Insurance Journal

False Reports of Campus Shooters Led to Lockdowns at Universities

False reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday led to panic and temporary lockdowns at the two campuses as they kicked off their fall semesters. In Pennsylvania someone called 911 a...

Posted: Aug 26, 2025

Federal Officials to Take Over Inspections When Boar’s Head Plant Reopens

Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar’s Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year’s deadly listeria outbreak, U.S. Agriculture Department officials said. The Jarratt, Virginia, factory is set to res...

Posted: Aug 26, 2025

Trump Administration Weighs Sanctions on Officials Implementing EU Tech Law

President Donald Trump’s administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc’s landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar with the matter said, over U...

Posted: Aug 26, 2025

Washington Staffing Company Paying $217K in Religious Discrimination Suit

A Washington-based staffing and recruiting agency is paying $217,500 after failing to hire a Muslim job applicant after he asked about a religious accommodation to attend Friday prayer. The company, Logic Staffing, also agreed to provide other relief...

Posted: Aug 26, 2025

China-Linked Hackers Hit Southeast Asia Diplomats, Google Says

Diplomats in Southeast Asia were targeted in a cyber-espionage campaign earlier this year, likely waged in support of operations aligned with the strategic interests of China, according to Google. The attacks, using social engineering and malware dis...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Farmers Insurance Data Breach Could Impact More Than a Million Customers

A recently discovered data breach may impact more than one million customers of Farmers Insurance, warned a recent notification to Maine’s Attorney General. Farmers Insurance Exchange, Farmers Group, Inc. (its attorney-in fact), and their subsi...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

AM Best Upgrades Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation to “A” Rating

AM Best upgraded Baton Rouge based regional workers’ compensation insurer, Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company’s Financial Strength and Credit Ratings from A – (Excellent) to A (Excellent). Stonetrust offers workers’ compensatio...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Northwestern Settles Hazing Scandal Lawsuit with Former Football Coach

Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid a team hazing scandal, attorneys and the school announced Thursday. “Though I maintain North...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Northwestern Settles Hazing Scandal Lawsuit With Former Football Coach

Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid a team hazing scandal, attorneys and the school announced Thursday. “Though I maintain North...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Emergency Recordings Show Chaos of Deadly Texas Floods

Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose. Firefighters and police raced to help, having little guidance on where or how. Top emergency leaders were asleep or out …

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment

Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and preven...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

People Moves: AIG Appoints HP’s Hallworth Chief Digital Officer; FM Names Long CIO

American International Group Inc., headquartered in New York City, named Scott Hallworth as chief digital officer, effective September 1. Hallworth will be responsible for leading AIG’s digital, data and GenAI strategy. Based in New York City,...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

20 Years After Katrina, Hurricane Risks to Gulf Coast Rising, Scientist Warns

The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of coastline. Mark Bove, a meteorologist with the German …

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Florida Payroll Ops Head Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Avoid Taxes, Workers’ Comp

The manager of an off-the-books construction-worker payroll operation in Naples, Florida, pleaded guilty last week to a scheme that prosecutors said defrauded the U.S. government of $4 million and swindled insurers out of workers’ compensation...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

TransUnion: Aggressive Shopping Continues for Home, Auto Coverage

More and more consumers are looking for lower prices to protect their investments as the costs of owning both properties and vehicles continue to rise. According to the Q3 2025 Insurance Personal Lines Trends and Perspectives report from TransUnion,...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

California Bill Would Require Restaurants to Disclose Food Allergens on Menus

Braxton Kimura dreads eating at restaurants. The California teenager is severely allergic to peanuts, shellfish and most tree nuts. Consuming even a tiny amount could send him to the emergency room. “Eating out is definitely really dangerous. I...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

21 Hospitalized After Bus Carrying Junior High Football Team Crashes Near Pittsburgh

A bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed Saturday north of Pittsburgh, sending 21 of the 28 people on board to the hospital, officials said. Twenty-five Aliquippa Junior High students and three adults were headed to …

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Musk, X Corp to Settle $500M Lawsuit Over Twitter Firings

Elon Musk and his social media company X Corp have reached a tentative agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former Twitter employees who said they were owed $500 million in severance pay. Attorneys for X Corp and the former …

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

North Carolina Supreme Court Says Bars’ COVID Lawsuits Against State Can Continue

The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in litigation seeking monetary compensation from the state for COVID-19 restrictions first issued by then-Gov. Roy Cooper that shuttered their doors and, in...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

NHTSA Probes More Than 1.4 Million Honda Vehicles Over Engine Failure

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening a probe into more than 1.4 million Honda 7267.T vehicles sold in the United States over concerns that connecting rod bearing failures in their engines could lead to complete engine failure...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Ransomware Hack Hits Orange Telecom, Data Published on Dark Web

A criminal hacking gang has stolen business customer data from French telecommunications company Orange SA and posted it online, according to people familiar with the matter. The breach, which Orange disclosed and reported to national authorities at...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Kazakhstan Presses on With $4 Billion Sulfur Fine on Oil Majors

Kazakhstan’s environmental-protection ministry told oil majors operating in the country they have 40 days to pay a multibillion-dollar fine for sulfur pollution, a blow to the producers who claimed victory in the case weeks ago. At the start of...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Aging US Railroad Bridges Are Self-Inspected and Findings Are Kept Secret

The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University. Long after the flames died out, Michelle Emmons,...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Australia Has Banned 3 ‘Forever Chemicals’ – but Europe Wants to Ban all 14,000

Last month, Australia’s ban on the import, use and manufacture of three types of “forever chemical” came into effect. These chemicals – PFOA, PFOS and PFHxS – have long lifespans and resist breaking down. They’re considered ha...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Typhoon Kajiki Nears Vietnam, Bringing Strong Winds and Rain

Typhoon Kajiki is set to make landfall along Vietnam’s northern coast on Monday, after gathering strength over the weekend as the system tracked west across warm ocean waters. The storm was 145 kilometers (90 miles) east of Ha Tinh city …

Posted: Aug 25, 2025