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California DoorDash Driver Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.5M in Deliveries Scam

A former food delivery driver pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to steal more than $2.5 million from DoorDash by getting the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred, federal prosecutors said. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri pleaded gu...

Posted: May 16, 2025

People Moves: Delos Insurance Solutions Names Coffman CRO; Venbrook Promotes Lang

Delos Insurance Solutions Appoints Coffman CRO Delos Insurance Solutions appointed Jeremy Coffman to the newly created role of chief revenue officer. As CRO, Coffman focuses on expanding Delos’ agency, carrier, and business to business relation...

Posted: May 16, 2025

Pilot’s Lack of Oxygen Cited as Likely Factor in 2023 Private Jet Crash in Virginia

A lack of oxygen that incapacitated the pilot and three passengers is likely what caused a private jet to become unresponsive before flying over the nation’s capital and prompting the military to scramble fighter jets in 2023, according to a &#...

Posted: May 16, 2025

Coinbase Hackers Had Access to Customer Data Since January

Hackers had near-constant access to some of Coinbase Global Inc.’s most valuable customer data since January, according to a person familiar with the incident who asked not to be named discussing company matters. The largest US crypto exchange...

Posted: May 16, 2025

Conflagration’s role in the wildfire equation

This post is part of a series sponsored by Cotality. There’s a blurry line between where a wildfire ends and a conflagration begins. But, without an understanding of both types of fires, their dynamics, and their unique risks, it is …

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: Zurich NA Promotes Fox to Lead National Accounts, Caminiti CUO

Zurich North America announced key leadership changes within U.S. national accounts and underwriting as Heather Fox has been promoted to lead national accounts and Peter Caminiti was promoted to chief underwriting officer. Fox was most recently chief...

Posted: May 15, 2025

FEMA Chief Says Agency Will Raise State Burden for Disasters to 50%

David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said on Thursday that states would in the future bear half the costs for responding to natural disasters, up from 25% under current cost-sharing levels. Richardson, who took t...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Tired of Waiting on Tickets? There’s a Better Way.

This post is part of a series sponsored by Expert Insured. If every change in your system requires a support ticket, it’s already slowing you down-and costing you more than you think. At the Target Markets Mid-Year Conference in Dallas, …

Posted: May 15, 2025

Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch in Texas Faces Scrutiny Over Potential Accident Risks

Federal safety regulators have asked Elon Musk’s car company to explain how its driverless taxis will avoid causing accidents when they hit the road in Texas next month before a national “robotaxi” launch that is key to keeping its...

Posted: May 15, 2025

US House Bill Reintroduced to Rid Federal Insurance Office of Subpoena Power

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald today reintroduced a bill to eliminate the subpoena power of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO). The Insurance Data Protection Act was first presented by Fitzgerald, R-Wis., to the U.S. House of Representatives in September 2023...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Sweltering Heat Wave Hits U.S. from Dakotas to Texas

Sweltering heat more commonly seen in the throes of summer than in the spring was making an unwelcome visit this week to a large portion of the U.S. – from the Dakotas to Texas and other parts of the South …

Posted: May 15, 2025

Sweltering Heat Wave Hits US From Dakotas to Texas

Sweltering heat more commonly seen in the throes of summer than in the spring was making an unwelcome visit this week to a large portion of the U.S. – from the Dakotas to Texas and other parts of the South …

Posted: May 15, 2025

Coterie Relocating Headquarters to Appleton, Wisconsin

Coterie, a small business MGA, announced it is relocating its headquarters from Cincinnati to Appleton, Wisconsin. Coterie said relocating the company’s headquarters to Appleton provides a reduction in operational costs and improved efficiencie...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Three Killed in Fiery Truck-Car Pileup on Georgia Interstate

CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others injured in a fiery wreck involving multiple vehicles and semi-trailers on the interstate that connects Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. The crash closed all of the southb...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Brett Favre’s Defamation Suit Against State Auditor Can Move Forward, Court Says

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A defamation lawsuit filed by retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre against Mississippi Auditor Shad White for his comments on a welfare scandal will move forward after Mississippi’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied White&#8...

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: Advocus Names Moore SVP of Illinois Operations

Advocus National Title Insurance Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, named Mike Moore senior vice president of Illinois operations. Moore has been part of Advocus (formerly ATG) for over 30 years, and most recently served as vice president o...

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: CRC Names New Underwriting Leaders and Senior VP

Birmingham-based CRC Group, a wholesale and specialty insurance broker, announced new hires in underwriting and company leadership. JV Franks, with some 25 years in the insurance brokerage business, was named underwriting team leader, based in New Or...

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: AIG Taps Colombo From Swiss Re as CEO, Latin America and Caribbean; Willis Names Forme...

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at American International Group and Willis. A summary of these new hires follows here. AIG Taps Colombo From Swiss Re as CEO, Latin America and Caribbean American International Group (AI...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Slide Secures $250M Cat Bond as Hurricane Season Looms

Tampa-based Slide Insurance announced it has finalized a $250 million catastrophe bond through Purple Re Ltd., expanding Slide’s hurricane protection in Florida and South Carolina. “Securing cat bonds over the past couple of years and bui...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Hedge Fund Fermat Sees 20% Surge in Catastrophe Bond Market

Hedge fund Fermat Capital Management expects the market for catastrophe bonds to grow 20% this year, as a product based on disasters gains ground in a world increasingly shaped by extreme weather, population density and inflation. The market “h...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Coinbase Says Bribed Workers Leaked Data to Hacker Seeking $20 Million in Ransom

Coinbase Global Inc. said hackers bribed contractors or employees outside the US to steal sensitive customer data and demanded a $20 million ransom, in one of the most high-profile security breaches of a crypto trading platform. The largest US crypto...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Workers’ Comp Premiums Fall 3% in 2024; Combined Ratio Holds at 86: NCCI

Workers’ compensation remained a healthy and profitable line in 2024 but claims severity grew with an increase of 6% for medical claim severity and 6% for indemnity claim severity. That’s according to the National Council on Compensation...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Xiaomi EV Sales Fall After Deadly Crash, False Advertising Claims

Xiaomi Corp. electric vehicle sales in China have taken a hit since March after a fatal highway accident and consumer unhappiness around the marketing of one version of its car. Orders for Xiaomi’s SU7 sedan plunged to around 36,000 units &#823...

Posted: May 15, 2025

‘Synchronization’ of Europe’s Financial Rules With US, UK Is a Priority: France’s Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that getting European regulation to be more in sync with the United States and the United Kingdom was one of his priorities for the banking and insurance sectors. Speaking at JPMorgan’s markets...

Posted: May 15, 2025

2024 P/C Insurance Combined Ratio: Best in More Than a Decade

With combined ratios for personal and commercial lines landing only 0.4 points apart last year, the property/casualty insurance industry’s aggregate 2024 combined ratio was 96.5—marking the lowest figure since 2013, a new report shows. Fine-tun...

Posted: May 15, 2025