Recent Insurance Industry News

Insurers Begin Restricting Privacy Coverage in Response to Evolving Risk

• Deal for Nuclear Reactors Raises Safety Concerns

• Universal Music Settles Lawsuit With AI Startup Udio

• Aon’s Q3 Organic Growth of 7% Outperforms Expectations

• People Moves: Tiesi Joins Canopius as US Head of Financial Lines

• Don’t Forget the Front Line: Why Insurers Need to Research the Agent Experience

Satellite Data Reveals Hurricane Melissa Damage in Jamaica

• The Fidelis Partnership Launches 2nd Lloyd’s Syndicate, Backed by PE Firm Blackstone

• France Makes New Arrests in Louvre Heist; Jewels Still Not Found

• Aon’s Q3 Organic Growth of 7% Outperforms Expectations

• Hurricane Melissa to Bring Wet, Windy Weather to Northern Europe

• Hot Weather Is Killing More Than Half a Million People a Year

Trump Administration Targets State Laws Shielding Credit Reports From Medical Debt

• Boston Weighs Clampdown on Driverless Taxis in Threat to Waymo

• Five Correctional Department Employees Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud

• AM Best Keeps Credit Ratings of NASW Insurance Co. Under Review

• Trial Starts in $40M Lawsuit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student

• Congress Shielded Gun Firms From Lawsuits. Some Blue States Eye Loophole

North Dakota Judge Says Greenpeace Must Pay $345M in Pipeline Lawsuit

• Detroit to Pay Nearly $6M in Death Connected to Bus Driver with Many Crashes

• Michigan Acquires Shipwreck Artifact in Unusual Settlement Agreement

• GM to Cut EV, Battery Production and 1,200 Jobs at Michigan Plant

• South Dakota Survival Bunker Renters Sue Owner Over Alleged Deceptive Practices

• People Moves: Alliant Names Lapinski to Employee Benefits Group

Wildfire Forces Rural Community in Southern Texas to Evacuate

• People Moves: Texas State Office of Risk Management Names Hays as Executive Director

• Texas Backs Permian Gas-Fired Power Plant With $1.1B Loan as AI Demand Soars

• EverPeak Launches Workers’ Comp in Arkansas

• Fermi Orders Four Big Nuclear Reactors in Texas

• Lawsuit Leads to Surrender of Texas Physician’s License over Gender-Affirming Care

North Carolina Public Adjuster Charged With Embezzling $130,000 Insurance Payment

• Alabama DOI Says Captive Moratorium Does Not Apply to Foreign RRGs

• Shaq Hacked: Shaquille O’Neal’s Custom Range Rover Stolen in Transport

• Adjuster Countersues Heritage Over ’60 Minutes’ Response While DFS Probe Stalls

• Monkeys Escape From Overturned Truck on Mississippi Highway

• Federal Judge in Mississippi Admits Staff Used AI to Draft Inaccurate Order

California Attorney General Charges Eight in Bay Area Auto-Theft Ring

• Washington Commissioner Issued $828K in Fines for Insurance Violations

• Washington Supreme Court Restores $185M Monsanto Chemical Leak Verdict

• FBI Searched California Real Estate Firm Linked to Bad Bank Loans, Lawsuit

• People Moves: Aspire Promotes Alam to Chief Financial Officer

• ‘Catastrophic’ Hack Underscores Public Defender Security Gaps