News for August 2025
- Uber, Lyft Drop Opposition to California Driver Union Bill
- France and Germany Reject Trump’s Threats on EU Tech Legislation
- Katrina’s Legacy: Louisiana Fortifies Itself Against the Next Storm
- US Farmers Are Pulling Back on Spending in Threat to Rural Economy
- A Texas Congressman Is Helping Musk Pitch $760M Tunnel Project for Flooding
- NOAA Develops Tool to Predict Hourly US Wildfire Hazards
- The Ghost of Hurricane Katrina Haunts Catastrophe Modelers
- After Fearsome Dust Storm Rips Phoenix Area, Trees Cleaned up And Power Restored
- California Jury Awards $2M to Protester Shot in Face With Nonlethal Projectile
- Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Landslides and Deaths in Vietnam and Thailand
- Kenya’s Britam Seeks More African Expansion After Imminent Congo Entry
- Markets/Coverages: Liberty Mutual Re, Safehub Launch Parametric EQ Insurance Cover
- Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Pushed Air Pollution to Decade-Level Highs
- Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely: Scientists
- Sierra Club Received Sex Harassment Complaint About Then-Chief Earlier This Year
- AM Best Affirms A+ Financial Strength Rating for Allstate Group Members
- US, Allies Step Up Fight Against North Korean Cyber Activities
- A Mississippi City’s Tax Break Spurred Post-Katrina Building. But Will Homes Stand?
- Aspire in California Secures Strategic Debt Financing From Comvest Partners
- New Vermont Law Halts Public Funds for Religious Schools. Is Litigation Ahead?
- People Moves: Mize to Lead IMA’s Wichita Office, Jamison Takes on Enterprise Role
- Husband and Wife Insurance Agents Charged With $700K Fraud Scheme
- People Moves: Novatae Risk Group Names Greggains as New Leader
- Vermont Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration for July Rainstorm Damage
- Telecom Outage Halted Arriving Flights at Newark Airport, FAA Says
- People Moves: Carpenter Taps Aon’s Goodman for Newly Created Role of Chief Client & Growth Officer; Aon Promotes Anderson as Head of Professional Services
- Former Alfa Agent in Georgia Pleads Guilty to Misusing Premium Payments
- Peloton Must Face Shareholder Lawsuit Over Post-Pandemic Outlook
- Ford to Recall Hundreds of Thousands of Vehicles Over Instrument Panel, Leak Issues
- Wildfire Burning in Central California Forest Area Is Latest Blaze of Concern
- DeSantis Unleashes ‘Florida DOGE’ in Quest to Kill Property Taxes
- TransUnion Says 4.4 Million Consumers’ Data Compromised in Hack
- Human Screwworm Case Poses No Risk to Agriculture, Says USDA Official
- Judge to Approve Syracuse Diocese’s $176M Bankruptcy Plan
- Wife Sues Hospital Over Husband’s Death From Legionnaires’ Disease
- Hurricane Remnants Threaten Swiss Alps With Floods, Landslides
- South Korea Agency Fines SK Telecom $97 Million Over Major Data Leak
- Anthropic Thwarts Hacker Attempts to Misuse Claude AI for Cybercrime
- Viewpoint: Why Reinsurance Industry Often Struggles to Manage Market Cycles
- Cyber Outlook Report Finds Gaps, Outlines Holistic Approach to Protections
- WV Commissioner Wants Input on What Coverages Should Be on Surplus Lines List
- Katrina 2005-2025: Property Policy Evolution
- Trump Delays Mercury Pollution Rule, Helps Texas Coal Plants
- Highstreet Joins Cornhuskers in Three-Year Food Bank Partnership
- Lottery for Louisiana Fortify Homes Program Grants Opening in Coastal Zone
- Viewpoint: Earthquake Insurance and Surplus Lines: Clarifying a Legal Grey Zone
- Man Staged Theft of His Own Vehicle for Insurance Money
- People Moves: Westfield Names Haagen as Chief Underwriting Officer
- Most Losses in Destructive Eaton Fire Tied to Conflagration Hazard, Report Shows
- EU Considers Secondary Sanctions to Hit Russia’s War Effort
- International Coalition Calls Out Three Chinese Companies Over Hacking Campaign
- How Climate Variability Threatens Corn Growers
- Crumbling Michigan Dam Reveals Potential Risks of Private Hydroelectric Ownership
- Texas Serial Arsonist Charged With Starting Hay Bale Fires
- Louisiana Governor: No ‘Immediate Danger’ After Auto Plant Fire
- 20 Years Later, Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Echoes in Models, Mitigation and Reforms
- West Virginia Lags Behind in Sites for New Businesses But That Is Changing
- Florida Uses Highway Weigh Stations as Immigration Check Points
- Sompo to Acquire Aspen for $3.5 Billion to Expand Global Access
- OpenAI, Altman Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in Teen’s Suicide
- Trump Tariffs Pile Pressure on Europe’s Industrial Base
- EU Auto Groups Press for Change to ‘No Longer Feasible’ Car CO2 Emission Targets
- Apple Watch Not a ‘CO2-Neutral Product,’ German Court Finds
- When Luck Runs Out: Where $100B Hurricanes Might Happen
- Anthropic Settles Class Action From Authors Alleging Copyright Infringement
- Woman Sentenced After Pleading to Arson in Six Fires in North Carolina
- Wealthspire Acquires California-Based Marin Financial Advisors
- Grange Insurance Association Seeks to Form Mutual Holding Company in Washington
- 3 Hyundai and 2 GM Products on Mercury’s Most Affordable New EVs to Insure List
- As AI Becomes Part of Everyday Life, it Brings a Hidden Climate Cost
- Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Connecticut’s Assault Weapons Ban
- States Say Trump Order Halting Wind Projects Defies Explanation
- New York Central Park Managers Support Eliminating Horse-Drawn Carriages
- Philadelphia Airport Reopens a Runway With System to Stop a Runaway Plane
- Trump Threatens Trucking Safety Funds for California, New Mexico and Washington
- Fire at Louisiana Auto Plant Forces Mandatory Evacuation Order
- Texas Bill Would Levy Stricter Penalties on Camps Following Hill Country Flood
- Tesla Rejected $60M Settlement Before Losing $243M Autopilot Verdict
- People Moves: Alive Risk Names Carroll Underwriting Director, Entertainment Programs
- WalkerHughes Acquires Missouri’s S&R Insurance
- People Moves: Miller Taps Howden’s Cumberland for Newly Created Role of Chief Broking Officer; HDI Global Promotes Tikhonov to Head of Marine Global Risk
- Federal Appeals Court Decertifies SC Class Action on Undervalued Totaled Vehicles
- Containment Increases on California Wine Country Wildfire
- Lawmakers, Unions Oppose Railroad Plan to Automate Track Safety Inspections
- Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy
- ‘Big Four’ Reinsurers Maintain Property-Cat Appetite, Despite Signs of Rate Softening
- Musk Sues Apple, OpenAI, Saying They Hurt AI Competition
- Azerbaijan Sounds Alarm Over Shallowing of Caspian Sea
- Japan FSA Plans New Division to Oversee Asset Managers, Insurers
- Squishmallows Maker, Build-A-Bear Call Truce in Plush Toy Legal Battle
- Kraft, Other Companies Beat Test Lawsuit Over Ultra-Processed Foods
- NCDOI Investigating Agency Over Complaints That Policies Weren’t Obtained
- California’s Long-Delayed Bullet Train Slated to Run in Central Valley by 2032
- California Labor Commissioner Cites LA Developers $2.3M
- False Reports of Campus Shooters Led to Lockdowns at Universities
- Federal Officials to Take Over Inspections When Boar’s Head Plant Reopens
- Trump Administration Weighs Sanctions on Officials Implementing EU Tech Law
- Washington Staffing Company Paying $217K in Religious Discrimination Suit
- China-Linked Hackers Hit Southeast Asia Diplomats, Google Says
- Farmers Insurance Data Breach Could Impact More Than a Million Customers
- AM Best Upgrades Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation to “A” Rating
- Northwestern Settles Hazing Scandal Lawsuit With Former Football Coach
- Emergency Recordings Show Chaos of Deadly Texas Floods
- Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment
- People Moves: AIG Appoints HP’s Hallworth Chief Digital Officer; FM Names Long CIO
- 20 Years After Katrina, Hurricane Risks to Gulf Coast Rising, Scientist Warns
- Florida Payroll Ops Head Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Avoid Taxes, Workers’ Comp
- TransUnion: Aggressive Shopping Continues for Home, Auto Coverage
- California Bill Would Require Restaurants to Disclose Food Allergens on Menus
- 21 Hospitalized After Bus Carrying Junior High Football Team Crashes Near Pittsburgh
- Musk, X Corp to Settle $500M Lawsuit Over Twitter Firings
- North Carolina Supreme Court Says Bars’ COVID Lawsuits Against State Can Continue
- NHTSA Probes More Than 1.4 Million Honda Vehicles Over Engine Failure
- Tour Bus Rollover Kills 5 on Highway in Western New York
- Ransomware Hack Hits Orange Telecom, Data Published on Dark Web
- Kazakhstan Presses on With $4 Billion Sulfur Fine on Oil Majors
- Aging US Railroad Bridges Are Self-Inspected and Findings Are Kept Secret
- Australia Has Banned 3 ‘Forever Chemicals’ – but Europe Wants to Ban all 14,000
- Typhoon Kajiki Nears Vietnam, Bringing Strong Winds and Rain
- Stricter Return-to-Office Policies Are Boosting Growth for Catering Providers
- FTC Chair Warns Tech Firms Not to Weaken Data Privacy to Comply With EU, UK Laws
- Alabama Court Cuts Tax Bill for Remote-Working Adjuster, But Questions Remain
- Waymo Gets Green Light to Test Robotaxis in Manhattan and Brooklyn
- NFL Boosts Security at Offices Following Shooting That Killed 4 Last Month
- Owner of Water Machine Manufacturer Charged in $275 Million Fraud Scheme
- Heat Draws Visitors to Death Valley, Where It’s Tough to Communicate Risk
- Missouri’s Mutual Insurance Companies Report Stronger Results in 2024
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Group
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- Rural California Wine Country Fire Burning Out of Control
- People Moves: Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MGA Optio Names Deloitte’s Hallett Head of Insurer Partnerships
- New Jersey Compensation Bureau Back Online After Cyber Incident
- Gymnastics Coach at Renowned Iowa Gym Accused of Sexual Abuse
- Postal Services Across Globe Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion
- Texas Lawmakers Advance Flood Bills With Grieving Parents in Attendance
- US Halts Visas for Truck Drivers After Fatal Florida Crash
- People Moves: Marsh Names Global, US Aviation and Space Leaders; Ryan Appoints Ferguson CEO of US Assure
- Two More Beach Homes Near Collapse as Erin’s Waves Pound NC Outer Banks
- Reinsurers Have Made Major Structural Changes to Improve Profits. Will Discipline Last?
- Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- ‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN
- Hurricane Erin Is Disrupting Both Europe’s Weather and Forecasts
- Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say
- Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Earns NAIC Accreditation
- Markets/Coverages: Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint
- How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk
- Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins
- People Moves: Montoya Joins Liberty Naranjo as VP, Producer; Alliant Human Capital Names Chalmers SVP
- Baltimore Channel Reopened After Ship Explosion Near 2024 Bridge Collapse
- ‘What About Legacy Admissions?’ Critics Ask as Trump Presses Colleges for Merit
- Just 35 Complaints of Debanking Cite Political Bias Despite Trump Order
- Bank of America Says Autonomous Vehicles Can Boost Insurers’ Profitability
- Honeycomb Launches in Minnesota
- Entergy to Build Three Gas Plants for Meta’s Biggest Data Center
- Texas Is Warning Health Providers to Stop Mailing Abortion Pills to State
- Trump $464 Million NY Civil Fraud Penalty Vacated on Appeal
- Green Shield Risk Solutions Launches Guardian Elite Home in California, Colorado
- Minnesota Sues TikTok Over Addictive Algorithms
- Erin’s Massive Waves Threaten to Isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks
- North Carolina Veterinary Hospital Explodes After Car Hits Gas Line, Police Say
- Accusations Fly About Immigration Status of Truck Driver in Fatal Florida Accident
- People Moves: QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims; Underwriting Agency Doe and Emuss Names Watmough as Professional Liability U/W
- Google Settles YouTube Children’s Privacy Lawsuit for $30 Million
- Scattered Spider Member Sentenced to 10 Years in String of Hacks
- Hurricane Erin to Menace Eastern US Beaches Into the Weekend
- Markets/Coverages: Willis Launches Global Digital Automatic-Follow Facility
- Climate Change Accelerates Melting of Italy’s Ventina Glacier
- Hackers Accessed 850,000 Orange Belgium Customer Accounts
- India’s Nayara Turns to Dark-Fleet Tankers and Russian Oil for Survival
- Greenwashing Complaint Filed Against Canadian Fossil Fuel Companies
- Litigation Funder’s Plan to Invest in Law Firms Called ‘Bad Policy,’ With Big Impacts
- How to Keep Small Business Insurance Customers From Jumping Ship
- Montpelier Flood Mitigation Plan Calls for Removing Dam, Restoring Floodplain
- People Moves: CREST Appoints Gibbs Relationship Development Manager
- Transgender Runner Sues NCAA and College for Removal From Track Team
- Arizona, Nevada and Mexico Will Again Get Less Colorado River Water in 2026
- Pennsylvania Finally Gets Its $200M Slice of Insurance Association’s Surplus Pie
- Court Says Immunity Shields Former New York AG From Malicious Prosecution Claims
- Viewpoint – AI Will Replace Most Humans, But Then What?: Jen
- AM Best Maintains Under Review With Negative Implications Status for UNAIC
- People Moves: Texas Mutual Elects Cogan to Board of Directors
- Midwest Gas Station to Pay $35K in Discrimination Case
- People Moves: NFP Tabs Ryan to Lead Complex Risk Business in Central and West Regions
- Southern California Faces Record Heat and Braces for Wildfires
- People Moves: Trucordia Promotes Greve to SVP of Marketing
- Delta, United Sued for Selling Windowless ‘Window Seats’
- Court Invalidates Maryland Digital Ad Tax for Blocking Tech Firms From Telling About It
- Connecticut House Fire Kills 2 Adults and 2 Children, Injures 5 Others
- Beshear Bans Designer Xanax Drug in Kentucky as AGs Urge Emergency Action
- Pivix Specialty Launches E&S Brokerage Unit With Gramm at Helm
- People Moves: Markel Canada Taps Berkeley’s Paris as VP, Product Line Leader – Primary Casualty; Hiscox Taps AIG’s Bud as Group Head of Technical Claims
- States Rethink Practice of Setting Speed Limits Based on How Fast Drivers Travel
- Tesla Drivers Can Pursue Class Action Over Self-Driving Claims, Judge Rules
- Markets/Coverages: MGA Coalition Launches Cyber Insurance in France
- People Moves: CNA Appoints Haas, Nardiello and Kim to Leadership Roles
- Hijacked Satellites, Orbiting Space Weapons: In 21st Century, Space Is New Battlefield
- Allianz Raises $1.25 Billion in Perpetual-Bond Litmus Test
- Renewables Battling Climate Change Now Need to Insure Against It
- Sentry Leases 105,000 Square Feet for The General’s Offices in Nashville
- Fatal Explosion at 110-Year Old U.S. Steel’s Plant Raises Questions About Its Future
- California Crafting New Auto Pollution Rules After Trump Attacks
- Musk’s SpaceX, Others Win Court Challenge to Labor Board’s Structure
- Insurance Matters Topped Disputes Handled by Oregon Consumer Advocates
- JPMorgan Must Face Claims Over Son’s Fleecing of Elderly Mom
- Ohio Healthcare Facility to Settle Race Discrimination Charge
- Ugly Corn Photos on Social Media Show Risk Posed to Record US Crop
- After Wildfire, Can Grand Canyon Mascot Be Restored?
- Texas Senate Passes Bills Aimed at Improving Flood Safety
- Texas Shows How Trump’s Anti-Green Moves Threaten a Red Economy
- People Moves: Howden Taps Hughes From IAG as CEO of New Zealand; BHSI Promotes Esa to Head of National Business, UK
- People Moves: B&R Welcomes New Vice President to National Property Practice
- W.R. Berkley Forms Professional Lines Unit, Berkley Edge; Names Secor as President
- Europe’s Wildfires Have Burned the Most Land in Nearly 20 Years
- People Moves: Geraci Takes Helm at FSLA, McCleary Named SVP at Alliant
- Renaissance Acquires Business of Evolution Partners
- Update: Another Carrier, Vision Insurance Exchange, to Set Up Shop in Florida
- Markets/Coverages: Ryan Expands E&O Program for Small, Medium Insurance Agents
- New York Marijuana Shops Sue State Over Mistaken Openings Too Close to Schools
- CVS Not Covered by Insurance for Opioid Lawsuits, Delaware Supreme Court Rules
- Qantas Airways Fined $59M for Illegal Pandemic Layoffs
- Markel Insurance Completes Sale of Reinsurance Renewal Rights to Nationwide
- Markets/Coverages: Inigo Provides Excess DIC/DIL Cover on Financial Fraud Policies
- Mumbai Drenched by More Rain as Highest Alert Issued for City
- North Carolina Man Charged With More Than $1M in Travel Insurance Fraud
- Newsmax Settles Dominion Defamation Case for $67M; Says It Couldn’t Get Fair Trial
- Insurance Agent Earned Town’s Trust. But Officials Say He Ran a $95M Ponzi Scheme.
- $3.75M to Estate of Unarmed Man Fatally Shot by Oregon Police
- Judge Strikes Down Trump Guidance Against DEI at Schools and Colleges
- Coastal Communities Restoring Natural Defenses Against Storm Surges, Rising Seas
- Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires
- Rockford Mutual Launches Commercial Insurance Offerings in Michigan
- Swiss Re Tops List of Largest Reinsurers on Its Shift to IFRS-17 Accounting: AM Best
- Temporary Barriers Spared Alaska’s Capital From Severe Flooding, Long-Term Fix Elusive
- Arthur J. Gallagher Completes $13.5 Billion Acquisition of AssuredPartners
- US Plans $750M Fly Factory in Texas to Stop a Flesh-Eating Cattle Parasite
- Six Killed in Michigan Collision Between Truck and Van Carrying Amish Group
- Michigan Man Wins $60M in False Charges Case
- Bayer Settles Sky Valley Cases Over Chemical PCB
- Markets/Coverages: Vortex Pays Out After a Mere ‘Trace’ of Rain
- People Moves: Insurance Women Chapter Forms in Western Massachusetts
- Georgia Commissioner to Fine 22 Health Insurers $20M for Lack of Mental Health Parity
- Maersk Contains Fire Onboard Vessel off Liberia, Intensifies Firefighting Efforts
- After Player Safety Report and $9M Jury Award, US Tennis Starts Coaching Program
- Private Credit: Apollo’s Fox Hedge Is Taking Financial Wizardry to New Level
- Northern China Flash Flood Kills 10, Xinhua Reports
- Gas Valve Failure May Have Led to Fatal US Steel Plant Explosion
- No End in Sight to Plastic Pollution Crisis as Treaty Negotiations in Geneva Fail
- Google Agrees $36 Million Fine for Anti-Competitive Deals With Australia Telcos
- Update: Hurricane Erin Strengthens, Threatens US East Coast With Rough Surf
- Texas Blames ESG Goals in Probe of Xcel Over 2024 Wildfires
- Carrier Revenue Growth Expected to Outpace Hiring in Next Year
- Tampa Woman Posed as Insurance Agent, Used App to Take Payments, Indictment Says
- New York City Reports 4th Person Has Died After Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- Trump’s Debanking Order Could Create Uncertainty for Banks, Sources Say
- People Moves: Chieppo Joins Mechanic Group; Foster Named Chair of NY Workers’ Comp Board
- Mercury Seeks 6.9% Rate Increase in Filing Based on New Cat Modeling Regulation
- DOJ Sues California to End Enforcement of Emissions Standards for Trucks
- Banking’s Ailing Climate Coalition Loses Ground in Europe
- Ohio’s Roehr Insurance Partners With Higginbotham
- OpenAI’s Sam Altman Expects to Spend ‘Trillions’ on Infrastructure
- Texas Economy Slowing Amid Trade Policies and Immigration Crackdown
- Texas Students Injured in School Bus Rollover Crash
- Chicago Launches Flood-Warning System as Rainstorms Intensify
- New Mexico Governor Declares State of Emergency in County Afflicted by Crime
- Aon Accused of Contributing to Collapse of Startup Vesttoo
- Alabama DOI Posts New Data Call on Liability Insurance
- West Virginia Will Finally Study How to Protect Communities After 2016 Floods
- Wanted: Tesla Autopilot Operators. $25-$30/Hour. Plus Family-Building.
- Accenture to Buy Australian Cybersecurity Firm CyberCX for Reported $650 Million
- PE Firm B.P. Marsh Invests in New Collateralized Reinsurer to Support Growth of XPT
- NFL Cannot Force Black Coach’s Racial Claims Into Arbitration, Says Appeals Court
- Toxic Spill at China-Owned Zambian Mine 30 Times Worse Than Estimated
- Delivery Drones May Soon Take Off With New FAA Rule
- Softening Continues for Most Commercial P/C Lines in Q2, Says CIAB
- Third Point’s Dan Loeb Wins Vote to Turn London-Listed Fund Into Reinsurer
- Rising La Niña Odds Point to More Hurricanes in the Atlantic
- Florida Peninsula Files for 8.4% Cut in HO Rates, 12% Drop in Condo Owners’
- Son Cashed Mom’s Workers’ Compensation Checks After She Died
- Brightstone Specialty Acquires RMS Hospitality and Fortis Risk
- Philadelphia Police Officer Wins Delayed Workers’ Compensation Claim for PTSD
- NFL Appealing Nevada High Court Ruling Allowing Gruden’s Lawsuit to Proceed
- 3 Firefighters Hurt as Fire Burned Historic Buildings in Salt Lake City Nightlife Hub
- Texas Crime Labs Say They Need More Resources for a THC Ban
- Milwaukee Area Recovers From Record Rain and Flooding
- Union Pacific Train Cars Derail Near Texas Town, No Injuries Reported
- Midwest Healthcare Company to Pay $1M in COVID Vaccine Mandate Case
- Plymouth Rock Adds Bass, Brooks to Independent Agency Leadership
- Markets/Coverages: Marsh Launches BrokerSafe for Freight Broker Auto Coverage
- Containment Grows on California Megafire, But Hundreds of Structures Threatened
- Fire Breaks Out Onboard Maersk Container Vessel off Liberia
- Trump Administration to Unveil Tougher Solar and Wind Subsidy Rules
- Aon’s NFP Acquires New York’s Pilot Benefits Group
- Family Killed When Tree Falls on Car in Flooding in East Tennessee
- Deadly Fires Rage in Greece and Spain as Heat Blasts Cyprus
- How Responders Rescued Steel Plant Workers; Search for Cause of Blast Underway
- Another Downgrade for State Farm General: S&P Lowers Rating to A-
- Norway Spy Chief Blames Russian Hackers for Dam Sabotage in April
- Australia Pension Fund Mercer Sued Over Customer Disclosures
- Swiss Re Sets Up Task Force to Monitor Tariff Impact
- Hong Kong Extends Record Rain Warnings as Podul Skirts City
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