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Six-Month Review
Oct 6 2025 // An early look by AM Best at the financial results of the U.S. property/casualty industry revealed insurers recorded an estimated $11.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2025. That’s a...
Two High-Profile Personal Injury Law Firms Sue… Each Other
Oct 6 2025 // Insurance folks tired of personal injury law firms going after those “greedy insurance companies” might want a ringside seat for this one. Two high-profile Boston-area personal injury law firms are going after...
Two Delta Jets Collide While Taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
Oct 3 2025 // Two Delta Air Lines Inc. regional jets collided at low speed while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night, causing minor injuries to one flight attendant and prompting regulators to open an...
Two More HO Insurers Join Florida Market, One Led by Former Metromile CEO
Sep 23 2025 // Florida regulators have approved two new homeowner insurance companies, one led by a San Francisco tech entrepreneur and former head of Metromile auto insurance company. “I focus on companies that can successfully...
Two Years of IA Transformation: Viewpoint
Sep 22 2025 // This month marks two years since I officially took the helm at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) as president and CEO. This period since 2023 has been among the most...
Six States to Receive Federal Disaster Aid From Summer Floods
Sep 15 2025 // President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding...
Two High-Profile Personal Injury Law Firms Sue… Each Other
Sep 11 2025 // Insurance folks tired of hearing about personal injury law firms going after those “greedy insurance companies” might want a ringside seat for this one. Two high-profile Boston-area personal injury law firms...
Two Marquette Men’s Lacrosse Players Killed in Car Wreck
Sep 8 2025 // Two members of the Marquette men’s lacrosse team were killed in a car wreck Friday night near the school’s campus in downtown Milwaukee. Marquette officials confirmed that Scott Michaud and Noah Snyder died in...
Two Planes Collide Midair at Colorado Airport, Killing 1 And Injuring 3
Sep 3 2025 // One person was killed and three were injured when two small planes collided midair as they tried to land at an airport in northeastern Colorado, authorities said. A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 collided Sunday...
Ten Big Banks Defeat Antitrust Lawsuit in Over Bond Trades
Sep 3 2025 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of conspiring to rig corporate bond prices at the expense of ordinary investors, after the original judge recused himself because his wife...
Two More Beach Homes Near Collapse as Erin’s Waves Pound NC Outer Banks
Aug 22 2025 // Two homes on the North Carolina Outer Banks sit precariously in the high waves with their days seemingly numbered. Since 2020, 11 neighboring homes have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean. While the swells from storms like...
Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
Aug 22 2025 // Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while working at a site in New York City have filed lawsuits against two construction management firms they allege should be held responsible for the...
Six Killed in Michigan Collision Between Truck and Van Carrying Amish Group
Aug 18 2025 // A pickup truck went through a stop sign in rural Michigan and crashed into a van carrying members of an Amish community, killing at least six people, authorities said. The crash occurred last Tuesday afternoon in Tuscola...
Two Adults and Four Children Perish in Maryland House Fire
Aug 10 2025 // Two adults and four children perished in a house fire Sunday morning in Waldorf, Maryland, according to state officials. Two other adults escaped and one more was not home when the fire broke out, . The cause of the fire...
Two South Carolina Women Charged With Fake Hit-and-Run Scam
Aug 8 2025 // Two South Carolina women filed an auto accident claim with First Acceptance Insurance Co. in May and were paid more than $25,500 for bodily injury medical expenses. Then investigators found out that the women had...
Four Gabriel House Residents Sue Over Assisted Living Facility’s Deadly Fire
Aug 5 2025 // Two lawsuits have been filed over the tragic fire at a Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living facility that took the lives of 10 residents and injured 30 others on July 13, making it the state’s deadliest...
Two Men Charged with Staging Car Crashes for Insurance Money in New York City
Aug 1 2025 // Two Brooklyn men have been charged with staging three automobile accidents and then seeking insurance payouts from Allstate Insurance Co. for damages and purported injuries. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced...
Five Alabama Jail Medical Staff Indicted in Death of Mentally Ill Inmate
Jul 31 2025 // Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a concrete cell. The indictment unsealed Tuesday...
Two Georgia Men Denied Bond After Charged With Large Cache of Homemade Bombs
Jul 30 2025 // Two Georgia men, denied bond, are in jail awaiting court action after they were charged with possessing a large amount of homemade explosive devices. The Georgia Office of Insurance Commissioner and State Fire...
Two Youths Killed, Two in Critical Condition After Barge Hits Sailboat in Miami
Jul 29 2025 // Two youths at a Miami sailing camp were killed and two others were hospitalized after a barge struck a sailboat Monday. The Associated Press, The Miami Herald and other news sites reported that one adult and five kids were...
