Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

A middle schooler in the Dallas-Fort Worth area has tested positive for measles, the first known case in the urban area, a health official from Collin County confirmed.

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Solstice Insurance Broker

APRIL 25, 2025

Many dental insurance brokers notice a dip in business during certain times of the year, with summer being one of those quieter periods. But it doesn't have to be that way.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

DoorDash Inc. asked a California judge to dismiss Uber Technologies Inc.’s anticompetition lawsuit against it, arguing that Uber is using an “ill-fitting” state law to justify its claims. DoorDash, which has two-thirds of the U.S.

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

APRIL 25, 2025

In a courtroom clash that couldve started on a legal drama called Law & Roofing Order, Bigfoot Co-op took on giant Nationwide in a hailstorm roofing dispute that had to do less with weather and more about plywood sheathing and the fine print of insurance policies. This roofing dispute was over the valuation of storm … The post Hail No! Why Nationwide Didn’t Owe More in Bigfoots Roof Claim appeared first on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation last week that would allow local law enforcement to enforce immigration law, as conservative legislators push for increased alignment with the federal government’s crackdown on immigration.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Net income at The Hartford decreased 16% to $630 million in the first quarter 2025, driven by losses from the California wildfires.

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APRIL 25, 2025

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

At a time when firefighters are battling one of the worst wildfires in New Jersey’s history, there is an increased risk for rapid fire spread this afternoon across portions of the Garden State and eastern Pennsylvania, according to the National …

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Distinguished

APRIL 25, 2025

Nearly 3,000 people are injured in umbrella-related accidents every year in the United States, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Flying umbrellas due to wind gusts have killed people and caused many serious injuries. A CPSC report cites that, from 2009 to 2018, 32,764 umbrella-related accidents were reported in the United States.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

It’s not often that applause breaks out in the audience after a vote at the Hawaii Legislature, but that one afternoon this week.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Around 156 million Americans, nearly half of the US population, now live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, part of a trend toward declining air quality as climate change-related extreme weather events like wildfires occur more frequently.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

A federal judge on Wednesday found the state of North Dakota entitled to nearly $28 million for responding to protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in 2016 and 2017 a win for the state in its multiyear effort …

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Liability 158

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC), headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, appointed Levi Dutcher as marketing representative for the states of Indiana and Michigan.

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Insurance Companies Insured Insurance Insurer 158

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort to make it easier for people and governments to hold companies financially accountable, like the tobacco giants have been.

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Damage 150

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King predicted property-casualty insurance rates will drop 3% to 5% in the next year after lawmakers approved significant tort reform measures.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) said it has successfully completed the requirements and earned full national accreditation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for its work to promote effective financial solvency regulation.

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Insured Insurance Insurer 140

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Despite rain statewide this month, the New Hampshire Forest Protection Bureau reports that 72% of the Granite State is currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions.

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Protection 140

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Everest of Warren, New Jersey, made three key leadership appointments to the company’s U.S. wholesale business, Everest Evolution.

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Underwriter Underwriting 108

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay for the $600 million settlement Norfolk Southern agreed to with residents.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

The family of one of three college students who died in a Cybertruck crash in California filed a lawsuit in a bid to gain access to the Tesla Inc. pickup and better understand how their daughter died.

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Liability 158

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Marks & Spencer stopped taking online orders in the UK and Ireland on Friday following a cyber attack which it reported earlier in the week, an announcement which sent its shares down by 5%.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Britain’s water company bosses will face up to two years in prison and be banned from taking bonuses for covering up sewage spills under new legislation in force from Friday.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Ardonagh Acquires Zurich-Based SRB Assekuranz Broker The Ardonagh Group, the London-based independent insurance distribution platform, announced it has acquired the Zurich-based broker SRB Assekuranz Broker AG (SRB). Founded in 1980, SRB focuses on corporate customers, primarily in the industrial sector.

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Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Baloise on Friday said that Patria Genossenschaft had acquired a 9.35% stake in the Swiss insurer, which this week announced plans to merge with competitor Helvetia. Patria is Helvetia’s main shareholder.

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Insured Insurance Insurer 140

Insurance Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

The world’s first-ever exchange-traded fund based on catastrophe bonds has failed to get the seed capital it expected after launching on the eve of the Trump administration’s tariff war.

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