Insurance Journal

Former Vermont Captive Regulator Bigglestone Joins SRS as Managing Director

Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), an independent manager of insurance companies including captives, announced the appointment of Sandy Bigglestone as managing director/chief officer for Governance, Regulatory and Compliance. Beginning in January 2026,...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

People Moves: Former Vermont Captive Regulator Bigglestone Joins SRS

Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), an independent manager of insurance companies including captives, announced the appointment of Sandy Bigglestone as managing director/chief officer for Governance, Regulatory and Compliance. Beginning in January 2026,...

Posted: Dec 03, 2025

San Francisco Sues Kraft, Coca-Cola Over Ultra-Processed Foods

The city of San Francisco sued Kraft, Mondelez, Coca-Cola and other makers of ultra-processed foods on Tuesday, accusing them of knowingly sickening California residents with addictive and harmful products. City Attorney David Chiu filed the lawsuit...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Illinois Attorney General Announces $120M Settlement with Monsanto

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $120 million settlement with Monsanto Company (Monsanto) and affiliates Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC over the environmental and health effects of Monsanto’s decades-long production of polychlo...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Illinois Attorney General Announces $120M Settlement With Monsanto

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $120 million settlement with Monsanto Company (Monsanto) and affiliates Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC over the environmental and health effects of Monsanto’s decades-long production of polychlo...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

RSUM Rebrands NAPL as Ryan Financial Lines

Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (“RSUM”), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), announced the formal rebranding of their North American Professional Liability (“NAPL”) team to Ryan Financial...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Louisiana Department of Insurance Holds Pop-Up Office in Lake Charles

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) is holding an Insurance Pop-Up Office from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 3., for residents of Lake Charles and the surrounding area. The event is at the …

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Two Killed, 10 Displaced in Savannah Apartment Complex Fire

Two people died and 10 more were forced out of their dwellings by a fire that cut through an apartment complex near Savannah, Georgia. Local news outlets reported that the blaze broke out early Sunday morning at The Commons, a …

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

People Moves: Brown & Riding Names McKeon to Underwriting & Selection Accounts Division

Brown & Riding announced Carmen McKeon has joined its Underwriting & Select Accounts Division. With nearly two decades of experience in the excess and surplus lines market, McKeon has built a reputation for guiding high-performing teams and d...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

People Moves: Brown & Riding Names McKeon to Underwriting & Selection Accounts

Brown & Riding announced Carmen McKeon has joined its Underwriting & Select Accounts Division. With nearly two decades of experience in the excess and surplus lines market, McKeon has built a reputation for guiding high-performing teams and d...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Lowe’s to Pay $12.5M for Lead Paint Violations During Home Renovations

Lowe’s must pay $12.5 million over renovation work performed by its contractors at hundreds of homes across the country. The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed nationwide settlement with Lowe’s...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Florida, East Coast to See Big Insured Losses from More Cat 5 Storms, Researchers Say

The just-ended 2025 Atlantic hurricane season surprised some forecasters after it produced no major storms that hit the United States. But the hurricanes that did arise, with most remaining offshore and one slamming Jamaica, were mostly Category 5 be...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Florida, East Coast to See Big Insured Losses From More Cat 5 Storms, Researchers Say

The just-ended 2025 Atlantic hurricane season surprised some forecasters after it produced no major storms that hit the United States. But the hurricanes that did arise, with most remaining offshore and one slamming Jamaica, were mostly Category 5 be...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

SEC Chief Wants to Boost IPOs by Easing Rules for Small Firms

The nation’s top securities regulator is planning to make it easier for small companies to go public by cutting mandatory disclosures and scaling back requirements based on the size of the firm. Such a move could increase the initial public &#8...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Trump Administration Backs Bayer’s Bid to Curb Roundup Lawsuits

President Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to take up Bayer’s bid to curtail thousands of lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, pushing the group’s shares to their highest in alm...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Luigi Mangione’s Arrest Videos Played at Hearings Over Insurance Executive’s Killing

Police spoke to Luigi Mangione in a McDonald’s restaurant for more than 30 minutes before arresting him for allegedly gunning down a UnitedHealthcare UNH.N executive, according to videos played on Monday during state court hearings over whether...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Yet Another Russia-Linked Tanker Gets Attacked in the Black Sea

A fourth Russia-connected tanker in under a week was attacked on Tuesday, a sharp uptick in strikes on Moscow-associated shipping as the war in Ukraine nears a fifth year. The tiny oil and chemicals tanker Midvolga-2 was sailing across the …

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Thailand’s Record Floods Paralyze Key Hubs for Tech and Car Parts

Thailand said floods that have devastated much of the country’s south have “paralyzed” the flow of high tech components and car parts to neighboring Malaysia, potentially benefiting rival exporters in Indonesia and Vietnam. In the h...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Airbus Says Quality Lapses on A320 Panels Need Inspection

Airbus SE suffered a one-two punch on its popular A320 airliner after revealing a quality issue on some fuselage panels — just days after a software glitch on about 6,000 jets required emergency upgrades. “Airbus is taking a conservative approa...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Strategic Underwriter Bridges Gap for Broker, Securing Critical Coverage for Complex Industrial Risk

Monrovia, CA – Dec 2, 2025 – When a broker faced a sudden non-renewal on a large and complex account, the expert intervention of an in-house underwriter at Greenwood General Insurance proved instrumental, transforming a potential client crisis into a...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Here’s Why Two AI Copyright Cases Had Two Very Different Outcomes

Artificial intelligence companies and the creative industries are locked in an ongoing battle, being played out in the courts. The thread that pulls all these lawsuits together is copyright. There are now over 60 ongoing lawsuits in the US where &#82...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Black Sea Shipping Insurance Rates Rise After Ukraine Attacks on Tankers, Sources Say

The cost of shipping commodities through the Black Sea climbed on Monday after Ukrainian naval drones hit two tankers heading to a Russian port, with fears of further attacks driving up war risk insurance costs, industry sources said. The Black &#823...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Director Pleads Guilty to Fraud Over Fake Plane Parts Sales

The director of a company at the center of a probe into the sale of counterfeit plane parts pleaded guilty to a charge of fraudulent trading. AOG Technics Ltd.’s director, Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on &#8230...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Supreme Court Wrestles With Copyright Dispute Between Cox, Record Labels

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Cox Communications to avoid financial liability in a major music copyright lawsuit by record labels that accused the internet service provider of enabling its customers to pirate thousands of &#...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025

Dozens of State Attorneys General Urge Congress Not to Block AI Laws

Republican and Democratic attorneys general from 35 states and the District of Columbia urged congressional leaders on Tuesday not to block state laws governing artificial intelligence, warning of “disastrous consequences” if the technolo...

Posted: Dec 02, 2025