Recent Insurance Industry News

US, Allies Step Up Fight Against North Korean Cyber Activities

• AM Best Affirms A+ Financial Strength Rating for Allstate Group Members

• Sierra Club Received Sex Harassment Complaint About Then-Chief Earlier This Year

• TransUnion Says 4.4 Million Consumers’ Data Compromised in Hack

• Katrina 2005-2025: Property Policy Evolution

• Cyber Outlook Report Finds Gaps, Outlines Holistic Approach to Protections

Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Pushed Air Pollution to Decade-Level Highs

• Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely: Scientists

• Viewpoint: Why Reinsurance Industry Often Struggles to Manage Market Cycles

• International Coalition Calls Out Three Chinese Companies Over Hacking Campaign

• South Korea Agency Fines SK Telecom $97 Million Over Major Data Leak

• EU Considers Secondary Sanctions to Hit Russia’s War Effort

Husband and Wife Insurance Agents Charged With $700K Fraud Scheme

• New Vermont Law Halts Public Funds for Religious Schools. Is Litigation Ahead?

• Vermont Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration for July Rainstorm Damage

• Judge to Approve Syracuse Diocese’s $176M Bankruptcy Plan

• Man Staged Theft of His Own Vehicle for Insurance Money

• Telecom Outage Halted Arriving Flights at Newark Airport, FAA Says

People Moves: Mize to Lead IMA’s Wichita Office, Jamison Takes on New Enterprise Role

• Highstreet Joins Cornhuskers in Three-Year Food Bank Partnership

• People Moves: Westfield Names Haagen as Chief Underwriting Officer

• Crumbling Michigan Dam Reveals Potential Risks of Private Hydroelectric Ownership

• How Climate Variability Threatens Corn Growers

• People Moves: Alive Risk Names Carroll Underwriting Director, Entertainment Programs

People Moves: Novatae Risk Group Names Greggains as New Leader

• Trump Delays Mercury Pollution Rule, Helps Texas Coal Plants

• Lottery for Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Grants Opening in Coastal Zone

• Louisiana Governor: No ‘Immediate Danger’ After Auto Plant Fire

• Texas Serial Arsonist Charged With Starting Hay Bale Fires

• Texas Bill Would Levy Stricter Penalties on Camps Following Hill Country Flood

A Mississippi City’s Tax Break Spurred Post-Katrina Building. But Will Homes Stand?

• Former Alfa Agent in Georgia Pleads Guilty to Misusing Premium Payments

• DeSantis Unleashes ‘Florida DOGE’ in Quest to Kill Property Taxes

• WV Commissioner Wants Input on What Coverages Should Be on Surplus Lines List

• Woman Sentenced After Pleading to Arson in Six Fires in North Carolina

• West Virginia Lags Behind in Sites for New Businesses, but That Is Changing

Aspire in California Secures Strategic Debt Financing from Comvest Partners

• Most Losses in Destructive Eaton Fire Tied to Conflagration Hazard, Report Shows

• Viewpoint: Earthquake Insurance and Surplus Lines: Clarifying A Legal Grey Zone

• Wildfire Burning in Central California Forest Area Is Latest Blaze of Concern

• Wealthspire Acquires California-Based Marin Financial Advisors

• Grange Insurance Association Seeks to Form Mutual Holding Company in Washington