Flash flooding caused by torrential rains killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews were searching for three other people who were missing Sunday as authorities assessed damage to roads, bridges, natural gas lines and other infrastructure. Officials …

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other oil and gas companies to have lawsuits brought by two Louisiana localities accusing them of harming the state’s coast over a period of …

Purdue Pharma has won support from the attorneys general of 55 U.S. states and territories for its $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits against the drugmaker and its owners, members of the Sackler family. A framework for …

Artemis Insurance, the parent brand of Texan Insurance, Ozark Insurance, and Marek Insurance, announced the acquisition of Baton Rouge-based Tyner Jeter Insurance. Formerly part of McInnis Tyner Agency since 1972, the team launched Tyner Jeter Insurance in August 2012. Earlier …

A jury in federal court ruled that a New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy had violated its owners’ constitutional rights but was shielded from punishment under qualified immunity because of his government role, according to the …

A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the lawsuit …

Everest announced its international insurance division has launched a unified specialties business, bringing together its offerings across marine, aviation, energy & construction, cyber, and industry practices. Paul Trueman has been appointed to lead the new unit, as head of Specialty …

The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on the email accounts of some journalists, prompting the newspaper to beef up its online security. The intrusion was discovered late Thursday and the company carried out a forced reset of login credentials …

College basketball turned heads in March. Now, we're have the final rounds of Verisk's emerging issues bracket that could hold the attention of insurance pros for years to come.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday said it was streamlining reviews of requests filed by automakers seeking to deploy self-driving vehicles without required human controls like steering wheels, brake pedals or mirrors. NHTSA has authority to grant petitions …

Florida’s governor has signed House Bill 1549 into law, eliminating the requirement that insurance agents make a “diligent effort” to find coverage before placing properties with a surplus lines carrier. Thanks to a late amendment to the bill in May, …

Canada’s WestJet Airlines is investigating a cybersecurity incident that has disrupted access to its mobile app and some internal systems, affecting an undisclosed number of users, the airlines said in a statement on Friday. WestJet said specialized internal teams are …

A 43-year-old North Carolina insurance agent is out on bond after she was charged with using clients’ identities to gain illicit commissions on life insurance policies, the state Department of Insurance announced. Ashley Barnhardt, of Locust, near Charlotte, was charged …

This edition of International People Moves details London-based appointments at the broker Specialist Risk Group and the managing general agent CFC Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialist Risk Group Names Former Lockton Exec Nimmo as CEO …

Federal investigators found that a pilot’s medication use may have been a contributing factor in a 2023 medical helicopter crash that killed two in Alabama. The National Transportation Safety Board released the final report this month on the April 2, …

Erie Insurance says it is making “steady progress” in its efforts to restore its computer systems that have been down since its information security team detected unusual activity on June 7. “Our teams—working alongside leading cybersecurity experts—continue working around the …

The fatal crash of Air India flight AI171 on June 12, 2025 is expected to send ripple effects across the global aviation insurance market, significantly affecting insurers and reinsurers in India and globally, according to GlobalData, the London-based data and …

Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of Nimbus, a new insurance facility providing clients with comprehensive cover for the construction of large-scale data centers across the UK and Europe. The facility – supported by a …

Finnish authorities have accused senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia of criminal offenses related to the wreckage. They say the oil tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor to damage …

Navigation signals from more than 900 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf went awry over the weekend, creating confusion in the shipping chokepoint as the fighting between Iran and Israel intensified. Starboard Maritime Intelligence and Bloomberg …