Insurance Journal

APRIL 29, 2025

A Memphis church known as a rallying spot in the Civil Rights Movement suffered major damage in a fire that broke out early Monday morning.

Damage 227

Damage Building Property Insurance Insurance 227

Insurance Journal

APRIL 29, 2025

It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter.

Business Interruption 130

Business Interruption Risk Insurer Insured 130

Insurance Journal

APRIL 28, 2025

Major automakers want Congress to bar California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 that has been adopted by 11 other states, warning the rules could begin impacting vehicle shipments in a few months. The U.S.

Protection 130

Protection 130

Insurance Journal

APRIL 28, 2025

The new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said that the agency has stifled innovation for the cryptocurrency sector by fostering “regulatory uncertainty” in prior years.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 28, 2025

A Vermont Superior Court has approved a state takeover and rehabilitation plan for a medical professional liability insurer for 1,300 physicians that the state says is in hazardous financial condition as a result of a $35.

Liability Insurance 130

Liability Insurance Liability Professional Liability Insurance Insurance 130

Insurance Journal

APRIL 28, 2025

Trawick International, a longtime provider of travel insurance, student insurance and specialty coverage, is moving its headquarters from the quiet streets of Fairhope, Alabama, to Miami.

Insurance 130

Insurance Insurer Insured Insurance Companies 130

Insurance Journal

APRIL 28, 2025

After receiving multiple inquiries about the use of aerial images in property insurance nonrenewals, West Virginia’s insurance commissioner has posted guidelines for insurers’ use of the technology.

Property Insurance 130

Property Insurance Insurance Insurer Insured 130

Insurance Journal

APRIL 28, 2025

City leaders in Uvalde, Texas, approved a $2 million settlement for families of the victims of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, marking the first time one of the myriad lawsuits has led to financial compensation.

Compensation 214

Compensation 214

Insurance Journal

APRIL 28, 2025

Mediobanca launched a surprise 6.3 billion ($7.2 billion) offer for the wealth management arm of Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali SpA, opening a potential defense strategy for the Milan-based bank amid Italy’s intensifying deal wave.

Insurance 255

Insurance Insurer Insured 255

Insurance Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

Would you like pet insurance with your juvenile ball python, Ma’am? Until relatively recently, that kind of additional purchase came only after settling the scaly friend safely in its new terrarium at home.

Insurance 240

Insurance Insurer Insured 240

Insurance Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

Four individuals, including attorneys, were charged after an investigation reportedly revealed a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud scheme allegedly targeted Spanish-speaking workers and involved the illegal sale of more than 1,100 clients generating more than $550,000 in unlawful referral fees.

Workers Comp 204

Workers Comp Compensation Workers Compensation Claim 204

Insurance Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

A late amendment to a phosphate mine bill has set off alarm bells among some in the Florida insurance industry, with concerns that it could cut out the heart of 2022 and 2023 legislative changes that disincentivized excessive claims litigation.

Insurance Industry 147

Insurance Industry Claim Insurance Insurer 147

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

DoorDash Inc. asked a California judge to dismiss Uber Technologies Inc.’s anticompetition lawsuit against it, arguing that Uber is using an “ill-fitting” state law to justify its claims. DoorDash, which has two-thirds of the U.S.

Claim 222

Claim Damage Liability 222

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

A middle schooler in the Dallas-Fort Worth area has tested positive for measles, the first known case in the urban area, a health official from Collin County confirmed.

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227

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation last week that would allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration law, as conservative legislators push for increased alignment with the federal government’s crackdown on immigration.

Insurance 214

Insurance Insurer Insured 214

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC), headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, appointed Levi Dutcher as marketing representative for the states of Indiana and Michigan.

Insurance Companies 211

Insurance Companies Insurance Insurer Insured 211

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Net income at The Hartford decreased 16% to $630 million in the first quarter 2025, driven by losses from the California wildfires.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state’s largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents, violating federal and state antitrust laws and New Jersey consumer fraud laws.

Claim 229

Claim Liability 229

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Four new Russian companies have sought India’s approval to provide insurance for crude oil tankers docking at ports in the South Asian nation, according to people familiar with the matter.

Insurance 147

Insurance Insurer Insured Protection 147

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Names Two New Deputy Commissioners The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWCC) has named two new deputy commissioners, Frederick T. Schubert II and Christopher R. Wilson.

Workers Comp 252

Workers Comp Compensation Workers Compensation 252

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Third-party litigation financing have become big business across the country, much to the chagrin of businesses and insurance companies that have been on the receiving end of multi-million lawsuit verdicts.

Insurance Companies 249

Insurance Companies Insurance Insurer Insured 249

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Insurers in the U.S. paid out about $1.6 billion in dog-related injury claims in 2024, according to data compiled by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and State Farm.

Claim 299

Claim Injury Insurance Insurer 299

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

PG&E Corp. missed first-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the power company was hurt by higher operating and interest expenses.

Damage 249

Damage Liability 249

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Prompted by a stinging defeat at the U.S.

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228

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed the first law of this year’s legislative session, a bill creating a new regulation-cutting agency inspired by Elon Musk’s federal Department of Government Efficiency. “Texas can have our own DOGE,” Abbott said Wednesday.

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219

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Eli Lilly said Wednesday it had sued four compounders for selling unapproved products containing tirzepatide, after a U.S. judge last month blocked pharmacies from making copies of its weight-loss and diabetes medicines.

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211

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

The UK’s driest start to the year in four decades is threatening the country’s grain crops and increasing the risk of wildfires. Total precipitation of about 20.5 centimeters (8.

Risk 221

Risk Insurance Insurer Insured 221

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Kresimir Mudrovcic and his team of programmers spend months on end trawling through computer code that can be three times as old as the crew’s youngest members.

Cyber 259

Cyber 259

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

UniCredit has increased its stake in insurer Generali to between 6% and 7%, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday, ahead of a key shareholder vote to pick a new board of directors. Unicredit’s stake was 5.

Insurance 249

Insurance Insurer Insured 249

Insurance Journal

APRIL 24, 2025

Washington, D.C.-based BreachBits has received an investment of an undisclosed amount from Lloyd’s in what is the London-based global insurance marketplace’s third strategic innovation investment from among over 150 alumni of the Lloyd’s Lab.

Claim 263

Claim Insurance Insurer Insured 263

Insurance Journal

APRIL 23, 2025

Valenzuela Joins SCM as Vice President and Bond Manager SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services named Adriana Valenzuela vice president and bond manager. Before joining SCM, Valenzuela managed the surety department for Alliant Insurance Services’ Western offices.

Insurance 235

Insurance Insurer Insured 235

Insurance Journal

APRIL 23, 2025

Driver overconfidence is leading to risky behavior. Nationwide’s latest driver survey found 20% of drivers text while driving, 15% use social media, 13% watch videos, and 11% read or write emails.

Insurance 285

Insurance Insurer Insured 285

Insurance Journal

APRIL 23, 2025

Florida’s elected leaders have long touted the “1,000 people a day” moving into the state.

Property Insurance 262

Property Insurance Insurance Insurer Insured 262

Insurance Journal

APRIL 23, 2025

A federal class action lawsuit filed this week in Texas accuses Toyota and an affiliated telematics aggregator of unlawfully collecting drivers’ information and then selling that data to Progressive.

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240

Insurance Journal

APRIL 23, 2025

Andrew Hill, who studied and farmed hemp in California before it was legal in Texas, was a keynote speaker at the state’s first-ever agricultural hemp expo in Dallas in 2019.

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241

Insurance Journal

APRIL 23, 2025

Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in California communities at high risk for wildfires and force homeowners onto the state’s last-resort insurance plan that offers basic coverage and high premiums.

Home Insurance 205

Home Insurance Premium Insurance Companies Insurance 205

Insurance Journal

APRIL 23, 2025

White Pine Senior Living, an assisted living facility in Minnesota, has agreed to pay $73,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

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