Recent Insurance Industry News

Progressive Is Biggest Auto Insurer, Surpassing State Farm, Says S&P GMI

• Tech, Modeling Prove Value-Add to Broker-Client Relationships: McGill’s Karg

• IICF Names Lowery-Biggers CEO

• It’s a Good Thing? Martha Stewart to Get Into Home Insurance With Hint

• Consumers Sue Amazon for Not Refunding Trump Tariff Costs

• Viewpoint: ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment for Cannabis – What to Know About Murray v. Cresco

Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Shipping Insurance for Hormuz Strait

• Iran War Saddles Global Companies With $25 Billion Bill – and Counting

• Evergrande Liquidators Seek $8.4 Billion From PwC International in Hong Kong Court

• EY Pays Over £100 Million to Settle NMC Health Legal Claim

• UK Firms Should Take Steps to Limit Risks From Frontier AI Models, UK Says

• Disaster Resilience Investment Has Touched $100 Billion in Asia

Shipbuilder, Baltimore Officials Seize Upon Criminal Charges Against Dali Manager

• FAA Admits Faulure to Act on Warnings Before Jet-Copter Collision That Killed 67 People

• New Virginia Ban on ‘Assault Firearms’ Prompts Lawsuits From Gun-Rights Groups

• CopperPoint Insurance to Acquire Surety Specialist General Indemnity Group

• Justice Department Accuses Yale Medical School of Illegally Using Race in Admissions

• Maine Mourns 27-Year-Old Firefighter Killed in Lumber Mill Explosion

Michigan Secures $108M Settlement With Monsanto for PCB Contamination

• Investigation Launched into Fatal Small Plane Crash in Northeast Ohio

• Illinois Man Receives $300K Settlement From Dog Attack

• Walmart to Pay $230K in Illinois Disability Hiring Discrimination Settlement

• Howden Acquires Indiana-Based Cybeta

• People Moves: Alliant Insurance Services Adds John Montague to Midwest Benefits Team

Texas Chick-fil-A Franchisee Sued for Religious Discrimination

• Defense Department Delays Texas Wind Projects, Citing National Security Concerns

• City of Austin to Pay $35M to Men Wrongly Accused in Yogurt Shop Murders

• New Law Requires Insurance Rate Filings in Oklahoma to Undergo Review Process

• Dallas Exurb Hits Pause on Data Centers in Rare Texas Rebuke

• Louisiana Officials Agree to $4.8M Settlement in Death of Black Motorist

Jury Trial is There if Corporations Need it, Appeals Court Finds in WV Opioid Case

• Safepoint Exec Pay, Slide’s Stock Sell-Offs Getting Attention in Florida

• Miami Condo Developer Kapoor Changes Plea to Guilty in $89 Million Fraud Case

• Inszone Acquires Florida’s Coastal Insurance, Shepherd Moves to New Bradenton Office

• Georgia Insurance Agent Kept Comp Premiums, Gave Fake COIs, Board Says

• Tennessee Solar Ranch Aims to Prove Grazing Under the Panels Is Sunny Side Up

Volvo Group Agrees to $197M Settlement With California Over Excess Truck Emissions

• Washington Commissioner Issued $167K in Fines in 2Q

• Denver Runway Fatality Reveals a Weakness in Airport Security

• 34,000 PG&E Customers Without Power on California Fire Risk

• Study: California Workers’ Comp Claim Costs Continue to Rise

• Lake Tahoe Power Crunch Shows AI’s Growing Energy Toll in West