Insurance Journal

Flash Flooding Kills 5 in West Virginia as Rescue Teams Search for Missing

Flash flooding caused by torrential rains killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews were searching for three other people who were missing Sunday as authorities assessed damage to roads, bridges, natural gas lines and other infras...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

US Supreme Court to Hear Chevron, Exxon Appeal Over Louisiana Coastal Damage

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other oil and gas companies to have lawsuits brought by two Louisiana localities accusing them of harming the state’s coast over a period of …

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Purdue Pharma $7.4B Opioid Settlement Wins Broad Support From States

Purdue Pharma has won support from the attorneys general of 55 U.S. states and territories for its $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits against the drugmaker and its owners, members of the Sackler family. A framework for &#...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Artemis Acquires Louisiana’s Tyner Jeter Insurance

Artemis Insurance, the parent brand of Texan Insurance, Ozark Insurance, and Marek Insurance, announced the acquisition of Baton Rouge-based Tyner Jeter Insurance. Formerly part of McInnis Tyner Agency since 1972, the team launched Tyner Jeter Insura...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

New Orleans Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Puppy Shooting, City to Pay $10K in Damages

A jury in federal court ruled that a New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy had violated its owners’ constitutional rights but was shielded from punishment under qualified immunity because of his government role, according to th...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

New Orleans Officer Cleared in Puppy Shooting, City to Pay $10K in Damages

A jury in federal court ruled that a New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy had violated its owners’ constitutional rights but was shielded from punishment under qualified immunity because of his government role, according to th...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Sues USDA Claiming Discrimination Against White Farmers

A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Everest Launches Unified International Specialties Business, Led by Trueman

Everest announced its international insurance division has launched a unified specialties business, bringing together its offerings across marine, aviation, energy & construction, cyber, and industry practices. Paul Trueman has been appointed to...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Washington Post Probes Hack of Journalist Email Accounts

The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on the email accounts of some journalists, prompting the newspaper to beef up its online security. The intrusion was discovered late Thursday and the company carried out a forced reset of login crede...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

AI Risks the Top Concern in Verisk’s Emerging Issues Bracket

College basketball turned heads in March. Now, we're have the final rounds of Verisk's emerging issues bracket that could hold the attention of insurance pros for years to come.

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

AI Risks Voted Top Concern in Verisk’s Emerging Issues Bracket

College basketball turned heads in March. Now, we're have the final rounds of Verisk's emerging issues bracket that could hold the attention of insurance pros for years to come.

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

NHTSA Streamlining Self-Driving Car Exemption Reviews

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday said it was streamlining reviews of requests filed by automakers seeking to deploy self-driving vehicles without required human controls like steering wheels, brake pedals or mirrors. NHTSA...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

End to Florida Agents’ ‘Diligent Effort’ Rule on Surplus Lines Takes Effect July 1

Florida’s governor has signed House Bill 1549 into law, eliminating the requirement that insurance agents make a “diligent effort” to find coverage before placing properties with a surplus lines carrier. Thanks to a late amendment t...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Canada’s WestJet Probes Cybersecurity Incident Affecting App and Internal Systems

Canada’s WestJet Airlines is investigating a cybersecurity incident that has disrupted access to its mobile app and some internal systems, affecting an undisclosed number of users, the airlines said in a statement on Friday. WestJet said specia...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

NC Insurance Agent Charged With Manipulating Life Policies for Personal Gain

A 43-year-old North Carolina insurance agent is out on bond after she was charged with using clients’ identities to gain illicit commissions on life insurance policies, the state Department of Insurance announced. Ashley Barnhardt, of Locust, n...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

People Moves: Specialist Risk Group Names Former Lockton Executive Nimmo as CEO – UK; CFC Taps Line...

This edition of International People Moves details London-based appointments at the broker Specialist Risk Group and the managing general agent CFC Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialist Risk Group Names Former Lockton Ex...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Investigation Finds Pilot’s Meds Were Contributing Factor in Alabama Helicopter Crash

Federal investigators found that a pilot’s medication use may have been a contributing factor in a 2023 medical helicopter crash that killed two in Alabama. The National Transportation Safety Board released the final report this month on the Ap...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Erie and Philadelphia Insurance Still Working on Restoring Their Networks

Erie Insurance says it is making “steady progress” in its efforts to restore its computer systems that have been down since its information security team detected unusual activity on June 7. “Our teams—working alongside leading cybe...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Deadly Air India Crash Will Harden Aviation Reinsurance Market: GlobalData

The fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 on June 12, 2025 is expected to send ripple effects across the global aviation insurance market, significantly affecting insurers and reinsurers in India and globally, according to GlobalData, the London-base...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Marsh Launches €1B Facility for Data Center Construction Projects

Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of Nimbus, a new insurance facility providing clients with comprehensive cover for the construction of large-scale data centers across the UK and Europe. The facility – s...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Finland Accuses Crew of Russia-Linked Ship in Damage of Baltic Undersea Power Cable

Finnish authorities have accused senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia of criminal offenses related to the wreckage. They say the oil tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor to da...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Ship Signal Jamming in Persian Gulf Worsens as Conflict Widens

Navigation signals from more than 900 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf went awry over the weekend, creating confusion in the shipping chokepoint as the fighting between Iran and Israel intensified. Starboard Maritime Intelligence...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Premium Insurance Demand Rises With Global Travel Disruptions

With flight cancellations, delays and other disruptions on the rise, leisure travelers are being increasingly discerning over the level and type of insurance they buy and businesses are turning to specialist advisory services to limit risk. Since 201...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Satanic Temple Accuses Iowa Officials of Religious Discrimination

The Satanic Temple Iowa on Tuesday filed a complaint accusing state officials of discriminating against the group because of its members’ religion, having denied them access to the state Capitol building for a December holiday display and event...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025

Carrier Management to Host ‘Demo Day’ for Homeowners Insurers June 18

Carrier Management is hosting the second event in a series of free “Demo Days”, designed to allow home insurers to experience rapid fire demos of cutting-edge risk tools. The latest online event offers insurance professionals risk assessm...

Posted: Jun 16, 2025