Insurance Journal

South Dakota Hotel Owner Found Liable for Discriminating Against Native Americans

The owner of a South Dakota hotel who said Native Americans were banned from the establishment was found liable for discrimination against Native Americans last week. A federal jury decided the owner of the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City …

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Wells Fargo Sued by Ex-Manager Who Said Bank Faked Diversity

Wells Fargo & Co. was sued by a former manager who says he was fired for pushing the bank to create a more diverse workforce and objecting to its practice of interviewing minority applicants for jobs that were already filled. …

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Viewpoint: Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Rules for Commercial Lines

Commercial lines insurance is changing—not with loud announcements or flashy tech demos, but through quiet, meaningful shifts in how work gets done. Much of this progress is driven by teams applying AI tools to everyday tasks. Underwriters are spendi...

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Three Top P/C Insurers Account for Most of Insurance AI Patents

Three property/casualty insurers have dominated the industry’s artificial intelligence patent activity since 2014. State Farm, USAA and Allstate account for 77% of all AI patents by insurers in that time, according to tracking data from Evident...

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Injured Pedestrian Strikes Out on PIP Benefit Because Car She Dodged Never Struck Her

Is a pedestrian entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits in Massachusetts after being injured while trying to get out of the way of an oncoming motor vehicle even though she was not hit by the vehicle? The answer is …

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Waymos Froze, Blocked Traffic During San Francisco Power Outage

Waymo’s driverless ride services were a high-profile victim of a power outage that affected large swaths of San Francisco, with cars freezing mid-ride across the city and disrupting traffic. After traffic lights went dark at major intersections...

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

US Admits Liability in Chopper-Jet Crash Over Potomac River

The US government acknowledged in a federal court filing that it was liable for damages resulting from a deadly collision between an Army helicopter and a regional American Airlines Group Inc. jetliner earlier this year near Washington, one of the &#...

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Rare Weather Warning Issued as Strong Gusts Fuel Colorado Wildfire Threats

The National Weather Service on Friday issued a rare warning for part of Colorado’s Front Range as hurricane-force winds and tinder dry conditions boosted the threat of wildfire across several counties, while flood warnings were issued in Orego...

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Oregon OSHA Fines Manufacturer for Workplace Safety Violations

A Tualatin, Oregon company intentionally kept a faulty system in place for storing raw materials, exposing employees to struck-by and crushing hazards, an inspection by the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division showed. According to Oregon OS...

Posted: Dec 22, 2025

Cessna Jet Tied to Nascar Driver Greg Biffle Crashes in North Carolina

Former Nascar driver Greg Biffle and his family are believed to have died when their Cessna Citation corporate jet crashed just minutes after taking off from a regional airport in North Carolina. “Although the post-crash fire prevents us from r...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent

The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state and federal Ponzi scheme investigations, has been granted an insurance producer’s license in the state. Edwin Brant Frost V, who &#823...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

People Moves: Marsh McLennan Appoints Mathews Digital Infrastructure Leader; Loop Hired to Lead AXA...

Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York City, appointed Mike Mathews as global digital infrastructure leader. Based in Boston, Mathews brings over 25 years of specialized industry experience to this newly created position, having worked with compan...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

High Winds Battered Water-Logged Northwest, Cutting Power to Half-A-Million

High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho this week, killing one adult and critically injuring two children, knocking out power to thousands and compounding the damage already wrought by heavy rains and flood...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

11 Firefighters and 2 Others Injured After NC House Explosion and Fire

Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening injuries but were getting treat...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

A 10-Hour Data Center Outage Is Testing the Ambitions of KKR, GIP

Data center operators are fixated on the “five nines” — an expectation that they’ll keep the infrastructure behind financial markets, e-commerce and artificial intelligence running 99.999% of the time. So as news rippled out last mo...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

More US Beef Plants May Close as Cattle Herds Keep Tightening

American beef plants are under threat as the number of cattle destined for their facilities stays far below historical levels, reflecting the smallest herd in more than half a century. Cattle placed in US feedlots, where animals are fed until …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Ben & Jerry’s Board Says More Directors Face Removal

Ben & Jerry’s independent board late on Wednesday said in a filing that its new corporate parent, the Magnum Ice Cream Company, is forcing three more directors to complete training and other requirements or face removal. Ben & Jerry&#82...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Kerr County Officials in Race to Build $5M Flood Warning System Before Next Texas Flood Season

With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the state to contribute …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

County Officials in Texas Race to Build $5M Warning System Before Next Flood Season

With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the state to contribute …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

AI Threatens to Displace Workers, Bank of England’s Bailey Warns

Artificial intelligence is likely to displace British workers even as it makes the country more productive, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said in his most stark warning yet on the technology’s impact. Bailey said on Friday that the UK...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Russia Is Trying to Overwhelm Europe With its Sabotage Campaign: Western Officials

In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a passing freight …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

British Regulator Cracks Down on Home, Travel Insurers

Britain’s financial watchdog on Thursday laid out its efforts to raise standards in the home and travel insurance market after a consumer group made a rare “super-complaint” against the regulator, accusing it of letting customers do...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

India’s Big-Bang Financial Reforms Target Foreign Money

India’s long-awaited package of financial services reforms is setting the stage for a surge of foreign capital into the world’s fastest-growing major economy. In the latest step, lawmakers passed a bill this week allowing up to 100% forei...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Catastrophe Bonds Linked to Wildfires Lose ‘Untouchable’ Status

Alternative investment managers are starting to take a serious interest in catastrophe bonds tied to wildfires, moving into a risk category that just a few years ago was seen as too difficult to model. More than $5 billion of cat …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Tesla Door Safety Issues Have Owners Buying Car Escape Tools

Tesla owners are going to extreme lengths to deal with a problem most had never imagined: being unable to open malfunctioning doors.

Posted: Dec 19, 2025