National News for July 2025

• Neptune Adds Capacity to Bring Flood Insurance Product Nationwide
• Trump Nominates Two Lawyers to Seal Republican Control of US Labor Board
• Excessive Litigation Causes Surge in Liability Insurance Costs: Marsh McLennan CEO
• Ford Recalls Over 694,000 SUVs After Year-Long Fuel Leak Probe
• Former AIG Exec McElroy Faces Sexual Assault Charges in Vermont
• NHTSA Shedding More Than 25% of Employees
• Cybersecurity Bosses Grow Increasingly Worried About AI Attacks and Misuse
• Allstate Expects Another $2B Catastrophe Losses in Q2
• Marsh McLennan Reports Q2 Organic Revenue Growth of 4%, Down From Q2 2024
• Travelers Q2 Net Income Soars on Less Losses, Favorable Reserves
• Insurance Supervisors’ Group Seeks Collaboration to Cover Disaster Losses
• Trump Administration Sued by States for Cutting Disaster Prevention Grants
• Meta Investors, Zuckerberg Reach Settlement to End $8B Privacy Litigation Trial
• PE Firm Warburg Pincus Acquires Majority Stake in Keystone Agency Partners
• Progressive Q2 Income More Than Doubles
• The Hartford Promotes Chhabra to Chief Risk Officer
• Former Lloyd’s CEO Neal to Lead General Insurance as President at AIG
• First-Half 2025 Insured Losses From Natural Cats Hit $100B, Driven by US Events
• US Farm Agency Ends Program to Support Small Businesses
• New Book Proposes Four-Prong Legal Strategy to Negate Nuclear Verdicts
• Viewpoint: US Life Reinsurance Driven by Insurers Seeking Growth, Capital Optimization
• Diageo Calls Tequila Purity Allegation ‘Baseless’ as Lawsuit Proceeds
• Antitrust Enforcers ‘Get Out of the Way’ of Multibillion-Dollar Deals
• Commerce Department Launches Investigation of Drones, Setting Stage for Tariffs
• Trump Set to Outline AI Priorities in Speech Asserting US Edge
• Insured Losses From US Hurricanes Could Rise by 50% With Global Warming
• People Moves: WTW Appoints Lockner Strategic Client Advisor to AAIS; WTW Names Thibault ICT Director
• Many Ice Cream Producers to Phase Out Artificial Food Dyes by 2028
• US Vehicle Recalls Reach Highest Level in Over a Year
• NHTSA Opens Recall Query Into Over 27,000 Polestar 2 Vehicles
• Nursing Homes Struggle With Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
• Meta Investors, Zuckerberg Square Off at $8B Trial Over Alleged Privacy Violations
• GOP Lawmakers Press Trump to Speed Review of Chinese-Made Drones
• FEMA Flood Maps Often Miss Flash Flood Risks, Leaving Homeowners Unprepared
• Report Shows Excessive Heat Pushes Worker Injury Risk Sky High
• T-Mobile Ending DEI Programs as it Seeks FCC Approval for 2 Deals
• Microsoft Outlook Users Experience Hourslong Outage Impacting Email
• How Carriers Can Win More Retail Broker Biz: Report
• US Faces More Extreme Weather Events, but Is Society Doing Enough?
• CSU Hurricane Season Forecast Adjusted to ‘Slightly’ Above Normal
• People Moves: Arch Insurance NA Promotes 5 to Division Presidents
• Delaware Top Court Sides With Zantac Makers in Cancer Claims
• What Flood Insurance Does and Does Not Cover
• US Sanctions Target North Korean Fake-Tech-Worker Scheme
• US Chamber Report Examines Copyright Value and Piracy Harms
• Three Insurers Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2025
• Northeast Cities Ranked Riskiest in National Allstate Driving Report
• Trump Vows No Tariff Extension, Hardens Threats on Copper, Drugs
• US Tariffs Projected to Slow Global Economy and Insurance Premium Growth: Swiss Re
• MGAs by the Numbers: Fronting Biz, Nonaffiliated MGAs Drive Growth
• Insurtech Inshur Raises $35 Million From Trinity Capital for US Expansion, AI Tech
• Viewpoint: Rising False Advertising Claims Reveal Major Coverage Protection Gap
• Impostor Uses AI to Impersonate Rubio, Contact Foreign and US Officials
• People Moves: WTW Hires Kharkavets as North America Head of ICT Claims
• White Mountains Buys Majority Ownership of Distinguished Programs for $230M
• SEC, SolarWinds Reach Settlement to End Lawsuit Related to 2020 Breach
• Ram Pickup Recalls Investigated After Seven Injuries Reported
• US Warns of Blackout Risk From Killing Coal as Trump Snubs Renewables
• Erie Insurance Restores All Operations After Month Outage; Says No Data Breached
• Tax Increase on Litigation Funders Does Not Make Final Budget Bill
• A Look at Some of the Deadliest Floods in the US in the Last 25 Years
• MarketScout: Q2 Composite Personal Lines Rates Up 4.6%; Commercial Up 2.8%
• Marsh Suit Against Alliant Alleges Poaching of Commercial Surety Team, Accounts
• Big I Celebrates Continued Tax Deduction for Many Independent Agents
• Lululemon Gets Aggressive About Lookalikes With Costco Lawsuit
• A Majority of Companies Are Already Feeling the Climate Heat
• Aon’s Albert G. Ruben Joins Relation Insurance
• Reinsurance Renewal Prices Moderate as Capacity Exceeds Cedent Demand: Brokers
• Trump Asks SCOTUS to Allow Removal of Consumer Product Safety Commissioners
• People Moves: Liberty GTS Names Weiss Head of Americas; Arch Insurance NA Taps Kaufmann for US Marine Business; Costa to Lead Aspen Investor Relations
• Insurers Race to the Starting Line in the Dawn of the AI Decision Era
• Kraft Heinz Recalls Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Over Listeria Risk
• US Probes Ex-Ransom Negotiator Accused of Scheming With Hackers
• NOAA Delays Cutoff of Key Satellite Data for Hurricane Forecasting
• Google Owes $314 Million for Misusing Android Cell Phone Data
• Nationwide Completes $1.25B Deal for Allstate’s Stop-Loss Segment
• Viewpoint: Broker’s Key Takeaways From kWh Analytics’ 2025 Solar Risk Report
• People Moves: Kaminski Returns to Zurich NA to Lead Direct Markets; Chubb Names Williams Private Equity Leader; Trucordia Names Khanna CIO
• General Mills Changing Nature Valley Labels After Lawsuit’s Herbicide Claim
• How Much Does a Heat Wave Cost? Insurers and CEOs Want to Know
• DOGE Now Targeting SEC Policy, Eyes SPAC Rules, Sources Say
• Supreme Court Dealt Blows to EPA and Environmental Protections
• Truckers Fear Job Loss as New English Language Rules Take Effect
• Senate Strikes AI Regulation Ban From Trump Megabill
• Supreme Court Seeks Justice Department Views on Bayer’s Roundup Appeal
• Apple Loses Bid to Dismiss Justice Department Antitrust Suit

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