, a potential fresh escalation...
Allianz to Buy UOB Asset Management Unit as CEO Targets Asia August 5, 2026 By Manuel Baigorri, Leonard Kehnscherper, Elffie Chew and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen Allianz SE agreed to buy the asset management unit of Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Ltd., marking the German insurer’s second...
People Moves: Chubb’s Westchester Announces Leadership Appointments; Fields to Lead New Marsh US Semiconductor, AI Compute Practice August 5, 2026 Chubb announced key executive appointments within Westchester, the company’s wholesale excess and surplus (E&S) lines business in North America. Dave...
Trump’s Latest Tariffs Hit With New Lawsuit by 25 States August 5, 2026 By Erik Larson A group of 25 states filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs that went into effect last...
Prediction Market Bets on Wildfires Draw Scrutiny From Senators August 5, 2026 By Lydia Beyoud and Zahra Hirji A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing...