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CIAB Survey: Overall Soft Market Conditions Continue in Q2
Aug 20 2026 // Average commercial insurance premiums decreased across all account sizes for the first time since 2017 during the first quarter. The trend continued for the second quarter. During Q2 2026, The Council of Insurance Agents...
State Farm Must Give Up Trade Secrets in Claims Lawsuits, but Under Court Review
Aug 19 2026 // The Alabama Supreme Court has opened the window a little wider into insurance carriers’ claims-handling procedures, not only requiring them to be made available in some lawsuits but also to be shared with...
Meta Stares Down Trillion-Dollar Threat as Landmark Social Media Trial Begins
Aug 18 2026 // Meta Platforms Inc. is headed to court Tuesday for a high-stakes showdown with a coalition of state attorneys general over claims that the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use...
West Virginia Flood Threat Rises After Deadly Indiana Storms
Aug 17 2026 // The threat of flooding shifted east into West Virginia and Kentucky on Monday as Indiana began recovering from storms that killed at least six people and produced some of the state’s worst deluges in decades. Flood...
AM Revises Outlook to Positive for Texas’ Standard Casualty
Aug 17 2026 // AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb”...
Premises Liability Emerging as Significant Driver of Nuclear Verdicts
Aug 17 2026 // Last year, a jury in Oregon awarded a $15.8 million verdict against Topgolf after the sports and entertainment complex was found negligent for a young child’s skull fracture and traumatic brain injury at its...
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