Trend of Fewer Insurance M&A Deals ‘Bottoming Out’: OPTIS April 27, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Insurance agency mergers & acquisitions in the first three months of 2026 were down 6% compared with the same period...
South Carolina Senate Votes to Suspend $1M Liquor Liability Insurance Requirement April 27, 2026 Eight years after South Carolina lawmakers forced a $1 million liquor liability insurance requirement on bars and restaurants, and one...
Former Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Aiding Attackers April 27, 2026 By Chad Hemenway A former ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to charges he helped a ransomware group extort tens of millions of dollars...
Tornado Tears Through Oklahoma Town, Damaging 40 Homes April 27, 2026 By Sean Murphy Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. “It is headed right for...
CFTC Sues New York to Block Oversight of Prediction Markets April 27, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued New York on Friday, accusing the state of invading its authority to regulate...
Water to Surge into Drought-Depleted Lake Powell But at Costs Elsewhere April 27, 2026 By Mead Gruver and Dorany Pineda Canyons in eastern Utah will churn this spring with huge volumes of water—as much as 50,000 toilets flushing constantly at...
People Moves: Alliant Appoints Cusack as President, Alliant Property & Casualty April 27, 2026 Alliant Insurance Services named Michael J. Cusack president of Alliant Property & Casualty. Cusack previously served as head of Alliant...
Maine Governor Blocks First State Freeze on New Data Centers April 26, 2026 By Aditya Soni and Mrinmay Dey The Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, on Friday vetoed a bill that would have made it the first U.S....
Massive Ice Sheets Threaten Homes in Northern Michigan April 24, 2026 By Sarah Brumfield and Corey Williams Large chunks of ice rammed into homes along Michigan’s Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall...
Inszone Acquires Michigan’s James R. Vozar Insurance Agency April 24, 2026 Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of James R. Vozar Insurance Agency. With offices in Athens, Quincy, and Union City,...