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AM Best said that the Credit Ratings (ratings) of Southern Vanguard Insurance Company (Southern Vanguard) (Austin, Texas) and the members of Stonetrust Insurance Group (Stonetrust) (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) remain unchanged following the May 27, 2025, announcement that Wintaai America Inc. …

A U.S. judge dismissed the state of California’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, allowing the state to file an appeal over the court’s ruling that the dispute should have been filed in a specialized U.S. trade court in New …

Long COVID cases accounted for 82.1% of the treatment payments on COVID claims and 73.7% of all COVID-19 claim payments in California’s workers’ compensation system, according to a study. The study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows one-in-21 California …

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a settlement with Home365, LLC, regarding the Las Vegas-based property management company’s alleged failures to timely address Pennsylvania tenants’ maintenance needs. The voluntary compliance settlement also alleges Home365 failed to return tenant security deposits. …

Taylor Oswald, a provider of group benefits and property and casualty insurance, announced it is relocating its corporate headquarters in Cleveland. With the move, Taylor Oswald joins its partner, Oswald Companies, at Oswald Tower on the East Bank of the …

Texas lawmakers approved a series of bills this year that aim to better prepare Texas for wildfires and to mitigate their damage. The legislation includes a study on wildfire risk zones, increasing funding for rural volunteer fire departments, and creating …

Wallace & Turner, Inc., with offices in Springfield and Urbana, Ohio, named four new equity partners. All are based in Wallace & Turner’s Springfield office. Ben Galbreath has nearly two decades of experience in personal, commercial, life and supplemental benefits …

Victoria’s Secret on Tuesday disclosed that a security incident relating to its information technology systems had led it to temporarily shut down its website for a few days last week. The company said it shut down corporate systems and e-commerce …

Wildfires in Canada’s energy heartland of Alberta have shut down almost 350,000 barrels of daily heavy crude production — about 7% of the country’s output — as a major blaze near the province’s eastern border menaces oil sands operations. Cenovus …

The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent organization in the state, has named Greg Thomas director of professional development. Thomas was previously director of insurance agent and agency services for the Florida Department of Financial Services, where he …

Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain, alleging the packaging for Aldi’s store-brand cookies and crackers “blatantly copies” Mondelez products like Chips Ahoy, Wheat Thins and Oreos. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Illinois, Chicago-based …

Vehicle crashes across Tennessee in the last few days have left five people dead and dozens more injured. In the tourist town of Gatlinburg, seven people, including two pedestrians, were injured in a multivehicle crash on Sunday. The accident occurred …

Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Schroeder Insurance, a Missouri-based firm with a specialty focus in the commercial lines and private client sectors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Led by brothers Paul and Ted Schroeder, who each have …

Massachusetts is eliminating a series of insurance and other business regulations with a goal of making it easier and less costly to conduct business in the state. According to Gov. Maura Healey, her administration’s “Massachusetts Means Business” initiative is axing …

One of the most striking patterns in the aftermath of many urban fires is how much unburned green vegetation remains amid the wreckage of burned neighborhoods. In some cases, a row of shrubs may be all that separates a surviving …

Current climatic conditions suggest that there will be a slightly above-average number of storms in the North Atlantic during the 2025 hurricane season, according to Munich Re in its Hurricane Outlook 2025. However, Munich Re warned that this year’s outlook …

The number of former rugby players taking legal action against sports governing bodies on claims they suffered brain injuries during their careers has grown to more than 1,000, a British law firm said on Monday. Rylands Garth, based in London, …

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation. …

A Texas bill on the verge of becoming law would require labels on packaged food from Skittles to Mountain Dew that warn about ingredients “not recommended for human consumption” by other countries. Texas Senate Bill 25, backed by Secretary of …

Areas of the Central United States still recovering from severe storms last month face a threat of more severe weather this week, with heavy rain, flooding and hail forecast through the middle of the week. The National Weather Service said …