Recent Insurance Industry News

Trump Warns Against Tylenol in Pregnancy Over Unproven Autism Fears

• Murdoch Calls Trump’s Epstein Suit ‘Affront’ to Free Speech

• Neptune Insurance Eyes $2.8B Valuation: IPO

• Hershey Wins Lawsuit Claiming Reese’s Candies Aren’t Spooky

• AM Best: Commercial Auto Liability Drags Down Segment and it Could Get Worse

• Stellantis Detects Breach at Third-Party Provider for North American Customers

Europe Airport Chaos Highlights Rise in High-Profile Ransomware Attacks: Cyber Experts

• Drones That Shut Copenhagen Airport Flown by ‘Capable Operator’: Danish Police

• Shippers Warn Net Zero Plan Could Cost Over $300 Billion by 2035

• Hong Kong Braces for Fierce Winds as Super Typhoon Nears

• China’s EV Boom Saddles its Auto Insurers With Chronic Losses

• Wildfire Smoke Set to Cause Mounting Deaths and Economic Losses

Mutual Growth Strategy: Northern Neck Insurance to Acquire Frederick Mutual

• Maryland Man Charged in Ponzi Scheme Claimed He Knew Buffett’s Investments

• Jury Awards $83 Million in Asbestos Case Involving Ceramics Products

• New Jersey Requires Testing and Disclosure of Lead in Water Systems

• Court Upholds New York’s Gun Restrictions, Including Times Square and Subway Bans

• Insurer Says Tech Services Firms Should Pay for Insured’s Ransomware Damages

Illinois Labor Union to Pay $110K Over Race Discrimination Lawsuit

• Electric Tractors Gain Traction Among Farmers Seeking Eco-Friendly Options

• The MEMIC Group to Acquire The Dakota Group, Including Risk Administration Services

• WalkerHughes Insurance Adds Indiana’s Brady Benefits to Midwest Platform

• Researchers Uncover 140-Year-Old Shipwreck at Bottom of Lake Michigan

• CSB Issues Update on Fatal Explosion at Nebraska Biofuels Facility

Hundreds of Flights Snarled at Dallas Airports Over Equipment Issues, FAA Says

• People Moves: Alliant Adds Cox to Employee Benefits Team

• Texas Insurance Agent Pleaded Guilty After Stealing Premiums

• People Moves: IMA Financial Group Names Leadership Appointments in Houston Office

• Texas Cities and Counties Prepare for Budget Shortfalls

• West Texas Gas Falls to 14-Month Low as Negative Prices Persist

Florida Adjuster Convicted for Sending Carrier Checks to His Fake Firm

• Judge Clears Florida Officer in Shooting of UPS Driver, Citing ‘Stand Your Ground’

• NC Postal Worker Pleads to Lying About Work While Gaining $500K in Benefits

• Two More HO Insurers Join Florida Market, One Led by Former Metromile CEO

• Insurers Fighting $345M Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording at Issue

• NC Judge Orders Insurers to Pay $50M in TV News Helicopter Crash Death

California Couple Charged With Insurance Fraud, Identity Theft and Conspiracy

• People Moves: Courts Joins Alliant Retirement Consulting; Lalli Joins Alliant’s Southwest Employee Benefits Team

• California Won’t Replace Expiring $7,500 Federal EV Tax Credit

• Lawsuits Accuse Former California Megachurch Pastor of Child Sex Abuse

• Southern California Edison, Others Settle to Recover $2B Tied to Wildfires

• Waymo, Via to Offer Autonomous Public Transit Rides in Arizona