News for July 2026
- New York City Braces for Heavy Rain Tuesday After Weekend Floods
- Aon Ups Data Center Lifecycle Program Capacity Again: Now $5B
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- Former Italian Motorway Boss Among 32 Convicted Over 2018’s Genoa Bridge Tragedy
- FDA Walks Back Positive Lab Test in Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak
- NYC Reports 3 Deaths From Legionnaires’ Disease; Cooling Tower Cleaning Underway
- License Pulled for Utah Boarding School Where Paris Hilton Says She Was Abused
- Texas Hill Country Floods Test New Warning Systems After Last Year’s Deadly Disaster
- Yemen’s Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi Arabia
- Profitable 2025 Masks Challenges for Global Insurers, Says Bain & Company
- New Jersey E-Bike Registration, Insurance Requirements Now in Effect
- Private Equity Backing AGI, an AI-Enabled Platform for Faster Brokerage Growth
- Viewpoint: Do Heart Attack Patients Have More Micro and Nanoplastics in Their Blood?
- Update: Two Dynacom Tankers Attacked off Oman Amid Escalating US-Iran War
- Iran and US Widen Attacks, Raising Fears for Gulf Shipping and Water Supplies
- UK Financial Services Firms Sharpen Staff Scrutiny as New Misconduct Regime Looms
- Ohio-Based Toy Manufacturer Sued for Discrimination and Retaliation
- People Moves: Cottingham & Butler Expands Property & Casualty Leadership
- Texas Big Rigs Parts Distributor Faces $264K Fine After Worker Fatality
- Judge Won’t Block Meta From Laying Off Workers Who Filed AI Discrimination Suit
- Abbott Investigates Two Separate Cyber Incidents, Says No Operations Affected
- Walmart Removes Four Taylor Farms Salads as Recalls Spread
- Two Years in, Ortiz Steps Down as CEO of Florida Re
- California Utility Has Offered $750M in Program for Eaton Fire Victims
- Tropical Storm Watches Posted Across Florida’s Panhandle Region
- Sightseeing Helicopter Likely Hit Birds Before Crashing Into Hudson River
- Federal Appeals Court Rules New Jersey’s Assault Weapons Ban Is Unconstitutional
- Iran Renews Attacks on Gulf States After Another Night of US Strikes
- New Flooding Haunts Texas Hill Country a Year After Historic Disaster
- Kansas Man Sentenced to Probation for Insurance Fraud
- Q2 Net Income at Travelers Soars 46% on Less Catastrophes, Favorable Reserves
- Air Taxi Service Across Parts of Florida Moving Closer to Reality
- Texas Floods Kill Two, More Storms Forecast for Overnight
- People Moves: Canopius Hires Brown as Head of US Claims; World Insurance Names Milord Chief Broking Officer
- Florida Man Charged With $159,000 in Fraudulent Insurance Claims
- Rhine Rises After Rain, but Low Levels Continue to Hinder Shipping
- New York Sues 3M, DuPont, Other Firms for Funding of PFAS Cleanup
- Coca-Cola Suspends Fairlife Operations After Cyberattack
- West Hartford to Pay $20 Million to Settle Suit Over Kindergartener’s Death
- Kentucky Jury Awards $104M Verdict Against Online ‘Ghost Gun’ Maker
- US, Iran Each Attack Infrastructure in Risky Escalation of Conflict
- Taco Bell Lettuce From California Farm Supplier Linked to Cyclosporiasis Outbreak
- Global Energy Security at Risk if Strait of Hormuz Does Not Open in Weeks: IEA Chief
- London Broker Howden Plots Giant Capital Raise on IPO Path
- Man Charged With Arson for Fire at Philadelphia Islamic Center
- Wife of Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Out of Plane Window Recalls Incident
- Drones, AI and White Paint: Europe Races to Protect Infrastructure From Heat
- Viewpoint: The AI Ransomware That Couldn’t Get Paid
- US Aims to Set Guardrails for Autonomous Vehicle Behavior
- White House Unveils AI Clearinghouse for Cybersecurity Risks
- Americans Are Angry About Data Centers and Politicians Are Feeling the Pressure
- New York Approves 22% Workers’ Compensation Cost Reduction
- People Moves: Gabbay Elected to CopperPoint Board of Directors
- California Rivals Have Starkly Different Plans to Remake Home Insurance
- Texas Contractor Fined $343K Following Excavation Collapse
- Northeast Texas Counties Work to Form Groundwater District
- In Michigan, 100K Live Downstream of Old, Decrepit Dams
- Despite 2024 Ruling, Appeals Court Won’t Budge in Golden Corral COVID Case
- People Moves: IMA Adds Hanraads and Cook to Global Risk & Benefits Practice
- Michigan AI Data Center Project Sparks Debate Over Farmland Protection
- China Sends Robots Into the World to Learn How to Be Human
- In a Shifting Digital-Risk Landscape, Is Your GL Policy Leaving You Exposed?
- Iran, US Step Up Attacks, Though Release of American May Signal Path to Climbdown
- New Cases Slow in New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- Palm Beach Rejects Data Center Near Mar-a-Lago After Backlash
- Man Fleeing Immigration Officers in Florida Struck and Killed by Tractor Trailer
- HSB (UK & Ireland) Names Former Munich Re Exec Götz as Dir. of Strategy, Value Propositions; Antares Appoints Interim CEO After Death of van der Straaten
- AM Best Shifts Outlooks to Negative for Safety Insurance
- The Hanover Announces CEO Succession Plan; Roche to Retire at End of 2026
- London Offices Without AC Face New Price Risk Due to Heat Waves
- Iran Warns Strait of Hormuz Is a ‘Red Line’ and Will Resist Until the End
- People Moves: MEMIC Expands Northeast Underwriting Team with New Hire Rutledge
- India Bars Seafarers From Hormuz Voyages After Attacks
- People Moves: Canopius Appoints Moore US CEO; Sogliuzzo Hired to Head Howden Re North America Marine, Energy; ACORD Solutions Announces New Board of Directors
- Farmers Looks to Make it Easier for Consumers to Understand Insurance
- Cover Genius Raises $100M in Capital From Vista Credit Partners
- Progressive Q2 2026 Net Income Up 4%
- Florida Regulators Mulling New Rules on Market Conduct Exams, Reporting
- New Jersey Insurance Agents Are Not Exempt From Consumer Fraud Act: High Court
- Risk Theory Launches Jupiter Platinum Home E&S Product in California
- Busy Wildfire Season in West Tests Fire Bosses as They Juggle Resources
- PG&E Says Power Shutoffs Required in California on Wildfire Risk
- FDA Sued for Allowing Unauthorized Vaping Products
- UK Steps Closer to Creating ‘Internationally Competitive’ Captive Market
- NFP Acquires Ohio’s Total Benefit Advisors
- People Moves: Holmes Murphy Names Reavis as President
- People: Berkley Names Stock Head of Carolina Cas; FAIA Honors Lynch’s Years of Work
- Massachusetts Finalizes New Safety, Consumer Rules for Assisted Living Facilities
- Drought Pits Farms Against Towns and Industry in Scramble for Water in West
- Coalition Follows Allianz Deal by Expanding Cyber Solution for Large Companies
- Crash of Helicopter Fighting Colorado Wildfire Leaves Pilot Dead
- US to Launch AI and Cybersecurity Coordination Group, White House Says
- AI Backlash Builds in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Backyard
- Business Moves: Duck Creek Buys Send to Create Novel Agentic Solution
- After Hormuz, Iran Turns to Red Sea Gateway as New Pressure Point
- Russian Strike on Ukraine’s Odesa Kills Three as Moscow, Kyiv Battle Over Black Sea
- OpenAI Unaware of ‘Any Evidence’ Showing Apple Lawsuit Has Merit
- AI Bumps Power Cost 60% as Mega US Grid Fails to Hit Supply Goal
- India’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant Hit by Data Breach
- UK Sets Out Rules to Create Captive Insurance Regime
- People Moves: Everest Names Hanrahan Global Distribution & Chief Commercial Officer
- One Weather Firm Warns New England Could See Big Hurricane This Season
- Markets/Coverages: Lemonade Enters Maine and Vermont Renters Insurance Markets
- Canada Suspends Animal Exports From Texas Due to New World Screwworm Concerns
- Texas Braces for Heavy Storms One Year After Deadly Floods
- Indiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Victim of More Than $500K
- AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Arkansas’ WoodStar Reciprocal Exchange
- Antares’ CEO Michael van der Straaten Dies at 58
- Michigan Sues Water Services Company for Allegedly Submitting False Safe Reports
- Texas Contractor Cited After Worker Dies in Elementary School Crawl Space
- Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic 911 Calls
- After Biden Denied Alabama Coal Waste Bid, Trump Reverses Course
- Meta Used AI to Target Workers With Medical Conditions for Layoffs, Lawsuit Claims
- Russia Accuses Ukraine of Terrorism in Sea of Azov as Kyiv Opens New Front in War
- States Sue to Block Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros Discovery Deal
- Enterprise Risk Associates Buys up Florida-Based Insurance Solutions of America
- US P/C Industry Books Best Result in a Decade but Not All Lines Enjoy Success
- Chemical Tanker Stolt Magnesium Hit by Explosion off Omani Coast, Manager Says
- RockRose Risk Launches Mitigation-First Insurance Model for California Homeowners
- UAE Oil Tankers Attacked While Sailing Dark Through Hormuz
- Iran and US Launch New Missile Attacks, Battle Over Control of Strait of Hormuz
- People Moves: Clifford Takes On Expanded Role for NFP’s Construction Unit
- Canada Regulator Warns Banks About Cyber Risks of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
- KKR Joins US Consortium to Buy Australian Broker Steadfast in $5.3 Billion Deal
- People Moves: Baldwin Group Hires Pierce as Regional President for IAS
- FDA Urges Infant-Formula Makers to Tighten Supplier Oversight After Product Recalls
- Florida Property Tax Cut Plan Relies on Population Boom That Has Slowed Dramatically
- 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Are Insurers Ready for a Different $100B Disaster?
- Philadelphia Area Digs Out From Damage Left by Microburst Storms
- Markets/Coverages: Clach Casualty Seeks Habitational Properties in NY Free Trade Zone
- New York Construction Scare Shows Challenges of Converting Offices to Housing
- After Losing Job and Crypto, Man Falsely Claimed $1.3M From 107 Class Actions
- New York, Northeast Will See Temperatures Soar This Week
- Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center to 5 Gigawatts, Investment Crosses $50B
- Appeals Court Revives Private Lawsuits Linking Tylenol to Autism
- Oklahoma Opens Next Round of Grants for Fortified Roof Program
- Police Officer Sentenced for Role in Insurance Fraud Conspiracy With Other Officers
- Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Names Smith Ryan Specialty Renewables CEO
- Mile Auto Acquires Georgia’s Insurance House
- Trump Says US Reinstates Blockade of Strait of Hormuz After New Clashes With Iran
- Missouri Flooding Leaves One Dead, Forces Evacuation of Summer Camp
- NTSB: Both Engines Flamed Out Before Business Jet Crashed in Texas
- California Cannot Seek Damages From 23andMe Successor Over 2023 Data Breach
- Dangerous Heat Wave Threatens Oppressive Temperatures in Much of the US
- Markets/Coverages: Marsh Launches US Lead Umbrella Casualty Facility
- Seafarers Attacked in Strait of Hormuz Sue Shipping Company in Thailand
- Low Water Hampers Rhine River Shipping in Germany, Transport Costs Rise
- Ryanair Passenger Partly Sucked From Jet After Window Breaks
- Europe Battles Growing Wildfires After Relentless Heat
- China to See Unusually Active Typhoon Season After Bavi Passes
- Ships Transit Hormuz in Secret as US and Iran Trade Strikes
- New York Times Countersues EEOC Over DEI Lawsuit
- Ranking: Who Are the Insurance Industry’s AI Talent, Maturity Leaders?
- Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft in Pivotal Case
- UK to Directly Regulate Cloud Service Providers to Protect Stability of Financial Sector
- Remember the Fall of Patriot National? Trial in Suit vs. Mariano’s Lawyers to Begin
- Driver Sentenced for Insurance Fraud After Crash Caught on Dashcam
- California Insurance Commissioner OKs Upping Workers’ Comp Pure Premium 10.4%
- NYC Finds Legionnaires’ Bacteria at 31 Upper East Side Sites
- People Moves: Trucordia Names Roberts EVP, Health Benefits & Financial Services; Arrowhead Programs Adds Kaufman as SVP and Chief Actuary
- NJ Unfunded Mandate Council Did Not Have Authority to Void DWI Surcharge
- Company Ordered to Remove Thousands of Wind Turbine Blades in Texas
- Business Moves: MGA Fusion Specialty Acquired by UK Asset Manager Arrow Global; Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Canada’s Wilson M. Beck Insurance Services
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Kansas-Based Med James
- Dedicated Volunteers in Nashville Relay Calm, Straight-Talk Info During Dtorms
- DOL Proposes $3.5M in Fines for Safety Violations at Texas Chemical Facility
- Specialty Farmers Adapt Harvests to Extreme Heat
- NHTSA Warns 463,000 Kia Owners to Park Outside Over Fire Risks
- Planned Texas Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Many Countries
- US Files Proposed Deal With Keystone Pipeline Owner Over 2022 Kansas Rupture
- USDA Introduces More Crop Insurance Options for Forage Producers
- Trump Loses Bid to Delay Carroll’s $5 Million Trial Payout
- People Moves: DeCotis Welcomes Production Underwriter for Personal Lines
- California Real Estate Agent Sentenced in LA Wildfire Gouging Case
- Climate Models Become More Precise Even as Political Attacks Sharpen
- Damaged Manhattan Tower Owner to Reconstruct 15 Floors After Evacuation
- Western Europe Records Hottest June on Record, EU Scientists Say
- Southwestern Japan Prepares for Powerful Typhoon Bavi; Taiwan Expects Deluge of Rain
- US to Explore Allowing Driverless Cars Without Steering Wheels
- Catastrophic Storms to Test China’s Resilience in 2026, Scientists Warn
- Europe’s Financial Stability Watchdog Examining Private Credit Risks, Adviser Says
- El Niño Likely Strongest in 75 Years, US Forecasters Say
- Viewpoint: Second-Hand Risk – The Growing Threat of Used Equipment in Data Centers
- Conspiracies, Lies and US Influencers Drive UK Street Violence
- Fla. Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court on Compensability of a Workplace Shooting
- Two Florida Industry Veterans Launch Growth Platform for Agencies
- WCIRB: 2025 California Workers’ Losses and Expenses 102% of Earned Premium
- NY Fed Says Mid-Atlantic Firms Aren’t Done Passing on Tariff Costs
- Trucordia Acquires Assets of Dominion Insurance Services in California
- Illinois Governor Signs AI Regulation Bill That Aims to Mitigate Risks
- Texas Lawmakers Continue Push to Ban TCH Products
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Illinois’ National Group
- Brown & Riding Launches National Private Client Practice
- People Moves: HDI Global US Names Chief Underwriting Officers
- Boston Joins Suits Against Social Media Giants Alleging Harm to Students
- Hormuz Ship Insurance Demand Drops as Owners Get Nervous
- California Bill to Let Insurers Use Driver Telematics Mulled by Legislature
- Honda’s Insurance Agency Operations Stall, Services ‘Paused’
- Viewpoint: Insurance, Cybersecurity Are Twin Pillars of Resilience for iGaming Industry
- Amwins and Dragoneer Consortium Reaffirm $5.3B Bid for Australia’s Steadfast
- Hormuz Ship Traffic Grinds to Near Halt After US, Iran Strikes
- UK Water Regulator Finds Severn Trent Breached Wastewater Duties
- Deere Settles Lawsuit by FTC, States Over Equipment Repair Restrictions
- Coffee Trader Seeks to Shield More Vietnam Growers With its Specialty Weather Cover
- InsuranceDekho Said to Pick Banks for $400 Million India IPO
- UPS Never Required Detailed Inspection of Part That Failed in Louisville Crash
- Companies Must Address Self-Driving Car Interference With Emergency Vehicles
- Command Investigations Acquires CoventBridge Insurance Division
- Workers at Kentucky Candle Plant Not Limited to Comp Claims, Appellate Court Finds
- NYC Orders Pause of Construction on Damaged Midtown Office Tower
- Former Bucknell University Coach Charged in Death of Freshman Football Player
- Apple’s $30B Spend on Broadcom Chips Will Expand Colorado Factory
- People Moves: Vermont Mutual Adds Jarvis; Farley to Retire; Becker, Young to Advance
- Edison Gets Mixed Rulings on Bid to Spread Blame for LA Wildfire
- CSU Lowers Atlantic Hurricane Forecast to ‘Well Below Normal’
- Q&A With NYC Mayor and Officials on Structurally Compromised Midtown Building
- Some War Insurers Advise Shipowners to Pause Hormuz Voyages After Attacks: Sources
- AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Brotherhood Mutual
- Wisconsin Residents Affected by April Storms Eligible for FEMA Aid
- NYC to Publicly Identify Buildings Testing Positive for Legionnaires’ Bacteria
- Changes in Policy Language, Provisions Suppressing Claim Volume, Report Shows
- Clash of Florida Titans Pits Powerful Tribe Against Homebuilder Lennar
- Business Moves: ALKEME Expands in US With Addition of 8 Agencies
- Wildfire Risk Rises Across US West as Winds, Dry Lightning Build
- Labor Crunch Tests Growth Limits for US Data Center Builders
- 3 Firefighters Killed in Colorado Remembered for Bravery
- Connecticut Seeks Consultant to Explore Nonprofit Liability Insurance Options
- Damaged Qatari LNG Tanker Awaits Salvage After Strike as Hormuz Risks Escalate
- Allianz Unit to Cut as Many as 1,800 Jobs in Push to Adopt AI
- Developer Downplays Structural Concerns at ‘Unstable’ Midtown Manhattan Tower
- NYC Is Racing to Secure Unstable Midtown Manhattan Building
- London Moves to Expand Influence in $140 Billion ILS Market
- Private Equity Turns to Heat Detectives as Climate Risks Intensify
- Smith Brothers Insurance Expands With Addition of Norcom Agency
- Allstate Sued by Oklahoma for Alleged Scheme to Underpay Claims
- Supreme Court Lets Texas’ Age App Verification Law Stand
- Sequel Insurance Agencies Acquires Texas’ Watkins
- Merger Suits Stall Under DOJ Boss Who Opposes Blocking Deals
- Iran Tells UN It Has Right to Control ‘Parts’ of Hormuz Strait
- Ugandan Farmers to Challenge $5.6 Billion Pipeline in UK Lawsuit
- Premiums Will Skyrocket by 2035; Discounts Not Enough for Wind Mit, Studies Say
- Shark Attack on Alabama Teen Inspires Start of National Alert System
- Los Angeles Heat Builds Ahead of Hot Spell Across US Southwest
- People Moves: Chesapeake Employers’ Names Barnett to Leadership
- Judge Approves $46.75 Million Payout for 23andMe Data Breach Victims
- NTSB Finds No Engine Failure in Deadly Missouri Skydiving Plane Crash
- Sompo to Acquire Service Insurance Companies to Expand US Workers Comp
- Midtown Manhattan Buildings Evacuated After Collapse Warning
- LNG Tanker at Risk of Exploding After Two Vessels Struck Near Strait of Hormuz
- People Moves: AXA XL Appoints Rodliff as Chief Claims Officer, Americas
- Organized Jewelry Theft Ringleader in California Handed 16-Year Sentence
- Meta Says States Seek $1.4 Trillion in Penalties in August Youth Safety Trial
- Faster, Fiercer Wildfires Are Testing Evacuation Plans
- What 124 Future Business Leaders Really Think About AI and Work
- ANV Completes Acquisition of London-Based Iris Insurance Brokers
- US Cyber Agency Is Using Anthropic’s Mythos to Audit Government Code: Sources
- Banks’ Exposure to Heat-Related Losses Faces Scrutiny in EU
- CFC Names Former Direct Line Exec Winslow as Group CEO, Succeeding O’Shea
- Qatari LNG Ship Struck in Strait of Hormuz, Testing US Talks
- New York City Reports Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease Rise to 23
- Massachusetts High Court: Regulator Must Explain 14.6% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
- Louisiana Order Suspends Insurance Cancellations After Tropical Storm Arthur
- Farmers to Pay $2.8M to Settle TPCA Class Action Lawsuit
- Missouri Officials Advise Drivers on How to Prevent Auto Theft
- Financial Services’ AI Dangers Highlighted by UK Regulator’s Review
- Flood Risk Doesn’t Matter as Bargain Houses Tempt NZ Buyers
- Register: Risky Future AI Tools for Underwriting ‘Demo Day’ on July 8
- Microsoft Joins AI-Driven Tech Layoff Wave With 4,800 Job Cuts
- Trump Ramps Up War on Regulations With 702 Cuts in Pipeline
- New Autopsy of Baby Killed by Police in Mississippi Deepens Outrage
- Marshall+Sterling Sets Up New Regional Office in Fort Lauderdale
- Four Deaths in Two Years Has Raised Questions About Georgia Postal Center
- Bamboo Launches Essential HO2 Product in California
- Iowa Insurance Agent Charged With Identity Theft, Fraud
- Fatal Boat Capsizing Claims Three Lives in Wisconsin’s Geneva Lake
- People Moves: Shepherd Insurance Names Hill as CIO
- Allstate’s SquareTrade Europe Launches Licensed Insurer Headquartered in Brussels
- Texas Doesn’t Require Training for All Emergency Coordinators
- Deadly Screwworm’s Leap Into the US Mystifies Health Experts
- Insurers Avoid €580 Million Hit From Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts
- Hellman & Friedman’s Hub International Seeks $3 Billion in IPO
- Viewpoint: Methuselah Mutuals
- Europe Faces Weeks of Extreme Heat as Fire and Power Risks Build
- Japan-Linked Ships Escaping Hormuz in Convoy Through Iran Route
- People Moves: AIG Nabs Aon’s Williams for New Client, Broker Relationships Role
- New York City Investigating Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on Upper East Side
- Tiger’s Hospital Records to be Handed Over to Prosecutors in DUI Case
- Co-Owner of Maine Lumber Mill Dies of Injuries From Fire and Explosion
- Murdaugh’s Saga Continues With New Trial Date Set for April 5
- Google Loses Fight Against Record €4.1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine
- Europe Targets Shadow Fleet Tankers Falsely Using Cameroon Flag, Sources Say
- AI Poses Biggest Security Challenge of Decade, UK’s Cooper Warns
- FBI Probes Whether Alarum Unit Is Behind Co-Opted Home Devices
- Agent-Carrier Relationships Improving, Survey Shows
- Alabama DOI Lifts 16-Month Moratorium on New Captive Insurers
- Supreme Court to Weigh If States’ Assault Weapons Bans Violate Second Amendment
- AM Best Places Credit Ratings of Topa in California Under Review
- New Jersey Busts Alleged $8 Million Auto Theft Operation Involving 63 People
- California Bans ‘Sell By’ Food Labels to Cut Food Waste
- Washington Labor & Industries Opens Inspections at State’s Other Kraft Paper Mills
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