Pennsylvania Firefighters Back on Job After 6-Day Insurance Lapse April 17, 2026 The two volunteer fire departments serving the western Pennsylvania borough of Vandergrift have resumed responding to 911 calls. Mayor Lenny...
NYC Mayor Eyes City-Run Insurance Program for Affordable Housing April 17, 2026 New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani is seeking to lower the cost of property and liability insurance for affordable...
People Moves: PIA Arkansas’ Shearon to Retire as Executive Director April 17, 2026 The Professional Insurance Agents of Arkansas (PIA Arkansas) announced that Executive Director Staci Shearon will retire effective May 29, 2026,...
Michigan Updates Air Quality Risk System Ahead of Wildfire Season April 17, 2026 By Brian Allnutt/Planet Detroit After Canadian wildfires brought extremely poor air quality to Detroit in the summers of 2023 and 2025, Michigan is updating...
South Texas Cities Racing to Drill Wells Amid Historic Drought Crisis April 17, 2026 By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune As a historic drought in South Texas deepens, parched cities along the coastal bend are following Corpus Christi’s playbook and...
Midwest States Reel From Severe Storms April 17, 2026 By Mike Householder and Corey Williams Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway,...
Carnival Cruise Passenger Served 14 Shots Awarded $300,000 After Fall Down Stairs April 17, 2026 By Ed White Carnival Cruise Line should pay $300,000 to a former passenger after a federal jury in South Florida found that the...
Higginbotham Adds Alabama ‘Powerhouse’ Harmon Dennis Bradshaw Agency April 17, 2026 Higginbotham, the Texas-based insurance brokerage ranked as the 12th-largest broker in the country last year, has added Harmon Dennis Bradshaw...
Travelers Profit Rises on Stronger Underwriting, Lower Catastrophe Losses April 17, 2026 By Pritam Biswas Property and casualty insurance giant Travelers reported a jump in first-quarter profit, buoyed by robust underwriting gains and lower catastrophe...
Companies Scramble for Tariff Refunds as US Prepares to Launch Claim Process April 17, 2026 By Timothy Aeppel, Nicholas P. Brown and Christoph Steitz Jay Foreman said he’s “locked and loaded” for the U.S. government’s launch on Monday of a new system to refund...