Recent Insurance Industry News

US E&S Growth Slows Again; Declining Berkshire Volume Tops Leaders

• Wildfires Race Across US as Drought Spans Half the Nation

• Good News for Nonprofits as Liberty Mutual Foundation Launches $600M Endowment

• People Moves: Chubb Names Rampe Global Head of Claims; The Hartford Promotes Burns to Lead Enterprise Sales and Distribution

• SEC Enforcement Activity Drops Dramatically as Agency ‘Resets’

• LexisNexis: Synthetic Identity Fraud Rises Significantly in 2025

Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Jeopardize Iran Truce; Talks Planned but Strait Still Shut

• Shippers Rush for Hormuz Insurance After Truce Deal, Broker Says

• Hormuz Stays Blocked for Now as Hundreds of Ships Seek Exit

• China Confirms Three Ships Passed Through Strait of Hormuz

• Israel Intensifies Lebanon Strikes With Ceasefire in Doubt

• The Fidelis Partnership Launches Capital Solutions Business, Led by Howden’s Gammoh

Parents Charged After Child Is Hurt Crawling Into Wolf Area at Zoo

• Judge Tosses PETA’s Lawsuit Against American Kennel Club Over Dog Breed Health

• NYC Helicopter Crash Prompts Push for New Tourist-Flight Rules

• AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Oswego County Mutual

• People Moves: Insurance Advisory Partners Names Caltavuturo as Partner

• Maryland Reaches Settlement With Ship Owner, Operator Over Bridge Collapse

Kansas Woman Sentenced to Probation for Insurance Fraud

• South Dakota Construction Company Sued Over Whistleblower’s Firing

• NFP Acquires Minnesota’s Sherman

• House Explosion in Illinois Kills Three People

• Iowa Contractor Charged for Public Adjusting Without a License

• Old Republic Opens New Company for Specialty Property

People Moves: IBC Insurance Appoints Zepeda as Business Development Strategist

• Texas Summer Camps Sue to Block New Internet Rule

• Waco Business Earns TDI’s Lone Star Safety Award

• Texas Cannabis Businesses Sue State to Block Smokeable Hemp Ban

• Texas Coffee Bar Owes Back Wages for 36 Workers Over Tip Pool Violations

• Texas Department of Insurance Helps Stop $400M Medicare Fraud Scheme

Gallagher Clarifies Non-Ownership of Florida Firm Guilty of Bogus ACA Sign-ups

• Jacksonville Contractor Charged With Underreporting Payroll by $2 Million

• Florida’s Prestige Trucking Insurance Acquires Mulligan, an AI Automation Platform

• Convicted Insurance Mogul Lindberg Should Pay $1.6B Restitution to Companies

• Viewpoint: The Missing Link in Commercial? No Paper Trail is Costing Insurers

• Another State, Tennessee, Warns Insurers About the Proper Use of Drone Images

Toilet Paper Warehouse Fire Investigators Review Viral Video

• People: The Doctors Company Names Hayes Interim SVP of Claims

• Berkshire-Owned PacifiCorp Wins Ruling That Could Reduce Oregon Wildfire Damages

• People Moves: Booher Named President & CEO of CopperPoint Insurance

• California Workers’ Comp Bureau Upping Fee for Special Inspections

• Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Seitz Insurance in Montana