Insurance Journal

Stricter Return-to-Office Policies Are Boosting Growth for Catering Providers

Tighter in-office mandates and the high cost of eating out are driving more workers to corporate cafeterias, where upgraded amenities and better food are used to lure staff back. That’s boosting volumes and growth prospects for caterers, includ...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

FTC Chair Warns Tech Firms Not to Weaken Data Privacy to Comply With EU, UK Laws

The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned Apple, Alphabet, and other technology companies that efforts to comply with British and European digital content laws could violate U.S. law if they weaken privacy and data security protections...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Alabama Court Cuts Tax Bill for Remote-Working Adjuster, But Questions Remain

Claims adjusters, many of whom work remotely and travel extensively, can take heart from a recent Alabama court ruling, knowing that they may not have to pay the state’s income taxes, even if the adjusting firm is based in that …

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Waymo Gets Green Light to Test Robotaxis in Manhattan and Brooklyn

New York City is allowing the robotaxi company Waymo to test a few of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn, officials said Friday as the technology picks up in popularity in other metro areas. The company will start …

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

NFL Boosts Security at Offices Following Shooting That Killed 4 Last Month

The NFL has increased security at its offices following a shooting last month at a Manhattan building by a gunman authorities say was targeting league headquarters. “We are working with the building and the other tenants within the building on...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Owner of Water Machine Manufacturer and Two Companies Charged in $275 Million Fraud Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Ryan Wear, of Marysville, Washington, and his entities, Water Station Management LLC and Creative Technologies, Inc., for operating two related Ponzi-like schemes between September 2016 and February...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Owner of Water Machine Manufacturer Charged in $275 Million Fraud Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Ryan Wear, of Marysville, Washington, and his entities, Water Station Management LLC and Creative Technologies, Inc., for operating two related Ponzi-like schemes between September 2016 and February...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Heat Draws Visitors to Death Valley, Where It’s Tough to Communicate Risk

Ray Estrada’s 11-year-old grandson is used to Las Vegas’ scorching summers, but he’d always wanted to experience the heat in one of the Earth’s hottest places. So Estrada recently drove him to Death Valley National Park, with...

Posted: Aug 25, 2025

Tour Bus Rollover Kills 5 on Highway in Western New York

A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 54 people aboard crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said. The driver apparently became distracted...

Posted: Aug 24, 2025

Missouri’s Mutual Insurance Companies Report Stronger Results in 2024

The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) announced the state’s mutual insurance companies reported a considerable reduction in net losses from $17.7 million in 2023 to just $4.8 million in 2024. In 2024, mutuals managed 205,000 p...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Group

AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent) of Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insuran...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

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Is your agency a great place to work? Would you call your agency a “Best Place to Work?” Then it’s time to nominate your agency for Insurance Journal’s “Best Agency to Work For” award. To nominate your agency, you...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Rural California Wine Country Fire Burning Out of Control

Firefighters will battle intense heat and dry weather Friday as they work to control a fast-moving blaze in the heart of California’s wine country. The Pickett Fire exploded in the hills above the tourist town of Calistoga in the Napa …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

People Moves: Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MG...

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Aon and the MGA Optio Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon’s Commercial Risk Business Promotes Smaje to Lead Transportation & Logistics Insurance...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

New Jersey Compensation Bureau Back Online After Cyber Incident

The New Jersey Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau is mostly back online following a cybersecurity event that caused it to shut down its network more than two weeks ago. The workers’ compensation agency said it “experienced suspic...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Gymnastics Coach at Renowned Iowa Gym Accused of Sexual Abuse

The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Postal Services Across Globe Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion

Postal services across the world are suspending parcel deliveries to the US, citing confusion about how to process millions of low-value packages that will lose their duty-free treatment next week. As of Aug. 29, President Donald Trump is ending the...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Texas Lawmakers Advance Flood Bills With Grieving Parents in Attendance

Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130 people, including two teenage counselors and 25 young girls at Camp Mystic who had been asleep in their cabins before …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

US Halts Visas for Truck Drivers After Fatal Florida Crash

The US will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves to clamp down on foreign workers. “Effective immediately we are pausing all i...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

People Moves: Marsh Names Global, US Aviation and Space Leaders; Ryan Appoints Ferguson CEO of US As...

Marsh Appoints Glod as Global Head of Aviation and Space; Ambrose as Global Chairman; Kline to Lead US Aviation and Space Business Marsh appointed Brian Glod as global head of aviation and space and Tony Ambrose as global chairman of …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Two More Beach Homes Near Collapse as Erin’s Waves Pound NC Outer Banks

Two homes on the North Carolina Outer Banks sit precariously in the high waves with their days seemingly numbered. Since 2020, 11 neighboring homes have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean. While the swells from storms like Hurricane Erin make things &#82...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Reinsurers Have Made Major Structural Changes to Improve Profits. Will Discipline Last?

Reinsurance underwriting remains disciplined, with terms and conditions and attachment points largely intact, despite signs of rate moderation, according to an AM Best market segment report. During the January 2023 renewals, the global reinsurance ma...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while working at a site in New York City have filed lawsuits against two construction management firms they allege should be held responsible for the workplace conditions that caused...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN

Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, the United Nations said on Friday. Climate change is making heatwaves more common and intense, and workers worldwi...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Hurricane Erin Is Disrupting Both Europe’s Weather and Forecasts

Hurricane Erin is muddling computer models and making forecasters, analysts and traders question the accuracy of the outlook for heat, wind and storms across Europe next week. Erin, which churned through the Atlantic 330 kilometers (205 miles) off th...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025