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		<title>Santam Drops US Investment as Property-Rate Dip Damps Outlook</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/09/03/883859.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avatar Holdings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santam Ltd.]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Santam Ltd. has paused its foray into the US as a decline in property premium rates in the world&#8217;s biggest economy forced South Africa&#8217;s largest general insurer to rethink its expansion plan. It discontinued investments into Avatar Holdings, a London-based &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Q2 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Keep Dropping, Except for US Casualty</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/07/23/878716.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[L.S. Howard]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marsh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marsh global insurance market index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research and Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft market]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Global commercial insurance rates dropped by 6%, on average, in the second quarter of 2026, following a 5% decline in Q1 2026, according to Marsh&#8217;s latest Global Insurance Market Index (GIMI). Property rates declined by 12% in Q2, while casualty &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wildfire Risk Rises Across US West as Winds, Dry Lightning Build</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/07/08/876665.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowners insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Strong winds and dry thunderstorms are raising the risk of fast-moving wildfires across much of the U.S. West, where forecasters warned conditions will favor new ignitions and rapid fire spread through Thursday. An elevated fire-weather outlook, Level 1 on the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3 Firefighters Killed in Colorado Remembered for Bravery</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/07/08/876658.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[losses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[With wildfires burning across many Western states, wildland firefighters gathered to pay tribute to three of their own who died after they were trapped by flames a week ago. Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson were remembered on Sunday &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Week-Long  LA Warehouse Fire That Impacted Air Quality and Businesses Knocked Down</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/25/875300.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A fire near downtown Los Angeles that has affected the health of nearby residents and caused businesses economic harm for more than a week was knocked down Wednesday night, fire officials said. A fire at a 491,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Smoke From LA Warehouse Fire Affecting Residents, Businesses</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/24/875132.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business interruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liability]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Smoke continues to billow from a fire at a massive warehouse in Los Angeles, drawing complaints about air quality from residents and interrupting nearby businesses. A fire at a 491,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse located near homes in Boyle Heights continues &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LA Warehouse Fire That Prompted Shelter-in-Place Orders Still Burning</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/23/874950.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liability]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Seven days into a fire at a large frozen-food storage facility near downtown Los Angeles, firefighters began moving parts of the exterior walls to try to gain access but they have yet to enter the building, officials said. Firefighters continue &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Progress Made on LA Warehouse Fire That Prompted Shelter-in-Place Orders</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/22/874788.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Firefighters are making progress on a large blaze at a warehouse that blackened the skies near downtown Los Angeles and prompted shelter-in-place orders in the area due to the risk of hazardous air. Fire crews were able to remove the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meteor Caused Speculation Across New England But No Damage or Injuries</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/04/872427.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Meteor Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowners insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meteor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[When the double boom rang out in New England over the weekend, shaking homes and sending pets fleeing, questions started flooding social media. &#8220;Did anyone else hear that boom?&#8221; &#8220;Anyone feel that?&#8221; NASA let people know over the weekend that &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Viewpoint: How Climate Change Is Creating Uninsurable Areas Across Europe</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/06/02/871921.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catastrophe bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[European floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Insurance & Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood Re]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat waves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowners insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance protection gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[As climate change makes extreme weather events more intense and frequent, &#8220;uninsurable areas&#8221; are becoming increasingly common. They are a clear demonstration that insurance – the mechanism through which modern societies deal with all kinds of risk – is structurally &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Report Calls for Transparency, Modernization of Washington Fire Scoring Bureau</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/02/872044.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Lack of transparency in property protection classifications from a state rating bureau is one of the biggest concerns from people involved with fighting fires in Washington, a new report from the Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner shows. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AIG&#8217;s Turnaround Under Zaffino Sets Stage for New Leadership</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/01/871984.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIG multinational clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American International Group (AIG)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global multiline insurers (GMIs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance company turnarounds]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Eric Andersen landed a job that most insurance executives would have long considered too good to be true: leading a strong AIG. Thanks to a dramatic turnaround under his predecessor, Peter Zaffino, American International Group Inc. is no longer battling &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>San Francisco Rents Spike 22% in a Year, Far Outpacing Other US Cities</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/01/871665.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silicon Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[In San Francisco&#8217;s latest real estate boom, renters are paying cash up front, multimillion-dollar houses are selling auction-style and AI company stock can buy a sprawling hilltop estate. It&#8217;s a reflection of the new wave of wealth from the artificial &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kentucky Food-Color Plant Was &#8216;Catastrophe Waiting to Happen,&#8217; CSB Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/29/871828.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowners insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial accidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky workers' comp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WC news]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Kentucky food-coloring manufacturer made a number of missteps and was not equipped to prevent the 2024 runaway chemical reaction that killed two workers and caused millions of dollars in damage to the plant and surrounding neighborhoods. That was the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>These Homeowners Got an Energy-Bill Lifeline. Trump Yanked It Back</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/22/871157.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency for homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowners insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resiliency grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind mitigation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[In late 2024, Gretchen Holloway was approved for a new federally funded program that promised to cut her $900 utility bills by helping repair her nearly century-old home. For years, the retired teacher in Valley, Alabama, had been trying to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pollution From Coal Is Hurting Global Solar Output, Study Finds</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/05/19/870504.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 10:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photovoltaic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research and Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar farms]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pollution from coal-fired power plants that can block sunlight is significantly cutting global solar output, and potentially causing an overestimation of climate progress, according to a new study. Aerosols — tiny particles released from the burning of fossil fuels as &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Verisk Report Shows Drop in US Reconstruction Costs in 2Q</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/05/15/869934.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Reconstruction cost inflation in the U.S. cooled in the second quarter, offering a bit of relief for insurers and businesses.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tennessee Solar Ranch Aims to Prove Grazing Under the Panels Is Sunny Side Up</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/15/869867.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crop insurance in Tennessee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[solar panel insurance questions]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[From a distance, the small solar farm in central Tennessee looks like others that now dot rural America, with row upon row of black panels absorbing the sun&#8217;s rays to generate electricity. But beneath these panels is lush pasture instead &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Law Requires Insurance Rate Filings in Oklahoma to Undergo Review Process</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/05/14/869940.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ezra Amacher]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt this week signed a bill that gives the insurance department the authority to review insurance rate changes before they can go into effect. Under House Bill 3781, all rates in competitive markets shall be filed 30 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Faint Sound in Rumble of Mississippi Tornado Leads to Stunning Rescue</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/11/869259.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi tornadoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile home insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[As storm chaser Ashton Lemley picked his way through a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park, he heard the unmistakable meow of a kitten pierce the predawn darkness. The homes were flattened just hours earlier as storms spawned at least three tornadoes &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thieves Are Stealing Chile&#8217;s Solar Panels and Cashing In on the Black Market</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/05/07/868875.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[copper theft]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Just before midnight, two men in white coveralls and black gloves scale an electric fence at a solar farm in Chile&#8217;s Atacama Desert, then slip soundlessly into rows of sleek panels. Others use a poultry shear and electric angle grinder &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pacific Hurricane Season Brings Higher Risk of Impacts for Hawaii, SoCal, Mexico</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Exceptionally warm waters and a developing El Niño will increase the risk of direct hurricane impacts in Hawaii, Southern California and parts of Mexico this year, according to an AccuWeather analysis out on Wednesday. The forecast shows the Eastern and &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rain Helped, But Georgia Officials Warn That Wildfires Still a Threat</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/04/30/867866.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Officials battling two large wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes in southern Georgia warned Tuesday that firefighters are bracing for a prolonged battle even after weekend rains gave a big boost to containment efforts. &#8220;A little bit of rain &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>King Bars Policy Cancellations in Georgia Counties as Fires Spread From Helene Debris</title>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[growing wildfire threat across the U.S.]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Georgia insurance commissioner John King used his statutory authority to bar property insurance policy cancellations until further notice, due to wildfires that have displaced homeowners across the state. King&#8217;s April 23 directive bars cancellations for nonpayment of premiums in 91 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wildfires in Georgia and Florida Destroy 50 Homes and Force Evacuations</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/04/24/867231.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Huge plumes of smoke blanketed swaths of the Southeast on Wednesday as crews battled rapidly growing wildfires that destroyed more than 50 homes in Georgia and forced hundreds to flee the drought- and wind-fueled flames. Some of the biggest blazes &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LA Wildfire Survivors Could Face Another Blow From Taxes on Settlement Payouts</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/04/22/866728.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Thousands of survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, have elected to accept an upfront settlement from the utility accused of causing it, forgoing future litigation for a faster payment that could help them rebuild or relocate. Related: &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Electric Bills in Coal Country West Virginia Now Top Mortgage Payments</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/04/13/865422.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[higher utility costs mean less insurance coverage]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: Her February charge was $940.08 — more &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Old Republic Opens New Company for Specialty Property</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/04/06/864581.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Old Republic International Corporation said it is forming a new operating company, Old Republic Property, Inc., to underwrite specialized property insurance products through a national retail broker distribution network. The company will be led by Patrick Hagerty as president. Hagerty &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Scope of Damage From Hawaii&#8217;s Floods Becomes Clearer</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/03/27/863758.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The worst flooding to hit Hawaii in two decades has swept homes off their foundations, floated cars out of driveways and left floors, walls and counters covered in thick, reddish volcanic mud. Authorities said hundreds of homes had been damaged, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hawaii&#8217;s Worst Flooding in 20 Years Prompts Evacuations</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/03/23/863080.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hawaii officials urged people in hard-hit areas to evacuate Saturday due to the state&#8217;s worst flooding in more than 20 years, after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago. Muddy floodwaters &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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