Recent Insurance Industry News

Chubb Q2 Net Income Jumps 33% on Premium Growth, Underwriting

• ‘We’ll Have to See How This Plays Out,’ Says CEO Berkley on MGA Competitors

• Big I: Independent Agencies’ Market Share Shows Small Decline

• Lawsuit Says Clorox Hackers Got Passwords Simply by Asking

• Prior Knowledge Ends Filmmaker Baldoni’s Coverage for Harassment Claims: Insurer

• Attempts to Reform Litigation Funding Disclosure Continue on the Hill

World Court Is Poised to Mark Future Course of Climate Litigation

• Italy’s Top Court Says Climate Case Against Eni Can Continue

• AI Should Run on 100% Renewable Energy by 2030, UN Chief Says

• UK Plans to Ban Public Sector Bodies From Paying Ransom to Cyber Criminals

• British Business Slows Climate Action, Sees Government Net Zero Agenda as Unrealistic

• HP Lost £730 Million After Buying Mike Lynch’s Autonomy, Judge Says

New Hampshire Gunmaker Immunity Law Could Factor Into Sig Sauer Lawsuit

• Meta Investors Settlement With Zuckerberg Takes Heat Off Delaware

• Fashion Startup Founder Charged With $300M Fraud Freed on $1M Bail

• Trump Sues Wall Street Journal and Murdoch for $10B Over Reporting on Epstein Ties

• Woman, 66, Is 10th Person to Die After Massachusetts Assisted-Living Facility Fire

• Man Dies After Heavy Chain Around Neck Pulls Him Into MRI Machine

NTSB Blames Cellphone Distraction for Mississippi River Barge Collision

• 8th Circuit Upholds Verdict Against Nebraska Trucking Company in ADA Violation Case

• Insurer Says it Has No Duty to Defend Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting Lawsuit

• Trump Exempts Scores of Plants From Biden’s Pollution Rules

• Ground Squirrel Overpopulation Poses Threat to Minot, North Dakota Residents

• Iowa Public Adjuster Charged With Forgery and Identity Theft

Texas Senate Doubles Down on THC Ban

• Camp Mystic Deaths After Floods Darken a Cherished Texas Tradition

• Louisiana Cancels $3B Gulf Coast Repair Funded by Deepwater Horizon Settlement

• People Moves: Novatae Names Arora as VP Data, Business Intelligence & Innovation

• Missing Persons Count From Texas Floods Down to 3

• Texas Mutual’s Ward Elected to NCCI Board of Directors

11th Circuit Upholds $1.75M Verdict Against Church Mutual on Georgia Roof Claim

• KBRA Upgrades AmCoastal Debt Ratings, Reducing Interest Expenses

• NC Expands FORTIFIED Roof Grant Program With Another $20 Million

• New Georgia Workers’ Comp Rules Took Effect in July, Aiming at Clarity, Consistency

• The New Approach to Hurricane-Strong Homes? Concrete Walls But Affordable

• Police: Florida Man Firebombed Insurance Agency, Is Linked to Competing Agency

Homes Charred to Rubble in LA Fires Are Given New Life Through Recycling

• Heffernan Insurance Brokers Acquires Pac Global Insurance Brokerage, Inc.

• People Moves: Wolfenberger Joins Alliant as VP in California

• Tesla to Fight California’s Claim It Overhypes Autopilot

• Arizona Governor Tours Wildfire Destruction Along Grand Canyon’s North Rim

• Alaska Air Resumes Flights After IT Outage Led to Grounding