Jane Kim claimed victory over fellow Democrat Ben Allen in the race for California insurance commissioner on Friday. Kim was up by more than 400,000 votes as of Friday afternoon. As of Wednesday morning, 99.8% of precincts had reported in, …

Data center opposition had been building across the country, one moratorium or blocked project at a time. Then, virtually overnight, the midterm election tilted a broad swath of the regulatory map against the AI buildout. Newly elected governors in Ohio, …

AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) of Illinois Casualty Company (ICC) and Lebanon Valley Insurance Company (LV). …

Insurance agents in north Georgia are reporting widespread damage after record flooding hit the area Thursday, Nov. 5. “It’s devastating. I have cried and prayed and cried and prayed,” said an agent who answered the phone at Appalachian Insurance Services …

Blackstone Inc. has set up a Lloyd’s of London syndicate with broker Aon Plc, as the world’s largest alternative asset manager muscles further into the insurance sector. Called Cortina, the syndicate will provide capital to back reinsurance contracts, according to …

Thousands of homes and businesses north of Los Angeles face the risk of potential power cuts over the next two days as weak to moderate Santa Ana winds bring dangerous fire weather conditions. Southern California Edison is considering shutting off …

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has led a crusade against THC products over the past few years, eventually leading to state officials banning several hemp-derived cannabis products, including popular items like smokeable vapes and joints. “I’m not going to legalize marijuana …

AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable of Excess Reinsurance Underwriters Inc. in Woodbury, New Jersey. Excess Re is a managing general underwriter specializing in medical stop loss insurance for a variety of entities across 50 states. …

A gunman plowed a car into a courtyard on Citibank’s sprawling Tampa business campus on Wednesday and opened fire with a rifle, killing a woman before a security guard fatally shot him, authorities said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office did …

MEMIC Promotes Delcourt to Regional Vice President The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, promoted Ben Delcourt to regional vice president, underwriting. He will lead MEMIC’s Maine underwriting team and collaborate with the company’s independent agency partners across the state. …

Florida’s newly approved property-tax cut is designed to make homes more affordable. But it could also push up another punishing cost of homeownership: insurance. Homes in the Sunshine State are already among the most costly to insure in the US …

Insurance companies are beginning to look toward the next phase of AI adoption with agentic AI and automation, according to Chris Newman, CEO of ACORD Solutions Group, at this year’s InsurTech Connect conference in Las Vegas. However, as AI moves …

The Archdiocese of New York has finalized an $800 million settlement to resolve more than 1,300 outstanding claims of sexual abuse by clergy filed under the state’s Child Victim’s Act (CVA) and other laws. “As of today, November 5, 2026, …

Sporadic bomb threats continued to disrupt multiple flights across Europe on Friday, capping a week of unusual alerts that have put the aviation industry on guard and raised alarm with authorities. Flights operated by Ryanair Holdings Plc, Wizz Air Holdings …

Nordea Bank Abp is facing a potential 6.6 billion-krone ($988 million) penalty as a Danish court prepares to rule in a case over failures to prevent money laundering that go back more than a decade. The case marks the first …

French lender Credit Mutuel Arkea said on Thursday hackers had stolen around €100 million ($112.61 million) in a cyber heist and it was working to try to recover the money, in a rare case of cybercriminals successfully stealing from a …

Man Group Plc’s shares fell after a judge ruled it could have to pay around $155 million for its role in “corruption on a breathtaking scale” that siphoned $1 billion from a Kuwaiti state-run pension fund over decades. The world’s …

Last week’s $6.3 billion Binance heist is prompting insurers to scrutinize crypto companies’ security more closely, with underwriters expected to probe if clients are vulnerable to a similar attack when they seek new coverage or renew existing policies, industry insiders …

A federal judge rejected Delta Air Lines’ request to dismiss a lawsuit by passengers who said they paid extra money to sit in window seats, but found themselves seated next to windowless blank walls. US District Judge Ramon Reyes in …

The United States is warning of an “ongoing cyber threat” to industrial refrigeration systems, saying in a statement issued on Thursday that every organization that depends on cold storage should assume it could fall into the hackers’ crosshairs. The statement, …