The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release that occurred on January 27, 2026, at the Woodland Pulp facility in Baileyville, Maine. The incident at the pulp production facility resulted …

Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for Aerial and Geospatial Intelligence” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for carriers, MGAs, claims professionals, underwriters, risk managers and more. Focused on advanced property …

The US labor board is abandoning a yearslong legal battle against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signaling it will steer clear of future cases against the company. Two years after issuing a complaint accusing the aerospace firm of firing eight engineers …

Two-thirds of nurses who walked out of major hospitals in New York City a month ago have reached preliminary agreements with their employers and may end the strike this week, the union representing 15,000 striking nurses said on Monday. The …

Online insurance agent Insurify said it has launched a ChatGPT app to allow consumers to compare and shop for insurance. Insurify said the app is the first insurance app in OpenAI’s directory. “Shopping for car insurance has traditionally been time-consuming, …

US insurance broker stocks were pummeled Monday as the launch of an artificial intelligence tool from privately held online insurance shopping platform Insurify sparked fears about the industry facing disruption. The S&P 500 Insurance index closed down 3.9%, in its …

Singapore’s four telecom companies, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba Telecom, were targeted by cyber espionage group UNC3886 in attacks last year, Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency said on Monday. The agency said the hackers were able to penetrate and gain access …

South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack, and urged the e-commerce giant to fix vulnerabilities in its security systems. Announcing the first findings of a government-led probe, …

Helix Underwriting Partners Bermuda, the multi-line independent managing general agent, announced the launch of its London property offering, Helix International, which has been trading since the start of the year, in partnership with PartnerRe Insurance Programs. The program provides capacity …

China’s Nio is recalling 246,229 vehicles due to a software issue that poses safety hazards, marking the largest recall by a homegrown electric vehicle maker. The recalled EVs include models ES8, ES6 and EC6 and were manufactured between March 16, …

CyberCube has named Chris Methven its new CEO, replacing Pascal Millaire, who has been the leader of the cyber risk modeling and analytics company since it has operated as a standalone company. Methven has been Cyber Cube’s chief growth officer …

Verisk, headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, named Steven Kauderer president of its claims solutions business. He reports to Lee Shavel, president and CEO of Verisk. Most recently, Kauderer was a senior partner at EY-Parthenon, where he built and led …

Adam Schwebach, broker and head of property for North America at Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker, last week sat down for an interview with Insurance Journal. The discussion came on the heels of Gallagher Re’s annual Florida broker summit, …

Rhode Island-based Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. has experienced a ransomware attack and is in the process of determining what information and persons may have been affected. The workers’ compensation insurer said it received an alert on January 14, 2026, regarding …

A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley …

Chevron Corp. acquired a ranch in West Texas whose owner had been waging a legal battle accusing the US energy giant of negligently spilling toxic water and crude oil on the 22,000-acre property. The sale of Ashley Watt’s Antina Ranch …

Elon Musk’s “Vegas Loop,” a network of underground tunnels to ferry passengers in Teslas, was under fresh scrutiny this week from Nevada lawmakers who raised concern about alleged workplace safety and environmental violations. Lawmakers spent hours grilling state safety officials …

States in the U.S. West are grappling with an unusually warm, arid winter that is ramping up fire risk in some areas, driving utilities to take drastic precautions, including sometimes shutting off the power in a bid to keep their …

A Massachusetts man was convicted last week in federal court in Boston for engaging in a scheme in which he provided an applicant with the answers to the state’s commercial drivers learner’s permit exam. Frank Castro was convicted of unlawful …

Diessner Promoted to President of Kraus-Anderson Insurance Jonathan Diessner has been promoted to president of Kraus-Anderson Insurance, one of Minnesota’s largest privately held independent insurance agencies and a member of the Kraus-Anderson family of companies, providing construction, real estate, risk …