People Moves: Society of Actuaries Names Rosso CEO
The Society of Actuaries (SOA), the world’s largest actuarial professional organization, named Clar Rosso as the new CEO, effective May 4. Rosso assumes the role from Greg Heidrich, who is retiring after serving as CEO since 2007. Rosso recently served …
Fidelity Beats Lawsuit Over Fees in $439 Billion Money Market Fund
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing mutual fund giant Fidelity of cheating many investors in its $439.1 billion Fidelity Government Money Market Fund by keeping them in higher-cost share classes than they were eligible for. U.S. District …
Marsh Risk Secures Insurance for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in Wyoming
Marsh Risk said it has secured comprehensive insurance coverage for TerraPower’s Kemmerer Unit 1 in Kemmerer, Wyoming, considered the nation’s first commercial-scale, advanced nuclear power plant approved for construction by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. According to Marsh, the placement is …
Report Shows How Guns Move From Southern Stores to Northern Crime Scenes
A shooting in Boston. A carjacking in Washington, D.C. A robbery in New York. All were carried out with guns that were among hundreds bought in the South and trafficked north to cities with some of the nation’s strictest firearms …
Georgia Could Become First State With Weapons Detection in All Public Schools
Georgia could become the first state to require every student to be checked for weapons when arriving at a public school each day. A bill is nearing passage that would require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a …
FEMA to Offer $1 Billion for Disaster Resilience After Lawsuit
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant program it had previously canceled and criticized as being wasteful. The move was prompted by an order from a US …
US Jury Verdicts Against Meta, Google Tee Up Fight Over Tech Liability Shield
Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children have found Meta and Alphabet’s Google liable, potentially teeing up an appeals fight that could reshape how …
Housing Finance Chief Pulte Makes Insurance Fraud Allegations Against NY AG James
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte has sent letters to the Department of Justice encouraging prosecutors to open new fraud investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James related to real estate. Pulte wrote separately to the US attorneys …
UK Car Insurer First Central Is Said to Tap Banks for London IPO
First Central Group Ltd., the UK vehicle and home insurer, has appointed investment banks as it prepares for a potential initial public offering in London, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has lined up Deutsche Bank AG …
Britain to Intercept Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Ships in UK Waters
The UK will interdict and board Russian “shadow fleet” vessels in its waters, increasing European pressure on Moscow over tankers exporting sanctioned crude in transactions that help fund the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said the …
Uber, Autonomous Mobility Firms to Launch Europe’s First Commercial Robotaxis
Uber Technologies and autonomous mobility companies Verne and Pony.ai have partnered up to launch Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service in the Croatian capital Zagreb, with plans to expand to other cities, they said on Thursday. Robotaxis are rapidly expanding into …
Iran Sees US Peace Plan as ‘One-Sided’ as Trump Presses for Deal
A U.S. proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is “one-sided and unfair,” a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday, whileU.S. President Donald Trump said Iran must make a deal or face a continued onslaught. The Iranian official …
Rich Britons Reap Biggest Benefits From UK State Flood Program
It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a legal anachronism, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to help those most exposed to flooding has ended up favoring the country’s richest property owners. Economists at the Bank of …
Iran Is Drafting Law to Introduce Tolls for Hormuz Transit
The Iranian parliament is working on a draft bill that would impose a fee on vessels seeking safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Fars, citing an unnamed lawmaker, said the plan would …
Viewpoint: Insurance Broker Valuations – The Elephant in the Room
While insurance broker valuations remained resilient in 2025, essentially staying near all‑time highs, the elephant in the room—Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO)—has received little attention. From a valuation perspective, what happened with Brown & Brown? After the brokerage’s value surged …
P/C Underwriting Income Up $40B in 2025, Say Verisk and APCIA
Verisk and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association released preliminary 2025 underwriting results for the property/casualty industry, with a $40 billion increase over the prior year. For private U.S. P/C insurers, the underwriting gain for 2025 was $63 billion compared …
High Levels of Cancer-Causing Benzene in European Cooking Gas, Study Finds
Domestic gas supply in several European cities contains high levels of benzene, an odorless substance that can cause cancer, according to research released on Wednesday. Gas samples taken in UK homes contained 37 times more benzene than North American gas, …
After 62 Years, Florida Appeals Court Drops the Expert Witness Rule on Attorney Fees
Just over three years ago, Florida lawmakers effectively ended one-way attorney fees, disincentivizing much of the costly property insurance claims litigation that had plagued the industry. But fees can still be awarded to either side in a lawsuit, in a …
EXPLAINER-Can US Government Be Held Liable for LaGuardia Airport Collision?
Investigators are probing the potential causes of Sunday’s collision between an Air Canada Express plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The two pilots were killed. Air Canada said 39 of the 76 passengers and crew …
Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado Paying $15M Dividend for Colorado Members
Colorado workers’ compensation provider Pinnacol Assurance announced it will distribute a $15 million general dividend to its members in 2026. Pinnacol members can expect to receive dividend checks starting March 25. More than 46,000 members in the state will receive …
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