Insurance News from August 19, 2025
National News
Judge Strikes Down Trump Guidance Against DEI at Schools and Colleges
A federal judge last Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at...
Markel Insurance Completes Sale of Reinsurance Renewal Rights to Nationwide
Coastal Communities Restoring Natural Defenses Against Storm Surges, Rising Seas
CVS Not Covered by Insurance for Opioid Lawsuits, Delaware Supreme Court Rules
Newsmax Settles Dominion Defamation Case for $67M; Says It Couldn’t Get Fair Trial
International & Reinsurance News
Europe’s Wildfires Have Burned the Most Land in Nearly 20 Years
Four major heat waves, dry conditions and strong winds have turned Europe into a...
Qantas Airways Fined $59M for Illegal Pandemic Layoffs
Mumbai Drenched by More Rain as Highest Alert Issued for City
Markets/Coverages: Inigo Provides Excess DIC/DIL Cover on Financial Fraud Policies
People Moves: Howden Taps Hughes From IAG as CEO of New Zealand; BHSI Promotes Esa to Head of National Business, UK
East News
Insurance Agent Earned Town’s Trust. But Officials Say He Ran a $95M Ponzi Scheme.
For decades, Miles "Burt" Marshall was the man you went to see in a stretch of upstate...
West News
Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires
The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives...
Southeast News
North Carolina Man Charged With More Than $1M in Travel Insurance Fraud
Investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance last week charged a man...
Texas / South Central News
Texas Shows How Trump’s Anti-Green Moves Threaten a Red Economy
Deep-red Texas needs to build power plants at an astonishing speed and scale to keep...
Midwest News
Ugly Corn Photos on Social Media Show Risk Posed to Record US Crop
The US government is forecasting a record corn crop this year, but pictures of...