Insurance Journal
Australia’s spy chief has accused hackers working for China’s government of probing his nation’s communications and infrastructure networks. In a speech to a financial regulation conference on Wednesday in Melbourne, Mike Burgess, d...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
China has activated emergency plans for three astronauts who are stuck in space after debris crashed into their spacecraft. A safety assessment and other analysis of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship are being organized, the China Manned Space Engineering Of...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
Jamaica has invested tens of millions of dollars in bolstering coastal defenses by planting mangroves, building seawalls and strengthening urban infrastructure. It wasn’t close to enough to withstand Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile-an-hour w...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
As Japan gears up for its busiest beer-drinking season, the country’s largest brewer is struggling to stay on tap — with its systems still crippled more than a month after a cyberattack disrupted its supply chain. The ransomware attack on ̷...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
The rising cost of homeowners’ insurance has emerged as of the top key issues in the minds of Texas voters, according to a recent survey conducted by Texas 2036. When asked about the next election, Texas voters ranked homeowners’ insuranc...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
A Michigan insurance agent was arraigned on Oct. 31 in Oakland County District Court for allegedly forging letters from his insurance clients to embezzle funds, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Robert Joseph Bucko, 70, of Novi, allege...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
Shell has challenged its defeat in an arbitration case against U.S. liquefied natural gas producer Venture Global in the New York Supreme Court, a legal filing seen by Reuters shows, weeks after rival BP won a similar $1 billion-plus arbitration. ...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
Alliant Insurance Services has expanded its footprint in Texas with the strategic acquisition of Highpoint Insurance Group, a multi-line broker located in Friendswood. Highpoint Insurance Group, with 44 employees, will operate as Alliant following th...
Posted: Nov 12, 2025
A vehicle transporting passengers at a Washington, D.C.-area airport hit a dock at the building Monday afternoon, sending 18 people to the hospital, according to officials. A mobile lounge, which transports passengers between the terminal and aircraf...
Posted: Nov 11, 2025
New York City firefighter died Saturday after suffering a medical episode while battling a five-alarm fire at a Brooklyn apartment building, authorities said. Patrick D. Brady, 42, went into cardiac arrest while working on the roof of the six-story b...
Posted: Nov 11, 2025
United Airlines has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it unfairly charged passengers extra money to sit in “window seats” that, to their surprise, lacked windows. Passengers filed proposed class actions in August against...
Posted: Nov 11, 2025
Warren Buffett on Monday assured Berkshire Hathaway shareholders they need not worry about his upcoming departure as chief executive, giving a full-throated endorsement to his successor Greg Abel and promising to remain a major shareholder. In a lett...
Posted: Nov 11, 2025
International Underwriting Association Names Convex’s Butt as Chair Theo Butt, chief Executive Officer, UK for Convex Insurance, has been elected as the new chair of the International Underwriting Association (IUA). He will take over from Clair...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a consumer alert encouraging New Yorkers to report companies not disclosing their use of algorithmic pricing, as a new state law requires. Algorithmic pricing allows companies to automatically adjust...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
Companies in Japan are likely to win greater benefits than global peers from spending on climate resilience, according to CDP, an environmental disclosure nonprofit. Businesses in the nation face disruption risks from issues including earthquakes and...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy land. He is one of seven residents …
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy land. He is one of seven residents …
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California promoted Christopher Wong to chief information officer. Wong succeeds Eric Riley, who will retire on November 30, following a 39-year career with the WCIRB. Riley held a variety of...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the fraud trial of two brothers, both recently graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who were accused of stealing roughly $25 million in cryptocurrency from traders on the Ethereum blockchai...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
The Mid Vermont Christian School is challenging Vermont’s education reform law in federal court, arguing that the law’s set of provisions around public tuition dollars “creates a religious gerrymander and discriminates against relig...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names,...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
Internet domain registrar GoDaddy GDDY.N owes a patent owner $170 million for violating its rights in website-building technology, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Friday. The jury agreed with Express Mobile that GoDaddy’...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) reported that four men were charged in a 61-count indictment for their respective roles in an auto theft and home invasion ring. The charges include home …...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
A wildfire that swept across thousands of hectares of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park appears to be coming under control, officials said. Residents are being allowed back into the area following an earlier evacuation. Rain and the efforts...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
Typhoon Fung-Wong is forecast to swing toward Taiwan after the powerful storm struck the Philippines’ northeast late on Sunday, causing widespread flooding and the suspension of government operations. The cyclone — known locally as Uwan — has n...
Posted: Nov 10, 2025