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Lancashire Holdings Ltd. said Monday it has started underwriting in the U.S. excess and surplus lines market.

Business Insurance is seeking responses from risk managers and decision-makers for organizations’ property insurance purchases.

A Tennessee workers compensation court ruled Monday that a worker who alleged he was injured after contracting COVID-19 on the job was not entitled to benefits.

World Insurance Associates LLC said Friday it acquired JBL Trinity Group Ltd., an Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey-based brokerage that specializes in New York City construction and marine insurance.

The New York Attorney General Thursday challenged a $175 million surety bond posted by Donald Trump in a civil fraud case.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday that it cited a St. Louis-based roofing contractor for repeat violations after inspectors observed workers exposed to fall hazards at five residential work sites in November 2023.

Commercial insurance rates rose an average of 3.9% in the first quarter of 2024, compared with 5.6% in fourth-quarter 2023, according to data from insurance exchange MarketScout Corp. released Friday.

Madonna, who is being sued alongside concert promoter Live Nation for starting her New York concert late, is asking a federal judge to dismiss the proposed class action.

Lawmakers in California will be considering a bill that would require employers to stock anti-opioid overdose medication in their required first aid kits.

A New York appellate court said Thursday that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board erred when it failed to consider the results of an audiogram during an independent medical examination in a case involving a worker’s alleged occupational hearing loss.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday signed into law a bill that opens up the pool of providers permitted to handle claims involving injured workers.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it expects to open a new channel to the Port of Baltimore by the end of April, freeing up commercial shipping blocked by a collapsed bridge, and then restore port access to full capacity by the end of May.

Alaska Air Group said Thursday that Boeing Co. had paid it about $160 million in the first quarter as initial compensation to address the hit from the temporary grounding of 737 MAX 9 jets.

The Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science on Thursday forecast an “extremely active” 2024 Atlantic basin hurricane season, which will likely include U.S. storm landfall.