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Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for BPO & Consulting” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for Carriers, MGAs, Retail Agencies and Operations Executives. This event spotlights AI solutions that focus …

USI Insurance Services has sued three former producers, who “reneged on their contractual obligations” in a move to competitor Howden US, the brokerage alleged. According to a lawsuit filed earlier this month in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District …

The family of a Miami restaurateur say they are “devastated and heartbroken” after he and six others were killed by a safari helicopter crash in a remote part of northern Kenya. A helicopter crashed Wednesday morning while flying from the …

An Alabama jury on Thursday awarded $9.25 million in damages after finding that The New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa. Kai Spears, who …

Germany’s top security official confirmed the discovery of a cache of weapons on the outskirts of Berlin and said authorities are investigating the possible involvement of foreign security agents in a range of planned attacks. The revelation by Interior Minister …

A former Virginia insurance agent pled guilty last week to wire fraud related to a scheme to pocket the premiums he was paid for policies he sold. According to court documents, Thomas Robert Hoyt, of Melfa, told certain clients to …

Scandal-plagued KPMG Australia is cutting almost 400 jobs as it grapples with the fallout from allegations it misused confidential client information to win business and as demand for consulting services slows. The consultancy giant will reduce its workforce by about …

Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heat waves dried out the clay soil on which much of the city is built. Insurance claims tied to subsidence — a phenomenon associated with bouts of hot, dry …

The Trump administration’s many steps to reshape and shrink the scope of federal environmental protection have been met with a flood of legal challenges from companies, environmental groups and state officials. So far this summer, it’s been losing more than …

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400-million settlement to resolve the U.S. Justice Department’s allegations the short-video app violated children’s online privacy. The Justice Department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing …

North Carolina’s insurance commissioner has named Chuck Myers to be chief deputy commissioner Oct. 1, succeeding Jackie Obusek. For the past three years, Myers has been deputy commissioner for the Louisiana Department of Insurance, over property and casualty insurance. There, …

One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and …

Elsje Johnson joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group. The Idaho-based consultant has more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including over a decade advising associations, large employers, and national accounts on …

This story has been updated. An earlier version had indicated Paramount and California state officials were set to meet on Monday to discuss a potential settlement path. California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled a meeting with Paramount Skydance representatives scheduled …

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is still under orders to pay more than $1 billion over his false claims surrounding the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre despite a Texas court reducing some of the money awarded to families. For the …

Cleanup efforts and damage assessment were underway Friday in Delaware’s capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched down during storms that battered the Northeast with heavy rains and left dozens of people stranded in their cars during …

A federal judge on Friday dismissed major portions of a Ben & Jerry’s lawsuit accusing its former parent Unilever of trying to silence the ice cream maker’s social activism, dismantle its board and stop funding its namesake foundation. U.S. District …

The world’s top maritime piracy observer said incidents off the coast of Somalia are on the rise again after a pair of fresh attacks this week — as two major regional conflicts stretch naval forces in the area thin. Yemen’s …

Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana remained without power Aug. 19, more than a week after deadly storms leveled trees and knocked down power lines across the region. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said crews were working nonstop …

Explosions rocked an Ohio industrial recycling business earlier this week, killing two workers and sparking a large fire, officials said. Flames and dark smoke poured from Brent Industries in Toledo on Tuesday as fire engines surrounded the building, TV news …