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Rockford Mutual announced the official launch of their suite of commercial insurance products in the state of Michigan, effective August 18, 2025 This strategic expansion includes Businessowners Policies (BOP), Commercial Package Policies (CPP), and Commercial Umbrella coverage, designed to meet …

Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers as a result of its adoption of the IFRS-17 accounting standards, which also led to a shuffle among the top-tier reinsurers, according to AM Best. Swiss Re had previously …

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall Glacier. This year, a giant wall of reinforced …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has closed the previously announced acquisition of U.S. insurance broker AssuredPartners, further expanding its retail middle-market property/casualty and employee benefits focus across the U.S. Gallagher announced in December that it had agreed to …

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging the American cattle industry. Secretary Brooke …

A pickup truck went through a stop sign in rural Michigan and crashed into a van carrying members of an Amish community, killing at least six people, authorities said. The crash occurred last Tuesday afternoon in Tuscola County’s Gilford Township, …

A jury awarded nearly $60 million last week to a man who accused a disgraced Michigan prosecutor and a police officer of violating his rights in filing sexual abuse charges in a case that was ultimately dismissed by the state …

Bayer said on Monday it reached agreements in principle with more than 200 plaintiffs to resolve the so-called Sky Valley Education Center product liability cases related to the chemical PCB, but said payments were already reflected in recent financial reporting. …

Vortex Weather Insurance has introduced RainSure, the latest addition in its line of parametric rain insurance products. RainSure differs from Vortex’s existing parametric rain insurance products by offering incremental payouts for every .01 inch of rain up to a .25-inch, …

Pioneer Valley Launches MAIW Chapter Insurance industry professionals have established a new chapter of the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Women (MAIW) in the Pioneer Valley region in western Massachusetts. The 2025-2026 MAIW – Pioneer Valley Chapter board members include: Director: …

Georgia’s insurance commissioner announced plans to fine 22 health insurers a total of $20 million for failing to cover mental health treatments as required by law, but he did not name the insurance companies in the announcement. “…Our initial examinations …

Danish shipping company Maersk said on Monday that a fire that broke out onboard the vessel Marie Maersk off Liberia on Wednesday last week had stopped spreading, and that firefighting efforts would be intensified further. “Over the weekend, the crew’s …

The U.S. Tennis Association announced the start of its first all-encompassing coaching program on Wednesday, a little more than a year after an outside review of the USTA’s safeguarding system offered recommendations for how to better protect players from abuse …

Advanced Credit Solutions is a tiny finance firm based in Luxembourg that was founded by a Belgian and works with insurers. Despite its outwardly bland appearance, the business it does is anything but. The little-known outfit is the brains behind …

At least 10 people died in a flash flood in northern China, state media reported on Sunday [Aug. 17], with two others still missing, as the East Asian monsoon continues to unleash atmospheric chaos across the world’s second-largest economy. The …

Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the company said Friday. U.S. Steel said it developed the information, …

Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday [Aug. 15], with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is devastating, as …

Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country’s two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival …

Hurricane Erin will likely become even larger as it churns past the Bahamas, avoiding land but raising the risk of high winds and flooding hundreds of miles away along North Carolina beaches. Erin’s top winds measured at 140 miles (225 …

The Texas attorney general is investigating utility Xcel Energy Inc. and its contractor for two wildfires that devastated the state last year, saying the companies may have prioritized environmental and diversity goals over maintenance and safety. “It is unconscionable that …