Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire into further jeopardy after the biggest Israeli attacks on its neighbor of the war killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump’s truce. In Pakistan, …

Prestige Trucking Insurance, a retail brokerage and parent company of CSMV Underwriters, has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Mulligan, an artificial intelligence-based insurance automation platform. The platform will now be offered under the name Insure Stack, led by …

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Geary County woman has been sentenced to 24 months of probation for insurance fraud. Kei’Anna Boykin, aged 31, pleaded guilty on January 15, 2026, in Geary County District Court to one felony count …

IBC Insurance has appointed Zee Zepeda as Business Development Strategist. In this role, Zepeda will be responsible for aligning insurance and banking initiatives to drive growth, enhance client relationships, and expand cross-functional opportunities across the organization. Zepeda will focus on …

Nineteen camps in Texas have filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate a new state requirement for them to install “end-to-end fiber optic facilities” in order to operate this summer. The requirement that the camps install fiber optic internet does not …

The US Justice Department’s top antitrust litigator and three senior trial attorneys that led cases against Live Nation Entertainment Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are leaving the agency, according to people familiar with their plans. Some of the …

Donald Trump has asked New York’s highest appeals court to vacate a judge’s finding that he was liable for inflating the value of his real estate assets, arguing that his former lawyer Michael Cohen has since cast doubt on his …

Three Chinese ships recently sailed through the Strait of Hormuz after coordination with relevant parties, a foreign ministry spokesperson told a regular daily press briefing on Tuesday, while calling for peace and stability in the Gulf Region. The critical waterway …

Israel launched its largest assault on Lebanon since the start of its invasion, escalating the campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah even after the US announced a ceasefire in the wider Middle East conflict. The Israeli military said Wednesday it targeted more …

Jeff Shell is stepping down as president of Paramount Skydance Corp. following a contentious lawsuit by a high-stakes gambler who accused him of leaking inside information. Shell, who served as the No. 2 executive under Chief Executive Officer David Ellison, …

The Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked on Wednesday, as shipowners try to understand if they can safely transit the vital waterway following a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran that was announced overnight. Just three ships were observed …

Shipowners are placing “huge volume requests” for insurance cover as they look to transit the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to broker McGill and Partners. With the increased demand from the market also comes “a pronounced …

Anthropic announced an initiative with major technology companies, including Amazon.com, Microsoft and Apple, that lets partners preview an advanced model with cybersecurity capabilities developed by the AI startup. Under its “Project Glasswing,” select organizations will be allowed to use the …

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which backs deposits at thousands of US banks, is laying out its guidelines for how those institutions and their fintech subsidiaries can use stablecoins as digital currencies become more widely accepted in the financial system. …

Enforcement cases brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fell more than 20% in the latest fiscal year as the regulator “recentered” its enforcement program, the agency said April 7. The SEC brought 456 enforcement actions in the fiscal …

Six weeks after leaders of scheme to sign up south Florida homeless people for Affordable Care Act policies were sentenced to years in prison, the companies involved have agreed to pay more than $135 million to resolve a federal investigation. …

A Massachusetts water and sewer line construction contractor is facing $4,699,362 in proposed penalties for safety violations related to a trench collapse that claimed the life of an employee and seriously injured another at a Cape Cod worksite. A federal …

CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company named Kellen Booher president and CEO. Booher succeeds CEO and Board Chair Marc Schmittlein, who announced his retirement last year. Schmittlein joined CopperPoint in 2016 and was appointed executive chair of the CopperPoint board of …

An appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of Berkshire Hathaway’s PacifiCorp unit over a series of Oregon wildfires in 2020, saying a trial judge erred in letting litigation against the utility proceed as a class action. The decision by …

A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed claims against Walgreens but allowed some claims against the The Hershey Co. and its affiliate food manufacturers Paqui and Amplify Snack Brands, Inc. to proceed in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the …