An Alabama worker died from blunt force trauma after he he was performing maintenance inside an industrial concrete mixer, a coronor has determined. The investigation is continuing into the death of Edgar Earl Davis IV, age 29, who was pronounced …

UK Intermediary Specialist Risk Group Buys Broker Champion Insurance Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced it has acquired Champion Insurance Group and its specialist subsidiaries Champion Professional Risks and Champion Health & Benefits. Financial details of the …

Two boys were turned in by their mothers Monday to face charges for allegedly causing $50,000 worth of vandalism damage to a central Florida elementary school’s media center, investigators said. The 12- and 13-year-old boys broke into Friendship Elementary School …

Homeowners insurance rates are rising at a pace not seen in more than a decade, so more customers are asking why they should stay loyal if they perceive their insurer isn’t reciprocating. According to a recent survey from J.D. Power, …

The effects of climate change are intensifying but businesses globally are struggling to make transition plans that they can implement in the real world, according to a report released Wednesday by the London School of Economics and Political Science. The …

The cyberattack that’s brought Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc factories to a standstill is affecting suppliers, with some European parts makers forced to pause or scale back their own production. German company Eberspächer Gruppe GmbH & Co., which manufacturers exhaust …

AmTrust Names Fletcher and Thomas to Lead New E&S Premier Group AmTrust Financial Services Inc., headquartered in New York City, appointed Curt Fletcher as senior vice president and Matt Thomas as vice president of AmTrust’s newly established E&S Premier group …

Tesla Inc. reached a confidential deal to resolve a lawsuit by the family of a teenager who was killed in a 2019 California crash involving a Model 3 on Autopilot. The settlement disclosed in court filings marks the latest move …

A Georgia man has been arrested for at least the second time in four years, charged with posing as an insurance agent and selling fake workers’ compensation policies. Fernando Jose Cuellar Membreno, 54, was arrested in August after an investigation …

Orion180 Insurance launched of its FLEX Home Insurance product for California. FLEX is designed to give homeowners the ability to personalize policies, adjust coverage and deduct options based on risk exposure and financial goals. Orion180 has developed a proprietary wildfire …

Global insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC announced it acquired the business of William P. Smart Associates of Fairfield, New Jersey on June 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. William P. Smart’s niche is the entertainment industry. …

Federal health officials intend to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, according to a government procurement notice. The Troy, New York, engineering school is getting the no-bid contract …

New York’s attorney general on Monday proposed regulations for its crackdown on addictive social media feeds for children, including rules for verifying a user’s age. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, passed last year, prohibits social media …

Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether a Boar’s Head deli meat plant at the center of last year’s deadly listeria outbreak will be fit to reopen. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, of Connecticut, sent a letter Monday asking company officials to appear before …

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.9% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance in 2026. L&I says the increase would help pay for the rising cost of …

Microsoft Inc said on Tuesday that it seized nearly 340 websites tied to a rapidly growing Nigerian-based service that allowed users to carry out phishing operations that stole at least 5,000 Microsoft user credentials. Microsoft obtained an order from the …

Duncan Okindo says he was lured to Southeast Asia last year by the promise of a customer service job in Thailand. Instead, he ended up spending four months in a scam compound on the lawless Myanmar-Thai border, where he saw …

Western insurers on Tuesday lost a London High Court bid to appeal against a judgment that hands aircraft lessors $1.0 billion-plus from their war risks insurance policies to cover the loss of jets stuck in Russia since the invasion of …

Tornadoes destroyed several homes in southeastern Utah over the weekend, but authorities said there were no reports of people injured. A storm produced two tornadoes in San Juan County in southeastern Utah over the span of an hour starting around …

Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA), a Mountain Home, Arkansas pain management clinic, and Baxter Regional Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital, will pay $350,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …