Insurance Journal

Redefining Retirement and Hiring; The Future of Insurance Talent

What happens when a lifetime of insurance expertise is on the verge of walking out the door? At WAHVE (which stands for Work At Home Vintage Experts), we’ve built our business on ensuring that the industry doesn’t lose this invaluable &#8...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Neptune Insurance Files for IPO. Executive Compensation Not Remarkable This Time

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Neptune Insurance Holdings filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Wednesday, becoming the latest company to tap into renewed investor demand as easing tariff concerns and strong markets spur more firms to test the w...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Judge Allows 9/11 Civil Claims Against Saudi Arabia to Proceed

A federal judge in New York rejected Saudi Arabia’s latest effort to dismiss civil claims that it supported the 9/11 hijackers. Judge George B. Daniels said in a written opinion last Thursday that his decision pertained to jurisdiction rather t...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Success of AI Music Creators Sparks Debate on Future of Music Industry

When pop groups and rock bands practice or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator who goes by the stage name imoliver, fires up his chatbot. McCann’s songs …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Wildfire Burns Through Historic California Gold Mining Town, Destroying Multiple Homes

A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners, forcing evacuations and destroying properties. The fire rapidly expanded to 6,473 acres, forcing the evacuation Tuesday of the Chinese Camp Tow...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Google Keeps Chrome and Apple Deal but Must Share Data in Big Antitrust Ruling

Google won’t have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with U.S. antitrust enforcers, but ordering Google to share data with rivals to open up …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Disney to Pay $10M to Settle Claim of Allowing Unlawful Collection of Children’s Data

Walt Disney will pay $10 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company unlawfully allowed personal data to be collected from children who viewed kid-directed videos on YouTube without notifying parents or obtaining thei...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Fitch Revises Global Reinsurance Sector Outlook to ‘Deteriorating’ on Rising Competition

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the global reinsurance sector to “deteriorating” for 2026 from “neutral” for 2025, reflecting its expectation that underlying operational and business conditions are likely to worsen,...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring in Illinois Underground Mine Fire Fraud

A Kentucky man entered a guilty plea to conspiring to defraud the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in relation to an underground fire that occurred in the MC#1 Mine in Franklin County, Illinois, in August 2021. According to …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Texas Program Aims to Reduce Car Crashes and Fatalities in Permian Basin

Workers at the Texas Department of Transportation have begun responding to calls to remove debris and abandoned vehicles from West Texas roads and extinguish vehicle fires. They also change flat tires and jumpstart car batteries. The program, launche...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Multi-Vehicle Crash in East Texas Injures 17

A multi-vehicle crash Saturday on an East Texas interstate sent 17 injured people to area hospitals and shut down a major interstate for hours. None of the injuries appeared to be life threatening after the crash along Interstate 20 involving …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Missouri Auto Dealership to Pay $275K in Sex Discrimination Case

Landmark Dodge, Inc., and Landmark South, Inc. (Landmark Dodge), the owners of automobile dealerships in Independence, Missouri and formerly in Belton, Missouri, will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

IPO Floodgates Open for Fall Season as Trump Tariff Worries Ease

A slew of companies across sectors ranging from crypto to consumer launched U.S. IPO roadshows on Tuesday, kicking off the post-Labor Day fall window as investor anxiety over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs started to recede. Analysts say...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Ten Big Banks Defeat Antitrust Lawsuit in Over Bond Trades

A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of conspiring to rig corporate bond prices at the expense of ordinary investors, after the original judge recused himself because his wife owned stock in one of …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Marsh Extends Nimbus Data Center Facility to US Projects

Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, announced the extension of its Nimbus insurance facility for the construction of large-scale data centers across the US, as well as in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Launched in June and initially covering th...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Florida OIR Fines Carriers for Adjuster Appointments, Lack of Disclosure Statements

Florida Insurance Comissioner Michael Yaworsky this year has levied more than $2 million in fines against 8 property insurance companies over claims-handling practices flagged by recent market conduct examinations. Three of the companies, American Co...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Robins Insurance in Nashville

Marsh McLennan Agency, part of Marsh and with offices in New York and around the country, has acquired Robins Insurance of Nashville. The agency, on the cusp of celebrating 50 years in operation, offers business and personal lines coverage in …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Poll: Most Pacific Northwest Residents Expect Big Quake, But Most Aren’t Prepared

Most Pacific Northwest say they expect to experience a major earthquake in their lifetime, but a fraction of households say they’re preparing for such a disaster. A poll of Washington and Oregon residents by PEMCO Mutual found that 82% of &#823...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Visitor Saves Lost Boy Who Wandered Onto Elevated Monorail in Hersheypark

A lost boy wandering a monorail line high above the crowd at Hersheypark was rescued by a park visitor who climbed onto a building and jumped onto the rails. The child was reported missing at about 5:05 p.m. Saturday after …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Citing Cancer Risk, Fire Departments Switch to Gear Free of Forever Chemicals

Every time he rushed out on a fire call, East Providence Lt. Thomas Votta knew he put himself at risk for cancer. There are potential carcinogens in the smoke billowing out of a house fire, but also risks from wearing …

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

California Energy Regulators Pause Efforts to Penalize Oil Companies

California energy regulators have put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their profits climb too high, a temporary win for the fossil fuel industry two years after the governor declared the state had “finally &#8230...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Google Adtech Fine on Hold as EU Awaits Lower US Car Duties, Sources Say

EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet’s Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. &#82...

Posted: Sep 02, 2025

Chinese Firm Faces $420 Million Zambia Mine-Spill Damages Claims

eople affected by a large-scale toxic spill at a Zambian mine in February are demanding $420 million in compensation from the Chinese state-owned company that operates the site. Two separate groups sent letters of demand to Sino Metals Leach Zambia &...

Posted: Sep 02, 2025

Jaguar Land Rover Hit by Cyber Incident That Disrupts Production, Sales

Jaguar Land Rover’s retail and production activities have been “severely disrupted” following a cybersecurity incident, the British luxury carmaker said on Tuesday, adding that it was working to restart its operations in a controlle...

Posted: Sep 02, 2025

Skyward Specialty Agrees to $555M Buy of Apollo Group From PE Firm Alchemy

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group said it has a definitive agreement with the majority sellers to acquire 100% of Apollo Group Holdings Limited from private equity firm Alchemy for a total of $555 million in a mix of cash and shares …

Posted: Sep 02, 2025