Texas Oil Executives Are Frustrated at Trump for Crushing Crude Prices April 9, 2025 By Kevin Crowley, David Wethe and Emma Sanchez The angry mutterings at the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s “Spring Swing” golf tournament this week weren’t all about missed putts...
Catastrophe Bonds Among Few Asset Classes Withstanding Meltdown April 9, 2025 By Gautam Naik A bond market designed around natural catastrophes is proving remarkably resilient to a man-made market meltdown. While most markets have...
Hackers Spied on 100 US Bank Regulators’ Emails for Over a Year April 9, 2025 By Margi Murphy and Jake Bleiberg Hackers intercepted about 103 bank regulators’ emails for more than a year, gaining access to highly sensitive financial information, according...
Markets/Coverages: MGA Helix Underwriting Launches Professional Lines Program April 9, 2025 Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd., the Bermuda-based managing general agent (MGA), has launched a professional lines program with a maximum line...
PointeNorth Expands With Three Alabama Agency Acquisitions April 9, 2025 PointeNorth Insurance Group, one of the largest and fastest-growing independent agencies in the Southeast, has acquired three agencies in Alabama,...
Judges Dismisses Former Governor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Miss. News Outlet April 9, 2025 A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him...
People in Miami’s ‘Little Venezuela’ Fear Moves Against Immigrants April 9, 2025 By Gisela Salomon Wilmer Escaray left Venezuela in 2007 and enrolled at Miami Dade College, opening his first restaurant six years later. Today...
State Farm’s California Emergency Rate Request Dropped to 17% April 9, 2025 By Susanne Sclafane Lawyers for State Farm General, the California Department of Insurance and Consumer Watchdog presented opening arguments in a hearing to...
Tariffs Threaten to Push US Home Insurance Rates Even Higher April 9, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman With the Los Angeles fires in January and last week’s severe storms that brought flooding and tornadoes to the Midwest,...
Pedestrian Traffic Deaths About 50% More Than a Decade Ago: Report April 9, 2025 About 50% more pedestrians were killed during the first six months of 2024 compared to a decade ago, although the...