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Flights Again Halted to Israel After Houthi Missile Lands Near Airport

European and U.S. carriers canceled flights for the next several days after a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Sunday landed near Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, the country’s main international travel gateway. Many foreign ai...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Driver of Tour Van Involved in Deadly Idaho Crash Was Licensed in California

Idaho State Police said the driver of the tour van involved in a deadly collision with a pickup truck was licensed in California and the company that organized the trip was Ctour Holiday LLC, a large tour operator that provides …

Posted: May 05, 2025

Man Who Fell 21 Feet to Warning Track at Pittsburgh Ballpark Improving

The man who fell from the top of a 21-foot-high wall onto the warning track at PNC Park during a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night is awake and alert. The organizer of a …

Posted: May 05, 2025

ICE Joins DeSantis in Touting Record Number of Arrests of Illegal Immigrants

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — A record 1,120 people accused of being in the U.S. illegally were arrested in less than a week during sweep orchestrated by federal, state and local authorities in Florida, an operation officials credited on Thursday to …

Posted: May 05, 2025

Feds Charge White Supremacist Over 2019 Arson at Tennessee School

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect whom authorities have linked to white supremacist movements has been arrested in the March 2019 fire that destroyed an office at a storied Tennessee social justice center. Regan Prater was arrested last Thursday and...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Why Trump Is Ending Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws That Ban ‘Disparate Impact’

President Donald Trump recently ordered federal agencies not to enforce laws that prohibit policies and practices with discriminatory impacts that are often unintended. Curbing so-called “disparate impact” liability, which is common in em...

Posted: May 05, 2025

TikTok Fined €530 Million for Illegally Sending EU Data to China

TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. was fined €530 million ($600 million) by the European Union for illegally sending user data to China, and warned that it didn’t do enough to keep that information out of reach from Chinese state services. Ireland&#82...

Posted: May 05, 2025

UK Minister Tells Businesses to ‘Wake Up’ After Marks & Spencer Hack

A senior UK minister [this week] will warn businesses to protect themselves against cyber threats after a spate of attacks on retailers including Marks & Spencer Group Plc. “These attacks need to be a wake-up call for every business in &#82...

Posted: May 05, 2025

UK Grocer Co-op Says Hackers Obtained Customer Data

The UK supermarket chain Co-op said hackers were able to access and extract customer data from one of its systems during a recent cyberattack. “The accessed data included information relating to a significant number of our current and past memb...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Judge Allows Testimony That Abbott, Mead Johnson Baby Formula Caused Disease

A federal judge on said she will allow expert testimony that formula made by Abbott Laboratories and Reckitt Benckiser subsidiary Mead Johnson for premature babies can cause a fatal intestinal illness, as the companies face hundreds of lawsuits over...

Posted: May 05, 2025

US Opens Probes After Army Helicopter Forces 2 DC Flights to Abort Landings

Federal investigators have launched a probe after two flights aborted landings at Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday because a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter too close. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that air traffic...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Second Person Charged With Arson in New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire

A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that has grown into the state’s second-largest fire in nearly two decades. Prosecutors said Friday that a 17-year-old was arrested and charged with a...

Posted: May 05, 2025

‘Sensitive’ Security Report Into Arson at Governor’s Mansion Won’t Be Made Public

A consultant paid to review security at the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro after it was firebombed by a late-night intruder said Friday that his team’s findings will not be made public. Retired state police Col. Jeffrey Mi...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Berkshire’s Geico Has Cut Thousands of Jobs in Turnaround Effort

Berkshire Hathaway said its auto insurer Geico has cut tens of thousands of jobs as part of its efforts to turn around a business that’s lagged behind peers. Berkshire’s Vice Chair of Insurance Operations Ajit Jain said Geico reduced the...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Staff Cuts Help Fuel GEICO Profit; Auto Insurer Not ‘Pouring Money’ Into AI

He’s not yet ready to declare “mission accomplished,” but Ajit Jain, vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance operations, said the conglomerate’s personal auto insurer, GEICO, is no longer lagging behind competitors...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Washington Issues Citations for Warehouse Quota, Safety Violations

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries issued the first citations under a a new law regulating production quotas in warehouse workplaces. L&I fined The Safeway distribution center in Auburn $26,700 for several violations related...

Posted: May 05, 2025

Generative and Agentic AI in Insurance: Breaking Down the Risks and Opportunities

This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. In the latest episode of What’s Brewing, Chris Accetta and David Geller welcome David Seaton, VP of Predictive Analytics and Modeling at IAT Insurance, to demystify artificial inte...

Posted: May 04, 2025

Poll: High Cost of Living Fears Were Made Worse by LA Wildfires

The high cost of living remains a main concern in America’s largest exacerbated by the January wildfires is one of the biggest worries bothering residents of Los Angeles County. A survey focused on the county, the nation’s largest with 9....

Posted: May 04, 2025

Insurance Brokers File More Poaching Lawsuits Against Former Leaders and Competitors

USI Insurance Services, one of the largest brokerages in the country, has filed suit against a former sales team leader and another powerhouse broker, Lockton, accusing them of poaching employees and harming client relationships. Elisia Hahnenberg, w...

Posted: May 04, 2025

Florida Bill Would End Board of Engineers and Other Professional Agencies, Raising Concerns for Insu...

Elon Musk’s age of government efficiency has spread to Florida, with legislation that would abolish at least 22 state boards that oversee licensing and disciplinary reviews for engineers, contractors, building inspectors, accountants and many m...

Posted: May 04, 2025

What’s Next For Workers’ Comp?

The workers’ compensation market appears to be doing well again. Ahead of its annual “State of the Line” report to be released in early May, National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Chief Actuary Donna Glenn told Insurance...

Posted: May 04, 2025

The Most Important Elements in a Recruiting Contract

These days, recruiters are floating a lot of different terms and conditions out there, from insurance agencies paying per resume to no money up front but six-month exclusivity. It can be confusing to know what’s standard and makes the most &#82...

Posted: May 04, 2025

Steady Growth Amid Market Cycles Is Possible

Property and casualty insurance has traditionally been a cyclical industry, meaning it goes through phases of firm pricing and tight capacity followed by softer market conditions that tend to favor insurance buyers. The ups and downs of insurance cyc...

Posted: May 04, 2025

7 Marketing Strategies to Establish Your Workers’ Compensation Expertise

Being an expert in workers’ compensation has become a coveted differentiator for insurance agents and brokers. Unlike some of the more commoditized insurance lines, workers’ comp demands specialized knowledge-from industry-specific classi...

Posted: May 04, 2025

Rising Civil Unrest, Political Violence Remains Top 10 Risk for Global Businesses: Allianz

Soaring levels of civil unrest and political violence is a key concern for businesses of all sizes as well as for their insurers, according to a report published by Allianz Commercial. The impact of civil unrest or strikes, riots and …

Posted: May 04, 2025