for April 2026

• People Moves: PIA Arkansas’ Shearon to Retire as Executive Director
• Michigan Updates Air Quality Risk System Ahead of Wildfire Season
• South Texas Cities Racing to Drill Wells Amid Historic Drought Crisis
• Midwest States Reel from Severe Storms
• Carnival Cruise Passenger Served 14 Shots Awarded $300,000 After Fall Down Stairs
• Higginbotham Adds Alabama ‘Powerhouse’ Harmon Dennis Bradshaw Agency
• Travelers Profit Rises on Stronger Underwriting, Lower Catastrophe Losses
• Companies Scramble for Tariff Refunds as US Prepares to Launch Claim Process
• Beazley Plans $1B Marine War Consortium for Transiting Strait of Hormuz
• State of the Market – A focus on Public Entity
• Confronting the escalating threat of severe convective storms in 2026
• US-Iran Deal Will Take Months, Gulf and Europe Officials Say
• Europe Looks to Contain Trump’s Fury as It Hosts Hormuz Summit
• Spain’s Blackout Probe Blames Grid Operator, Government, Watchdog
• Reinsurers Least Successful Acquirers in Industry M&A: Analysis
• Nationwide: Consumers Say Insurance Should Evolve for Micromobility Vehicles
• Mythos Poses Risk to SEC Market-Tracking Database, Group Says
• UK Prepares for Food Shortages Caused by Iran War CO2 Crunch
• Bank of England Says it Is Testing AI Risks to Financial System
• Viewpoint: Japan’s $550B Bet on America—What it Means for the US Insurance Market
• Nord Stream Blasts Due to War, Say Insurers Seeking to Avoid Pay Out
• Three Sentenced in Bear-Suit Attacks Insurance Fraud Case
• 70 Vehicle Pileup on Colorado Interstate Sends 8 to Hospital
• Workers’ Comp Bureau of California Committee OKs 10.4% Hike in Pure Premium Filing
• Trump EPA Eyes Gutting Rules on Coal Plant Ash That Threatens Groundwater
• Florida Home Insurer Olympus Enters Catastrophe Bond Market
• NYC SantaCon Charity Fundraiser Was More Con Than Claus, Authorities Say
• House Advances Safety Bill Addressing Deadly Copter-Plane Collision Near Washington
• Texas Summer Camp Faces Scrutiny Over Failure to Report Deaths
• Inszone Acquires Kansas’ Insurance Resources Group
• Severe Storms Damage Communities From the Plains to the Midwest
• NYC Heat Builds as Midwest Faces Bigger Storm Threat
• Texas Sees Power Demand Quadrupling by 2032 on Data Center Boom
• Markets/Coverages: Allstate Offers Free ID Theft Protection; NFP Starts US Flood Practice
• AI Use in Cybersecurity Could Show Holes in Short Term, Says Fitch
• People Moves: Tokio Marine Kiln Promotes Spencer and Burgess to Lead Fine Art & Specie; HDI Global Taps Beblo From Everest as Global Head of Property Underwriting
• Grange Insurance Association Rebranding as Granwest Insurance
• Mustard Maker Caught Pumping Pollutants Into River for Years and Lying About It
• Toxic Gas-Emitting Plants Get Pollution Reprieve Under Trump
• Maryland Secures $2.2 Million Lead Paint Settlement From Tower Owner and Contractor
• Sanctioned Russian Oil Ships Using Fake Insurance, Ukraine Says
• Zantac Suits Tossed by Delaware Judge for Flawed Cancer Link
• US and Iran Weigh Truce Extension With Hormuz Still Shuttered
• Sweden Sees Russia Intensifying Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure
• ECB to Quiz Bankers About Risks of Anthropic’s New AI Model, Source Says
• Africa Trade Insurer Seeks $500 million to Help With Iran War Cost Increase
• Helvetia Baloise Set to Return $3.6 Billion to Investors to 2028
• Aon Expands Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program Capacity to $3.5B
• People Moves: Former Verisk CEO Stephenson Joins ZestyAI Board of Directors; WTW Appoints Li to North America PPCU Consulting Team
• With Falling Private Re Prices, Should Florida Let Insurers Buy Less From the Cat Fund?
• Viewpoint: Why Brokers Have Little to Fear and Everything to Gain From AI
• California Wants to Fund Green Jet Fuel — By Raiding Your Road Repair Budget
• With Compromise Expected, North Carolina Delays 68% Dwelling Rate Hike Hearing
• Wildfire Mitigation Designation Program Now Available in Florida
• Florida Surgeon Faces Manslaughter Charge for Allegedly Removing Wrong Organ
• On Second Thought, Maryland Won’t Expand P/C Claims History Rule
• Kingstone Expanding into California on an E&S Basis
• Maine Legislature Approves First State Moratorium on Big Data Centers
• Texas Restaurant Ordered to Pay $77K in Back Wages
• Britain May Extend Bans on Gagging Orders That Cover Up Workplace Abuse
• Camp Mystic Faces Scrutiny Over Lack of Evacuation Plan in Wake of Fatal Flood
• Rainfall Across Northern Michigan Heightens Concerns of Flooding, Dam Overflows
• People Moves: Friedman Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Employee Benefits Group
• World Insurance Associates Acquires Indiana’s Heuring
• NFP Acquires New Jersey’s Hamilton Group
• England Has 1.2 Million Buildings at Risk of Flooding With No Defenses
• Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming, but Can They Improve Forecasts?
• Progressive Q1 2026 Net Income Up 10%
• California Attorney General, DAs Warn About E-Bike Safety and Legal Requirements
• Viewpoint: Risk Segmentation to Cover Large Data Centers
• AI Ruling Prompts Warnings From Lawyers: Your Chats Could Be Used Against You
• Australian MedTech Firm EBR Systems Flags Possible Data Breach of Patient Records
• Italy Court Allows Class Action Against Meta Over Facebook Data Scraping
• Fire Departments Halt Service Due to Lapse in Workers’ Compensation
• Trump Says Talks With Iran Could Resume Soon, as US Blockades Iranian Ports
• Dutch Insurer Aegon Strikes $2.7B Deal to Sell UK Insurance Business to Standard Life
• Verisk: Insurance Claims Volume Fell to 5-Year Low in 2025
• CRC Group Adds Murphy as Casualty Broker; Peachtree Group Names Morey VP
• With Florida Businesses Facing Higher Costs, Is Premium Financing an Answer?
• Bodies of 2 Workers Found Days After Collapse at Hospital Parking Garage
• Personnel Staffing to Pay $155K in Sex Discrimination Charge
• Seven States in West Added to IBHS Expands Wildfire Prepared Program
• World Insurance Adds C&A Agency Serving New York’s Diverse Communities
• People Moves: Marsh Gives CFO McGivney Added COO Role, Names Griffith Global Logistics Lead, Marsh Risk; Costonis Is Resource Pro President of Insurance Solutions
• Vehicle Complexity Complicates Auto Valuation, Says JD Power
• Public Interest Groups Backing California Homeowners Insurance Bills
• Tesla’s Gigafactory Water Use Surges in Austin as New Chip Plant Looms
• Farmers Face Local Opposition to Host Solar
• Trucordia Acquires Louisiana’s JJL&W Insurance Consulting
• Missouri Waste Management Company to Settle Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
• People Moves: Aon Commercial Risk Taps Reed From Howden as CCO in UK; BHSI UK Names Kirby Country Manager and Nixon to Lead Exec & Professional Lines
• Albertsons Reaches $774 Million Opioid Accord, Records Loss
• NC Suspect Charged With Arson After Dousing Woman and House With Gasoline
• Middle East War Spotlights Florida’s Fuel Supply Vulnerability
• Millions of Rockstar Games Business Records Stolen, Hacking Group Says
• USGS: Magnitude 5.7 Quake Strikes in Nevada, Aftershocks Likely
• Canadian Insurers Push Owners to Fortify Homes, Urge Carney to Prioritize Climate Risks
• Tankers Pass Strait of Hormuz on First Day of US Blockade, Data Shows
• Update: US, Iran May Resume Talks This Week Despite Port Blockade
• Bessent, Powell Warned Bank CEOs About Anthropic Model Risks, Sources Say
• Trump Suit Over Wall Street Journal Epstein Story Dismissed
• Update: Here’s a List of Non-Iranian Oil Tankers Transiting Hormuz Since Start of War
• Uber Faces Second Driver Sexual Assault Trial Following $8.5M Verdict
• The Account Manager Bottleneck: Why More Tools Aren’t Fixing Brokerage Work
• Medicare Open Enrollment 2026: Market Risks and Distribution Channel Strategies for Insurance Agencies and Carriers
• The Alliance’s Control of Risk Now Available in Self-Paced Format
• Data Centers Offer a Potential $10 Billion Windfall for Insurers
• Austria Races to Secure Power Supplies as ‘Peak Water’ Looms
• Florida Mobile Home Insurance Market Still Struggling With Premiums, Coverage
• Report: California Has Largest Flood Coverage Gap in US
• Federal Aid Available for Washington Residents Impacted by Floods
• Pennsylvania Approves 1.2% Workers’ Compensation Costs Reduction
• Connecticut Senate Confirms Hershman as Insurance Commissioner
• Connecticut High Court: Injured Rental Car Occupants Covered for Uninsured Motorist
• Prosecutor Identifies Victim in Fatal Shooting at New Jersey Chick-Fil-A
• People Moves: Everest’s Izzo Joins AXIS as CCO; Liberty Mutual Elects Canney to Board of Directors
• Jury Orders Abbott to Pay $70M in Preterm Infant Formula Trial
• Lululemon Slips as Texas Announces Probe of ‘Forever Chemicals’
• Bamboo Insurance Launches Condo Owner Offering for Californians
• IBM Agrees to Pay Government $17 Million in DEI Settlement
• Markets/Coverages: DUAL UK Enhances Cyber Binder With Increased Limits
• China’s Ping An Seeks to Sell $1 Billion Software-Focused PE Assets
• Wall Street Banks Try Out Anthropic’s Mythos
• An Omaha Sinkhole Went Viral but Hundreds of Others Fall Under the Radar
• Oklahoma State Softball Team Bus Involved in Fatal Crash
• Lodestar Launches as Independent TPA Brand Within Old Republic
• 1 Killed, 6 Injured in Shooting at Chick-Fil-A in New Jersey
• Miami’s Mandarin Demolished to Make Way for Luxury Towers
• Iran Threatens to Retaliate Against Gulf Ports for US Blockade
• Bank of England Set to Discuss Anthropic’s Mythos With Banks
• Oil Tankers Steer Clear of Hormuz Ahead of US Blockade
• From Inbox to Quote — Automating the P&C Submission Journey
• Trump Blockade of Iran Ports Risks Widening War to High Seas
• Trump Approves Disaster Requests for at Least 7 States; Others Wait
• OpenAI Identifies Security Issue Involving Third-Party Tool Axios
• Worsening Ocean Heat Waves Are ‘Supercharging’ Hurricane Damage, Study Finds
• Causey Says Recommended Lindberg Restitution ‘Not Enough’ for Harm Caused
• Electric Bills in Coal Country West Virginia Now Top Mortgage Payments
• Hedge Fund Money Is Reshaping a 180-Year-Old Insurance Model
• Vineyard Wind Sues to Block GE Vernova From Abandoning Wind Farm
• California Utility Bills Are 20% Higher Due to Wildfires
• Five Charged With Murder in Deadly California Fireworks Warehouse Blast
• Meta Must Face Massachusetts Lawsuit Alleging Social Media Harms Children
• Declarations
• Sole Proprietor Need Not Notify Insurer of Comp Injury by Deadline
• Rapper Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Ohio Deputies
• Michigan School District Settles Suit Over Pledge of Allegiance Dispute
• My New Markets
• What Insurance Decision-Makers Actually Want from Marketing Content
• What Matters in Recruiting
• Oh, the Places You Can Go in Insurance
• What to Do About the Homeowners Insurance Crisis?
• SMBs Particularly Exposed to Rise in Privacy Litigation, Report Says
• How Delaware Courts Shape D&O Exposure
• Next Generation: Why Education, Culture and Opportunities for Growth Matter
• Fostering Talent Growth Through Generational Knowledge Transfer
• Improving Communication with Carriers
• 2026 Viral Work Trends
• AI Disintermediation
• 5 Ways for Insurance Brokers to Avoid Liability to Clients
• Insurance Broker Valuations: The Elephant in the Room
• People
• Business Moves
• About to Take Off? Legal Fights Emerge Over Toxic Fumes on Flights
• Insuring Agreements vs. Exclusions
• Loss Trends Outpacing Pricing Assumptions: Other Liability Analysis
• Meta Loses Insurance for Defense in Major Social Media Addiction Litigation
• Former Farmers Agent Sued by Insurer Over Sharing Confidential Data
• Jury Finds New Orleans Attorneys Guilty in Staged Auto Accident Scheme
• Florida Man Faked Brain Injury for Years in Attempt to Gain $6.6 Million in Auto Insurance Payout
• A Little Behind Schedule, But Execs Say Sypher Insurance Is on Track for a mid-May Debut
• Iowa AG Sues Meta Over Alleged Deceptive Practices on Instagram
• Inszone Acquires Oklahoma’s Schuessler
• Markel Expands in Australia With Office in Perth
• Missouri Fossil Company Owner Accused of Disability Fraud
• Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Colorado Over State’s New AI Law
• Florida AG to Investigate ChatGPT After Gunman May Have Used it Before FSU Shooting
• Recent Auto Recalls From Hyundai, GM, Ford, VW Total Over 1 Million Vehicles
• Texas Officials Investigating Complaints Against Camp Mystic
• DOJ to Settle Texas Predatory Lending Scheme Without Compensating Victims
• Prosecutors to Subpoena Tiger Woods’ Rx Drug Records After Florida Arrest
• Big Tech Puts Financial Heft Behind Next-Gen Nuclear Power as AI Demand Surges
• Colorado State Forecasters See Below-Average Hurricane Season
• Abbott Jury Awards at Least $53 Million in Infant-Formula Trial
• Zurich Austria Launches Branch in Poland
• Dubai’s DIFC Introduces Temporary Economic Support for Business, Retail Community
• Iran Demands Lebanon Ceasefire, Unfreezing of Assets Before Peace Talks
• A Toll for Using Hormuz Would Be a ‘Dangerous Precedent’, UN’s Ship Agency Says
• US E&S Growth Slows Again; Declining Berkshire Volume Tops Leaders
• People Moves: Chubb Names Rampe Global Head of Claims; The Hartford Promotes Burns to Lead Enterprise Sales and Distribution
• NYC Helicopter Crash Prompts Push for New Tourist-Flight Rules
• Parents Charged After Child Is Hurt Crawling Into Wolf Area at Zoo
• AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Oswego County Mutual
• Toilet Paper Warehouse Fire Investigators Review Viral Video
• Good News for Nonprofits as Liberty Mutual Foundation Launches $600M Endowment
• People Moves: Insurance Advisory Partners Names Caltavuturo as Partner
• Judge Tosses PETA’s Lawsuit Against American Kennel Club Over Dog Breed Health
• People: The Doctors Company Names Hayes Interim SVP of Claims
• Wildfires Race Across US as Drought Spans Half the Nation
• Maryland Reaches Settlement With Ship Owner, Operator Over Bridge Collapse
• Jacksonville Contractor Charged With Underreporting Payroll by $2 Million
• LexisNexis: Synthetic Identity Fraud Rises Significantly in 2025
• The Fidelis Partnership Launches Capital Solutions Business, Led by Howden’s Gammoh
• Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Jeopardize Iran Truce; Talks Planned but Strait Still Shut
• Florida’s Prestige Trucking Insurance Acquires Mulligan, an AI Automation Platform
• Kansas Woman Sentenced to Probation for Insurance Fraud
• People Moves: IBC Insurance Appoints Zepeda as Business Development Strategist
• Texas Summer Camps Sue to Block New Internet Rule
• DOJ Top Antitrust Litigators Exit After Ticketmaster Accord
• Trump Appeals Civil Fraud Ruling, Citing Former Lawyer’s Testimony Doubts
• China Confirms Three Ships Passed Through Strait of Hormuz
• What Is a Comparative Rater?
• Israel Intensifies Lebanon Strikes With Ceasefire in Doubt
• Paramount President Jeff Shell to Depart After Lawsuit Scandal
• Hormuz Stays Blocked for Now as Hundreds of Ships Seek Exit
• Shippers Rush for Hormuz Insurance After Truce Deal, Broker Says
• Anthropic Touts AI Cybersecurity Project With Big Tech Partners
• FDIC Lays Out Guidelines for Institutions Issuing Stablecoins
• SEC Enforcement Activity Drops Dramatically as Agency ‘Resets’
• Gallagher Clarifies Non-Ownership of Florida Firm Guilty of Bogus ACA Sign-ups
• Contractor Faces $4.6 Million in OSHA Fines After Fatal Trench Collapse
• People Moves: Booher Named President & CEO of CopperPoint Insurance
• Berkshire-Owned PacifiCorp Wins Ruling That Could Reduce Oregon Wildfire Damages
• Judge Trims Wrongful Death Suit Claims Over Spicy Chip Challenge
• California Workers’ Comp Bureau Upping Fee for Special Inspections
• Nantucket Flight Returns After Part of Cabin Door Opens Midair
• Another State, Tennessee, Warns Insurers About the Proper Use of Drone Images
• Texas Cannabis Businesses Sue State to Block Smokeable Hemp Ban
• South Dakota Construction Company Sued Over Whistleblower’s Firing
• Waco Business Earns TDI’s Lone Star Safety Award
• NFP Acquires Minnesota’s Sherman
• Investors Press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on Water, Power Use in Data Centers
• UBS Loses Bid to Limit Liability for Nazi-Linked Crimes, Judge’s Ruling Shows
• Risk Strategies Claims Ex-Employees’ Talent and Customer Raid Has Cost It $900K
• Russia-Linked Hackers Hijack Routers to Steal Passwords, UK Says
• Resuming Normal Shipping to Take 6-8 Weeks Once Middle East Stabilizes: Hapag-Lloyd
• Markets/Coverages: Marsh Risk Enhances Cyber Facility With Up to $200M of Capacity; Willis Launches End-to-End Solution for Data Center Owner, Operators
• 5 Ways to Reduce Operating Costs and Get More Control Over Your Insurance Loss Ratio
• Maersk Cautious on Strait of Hormuz Shipping Despite US-Iran Ceasefire
• US, Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire as Israel Escalates Parallel War in Lebanon
• Shipowners Eye Hormuz Truce With 800 Vessels Still Trapped
• Traveling for Business? Don’t Forget to Pack Your Emergency Preparedness Plan
• Truck Rates at Highest Since 2022 Add to Inflation Pressures
• Viewpoint: The Missing Link in Commercial? No Paper Trail is Costing Insurers
• Convicted Insurance Mogul Lindberg Should Pay $1.6B Restitution to Companies
• Toilet Paper Warehouse in California Destroyed by Fire; Employee Arrested
• How Maine Regulators Say They Saved Residents $5.8 Million on Insurance
• US Warns of Iran-Linked Cyber Hacks on Water, Energy Systems
• Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Seitz Insurance in Montana
• NYC Mayor Wants to Crack Down on ‘Bad Landlords.’ First He Has to Find Them
• Avalanche Experts Question Decisions by Guides on Deadly California Backcountry Trip
• Two Firefighters Killed in Collision During Search for Missing Woman
• Google Adds Mental Health Tools to Gemini Chatbot After Lawsuit
• California AG Opposing Oil Pipeline Special Permit to Waive Safety Regulation
• Markets/Coverages: INSTANDA MAX Launched for Commercial Lines Insurers; Novacore Launches Aerospace Segment
• Strong Underwriting, Investment Income Bolster P/C Income in 2025, Says Moody’s
• House Explosion in Illinois Kills Three People
• Kentucky Insurance Agent Charged With Keeping Church’s Premium Payments
• Coffee Bar Owes Back Wages for 36 Workers Over Tip Pool Violations
• India Plans Sovereign Guarantees for Insurers as Iran War Hikes Shipping Risks: Sources
• People Moves: ALDOI Names Tompkins Consumer Services Manager
• GAO: Wind Risk Linked to Larger Insurance Premium Jumps Than Wildfire
• Insurer Nationwide Operating Income Up 37% in 2025
• Police Chases Result in 8 Deaths in a Week, 4 of Them in Alabama
• Texas Department of Insurance Helps Stop $400M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Deere Settles Right-to-Repair Lawsuit With $99 Million Fund, Repair Commitments
• Airline Pilots Must Be Given Final Say on Flying in War Zones, Aviators’ Group Says
• King Risk Partners Acquires Its Sixth Connecticut Agency
• China Targets Taiwan’s Chip Tech to Evade Global ‘Containment’: Taipei Government
• Risk & Insurance Education Alliance Opens Nominations for Outstanding CSR of the Year 2026
• Here’s a List of Gulf Energy Infrastructure Damaged in Iran War
• IEA Chief: Current Oil and Gas Crisis Worse Than 1973, 1979, 2002 Together
• ‘A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight,’ Says Trump, as Iran Defies Looming Deadline
• Maker of Stanley Tumblers Prevails in Lawsuit Over Lead Scare
• Yes, Motorist Can Sue for Pothole Injury if the City Knew, Mississippi High Court Says
• Connecticut Weighs P/C Insurance Surcharge to Fund Local Infrastructure Resilience
• Record Low Colorado Mountain Snow Doesn’t Bode Well for Drought-Stricken West
• Iowa Contractor Charged for Public Adjusting Without a License
• San Francisco House Prices Hit Record $2.15 Million on AI Boom
• As Coastal Homeowners Stock Up on Sand, Those Near Cranberry Bogs Pay Price
• Jones Day Law Firm Says Hackers Accessed Some Clients’ Data
• NHTSA Ends Probe Into Tesla Remote Driving Feature After Software Updates
• DOXA Buys Florida-Based Jupiter Underwriting Group
• US, Iran Study Ceasefire Plan as Deadline Nears on Trump’s ‘Hell’ Threat
• Georgia Lawmakers to Let Property Owners File Claims Over Homeless, Immigrants
• AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Federated Mutual
• Vehicle Hits Revelers During Lao New Year Celebration in Rural Louisiana
• California Wildfire Almost Fully Contained as Evacuation Orders Lifted
• Oklahoma Junior College Sued Over Death of Basketball Player
• EPA, HHS to Monitor Drinking Water for Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals
• Old Republic Opens New Company for Specialty Property
• US Doubles Hormuz Reinsurance Guarantees to $40 Billion With New Partners
• March Sadness: 20,000 New Englanders Lose Out on $50 Million in Refunds
• Private Credit Sector Stresses Could Be Catastrophic, but Not Just Yet
• Trump Risks Confidence in US Role as Guardian of Global Shipping
• The 4 Vision Pillars of Cotality’s Product Innovation
• CFPB Prepares Final Lending Rule to Narrow Civil Rights Protections
• FBI Calls Breach of Sensitive Agency Networks a ‘Major Incident’
• People Moves: Liberty Mutual Restructures Leadership of GRS, LMI
• Hands-Free Driving Systems Do Not Improve Safety, NTSB Says

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