AM Best Calls $1.54 Billion Mapfre-Safety Marriage ‘Strategically Compelling’ July 28, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson Ratings analysts at AM Best see the pending acquisition of Safety Insurance Group by Mapfre as “strategically compelling” as the...
Zurich CEO Says Staff Let Go as Regulator Finma Imposes Partial Sales Ban July 28, 2026 By Noele Illien and Jan-Henrik Förster Zurich Insurance Group AG let go of more than 12 employees amid enforcement proceedings by the Swiss regulator Finma, Chief...
Rapidly Expanding Howden Says Miami to Be Americas Headquarters July 28, 2026 Howden, the international brokerage that made a much-talked-about entrance into Florida last year with the alleged poaching of more than...
Johnson & Johnson Announces $5.5 Billion Settlement of Talc Lawsuits July 28, 2026 By Dietrich Knauth Johnson & Johnson said on July 27 it would pay an estimated $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of...
War Risk Insurance Costs Surge for Southern Red Sea Voyages After Houthi Attacks July 23, 2026 By Jonathan Saul The insurance cost of shipping goods through the southern Red Sea doubled for some companies on Thursday, after Yemen’s Iran-aligned...
Texas Flood Destroyed 135 Homes in Kerr County, Governor Says July 22, 2026 By Katlyn Ma, The Texas Tribune Swift-moving floodwater destroyed or heavily damaged 135 homes in Kerr County, Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday from Kerrville after taking...
Allstate’s $1.7M RICO Claims Fraud Suit Merits Trial, Not Arbitration: NJ High Court July 21, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson New Jersey’s high court has ruled that Allstate Insurance has a right to a jury trial for its fraud and...
Berry Producer Driscoll’s Sued Over Alleged Greenwashing, Use of Forever Chemicals July 21, 2026 By Chad Hemenway The world’s largest berry company will have to face a class-action lawsuit for supposed “greenwashing” after it allegedly failed to...
Models Stripped of Insurance Cover for Club’s Unauthorized Use of Their Images July 21, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson The insurer for Mr. Happy’s Cafe is smiling because a federal court has found it is not obligated to defend...
FDA Walks Back Positive Lab Test in Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak July 20, 2026 By Kristina Peterson, Jessica Nix and Daniela Sirtori The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday withdrew an earlier positive test that had tied Taylor Farms’ lettuce to the...