Recent Insurance Industry News

Former Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding Attackers

• Trend of Fewer Insurance M&A Deals ‘Bottoming Out’: OPTIS

• NFL’s Rooney Rule Meets Biggest Challenge in Trump’s DEI Crackdown

• Commercial Lines Rates Continue to Soften, Says Ivans Index

• Study Finds ‘Alarming’ High Flood Risk for 17M Americans on Atlantic, Gulf Coasts

• DOJ to Loosen Marijuana Rules in Major Shift for $47B Industry

Europe’s Markets Watchdog Warns Cyber Threats Are Growing as AI Speeds Up Risks

• General Atlantic-Backed Indian Insurer Acko Eyes Up to $2.5B Valuation in IPO: Sources

• China’s 360 Hunts Software Flaws With AI, Echoing Mythos

• Stock Markets Are Too High and Set to Fall, BOE Deputy Governor Tells BBC

• Iran Fast-Boat Swarms Add to Hormuz Threats for Shipping

• UK Financial Sector Prepared for Mythos and Others, Says BoE Co-Chaired Group

CFTC Sues New York to Block Oversight of Prediction Markets

• Maine Governor Blocks First State Freeze on New Data Centers

• Mass. Top Court Upholds $56 Million Damages Award Against Philip Morris

• Northeast Flower and Fruit Farmers Grapple With Whiplash Weather

• New York to Lose $74 Million Over 33,000 Licenses for Immigrant Truckers

• NTSB Cites LaGuardia’s Runway Safety System in Collision That Killed 2 Pilots

Michigan Cleared in Lawsuit Over 2020 Dam Collapse

• Massive Ice Sheets Threaten Homes in Northern Michigan

• Inszone Acquires Michigan’s James R. Vozar Insurance Agency

• Midwest Soybean Farmers Face Financial Struggles Amid Rising Costs

• Drought and Wildfires Pose Threat to US Cattle Ranchers

• People Moves: Pekin Insurance Names Colvert as VP – Sales & Marketing

Tornado Tears Through Oklahoma Town, Damaging 40 Homes

• A 50% Surge in Zombie Oil Wells Prompts Texas to Crack Down on Toxic Water Leaks

• FTC Settles Case Against Anesthesia Company

• State Farm Paid a ‘Hail’ of a Lot of Claims in 2025

• AM Best Upgrades Credit Rating of Louisiana Farm Bureau

• Judge Rules to Temporarily Block Texas’ Smokeable Hemp Ban

South Carolina Senate Votes to Suspend $1M Liquor Liability Insurance Requirement

• Wildfires in Georgia and Florida Destroy 50 Homes and Force Evacuations

• Mississippi Law School Among First in Nation to Require AI Education

• As Planet Warms, IBHS Tests Homes to Find Best Protection From Wildfires

• Florida Sunshine: Big Improvement in Combined Ratio in 2025, Gallagher Says

• West Virginia Chemical Facility Reaction Kills 2, Injures 20

Water to Surge into Drought-Depleted Lake Powell But at Costs Elsewhere

• People Moves: Alliant Appoints Cusack as President, Alliant Property & Casualty

• As Planet Warms, IBHS Tests Homes to Find Best Protection From Wildfires

• Trump Says He’ll Probe Banks Over Response to LA Wildfires

• Roblox Settles With Three States For $35.8 Million Over Child Safety

• California Insurance Commissioner Race Has Diverse Field Amid ‘Insurance Crisis’