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Kansas Saves Elders About $5M from Financial Exploitation with New Legislation

Dec 3 2025 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced state efforts have prevented over $4.97 million from going to bad actors through the Protect Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act.“Identification and...

Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding

Dec 3 2025 // Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted...

Report Asks Washington Lawmakers to Require Insurers to Better Track Wildfire Risk

Dec 3 2025 // A working group on wildfires in Washington wants the state Legislature to consider requiring insurers to internally track instances in which wildfire risk materially contributes to a policy nonrenewal, cancellation or...

Lawsuit Over Burger King’s Whopper Ads Set Back by Federal Judge

Dec 1 2025 // A federal judge dealt a setback to customers suing Burger King over advertising for its Whopper sandwiches, saying their claims were too disparate to justify certifying a nationwide class action.The lawsuit by 19 customers...

70% of Drivers Say They’ve Felt Unfairly Judged by Auto Insurers: Arity Report

Dec 1 2025 // A new survey reveals consumer frustration with auto insurance pricing models and growing support for more transparency in how policies are priced and for telematics.The new research from mobility data and analytics company...

GEICO Can’t Squirm Out of South Carolina Lawsuit That Claims the Company Owes $70 Million in Back Taxes and Penalties, Judge Says

Dec 1 2025 // GEICO insurance companies can’t dismiss a South Carolina lawsuit that demands they pay almost $70 million in back taxes and penalties, a federal judge ruled in a case that could ultimately affect how insurance taxes...

More Federal Legislation Introduced to Tackle Third-Party Lit Funding

Nov 24 2025 // Sen. John Kennedy has introduced a new bill aimed at reforming the courtroom practice of third-party litigation funding.Kennedy, R-La., introduced the Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act last week, and it...

Federal Judge Denies TRO to Marsh in Case Against Former Employees

Nov 21 2025 // A federal judge has denied a temporary restraining order against seven former employees of Marsh sued in one of several lawsuits against defectors to join Howden US.Marsh USA early this month filed a lawsuit against the...

Texas Hemp Regulation Proceeds Despite Federal Restriction

Nov 20 2025 // The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission moved forward on Tuesday with its efforts to regulate the sale of consumable hemp products as questions swirled around the future of the industry due to federal restrictions on the...

Trump Urges Congress to Block State-Level AI Regulation

Nov 20 2025 // President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a federal standard governing oversight of artificial intelligence and warned that varied regulation at the state level risked slowing the development of an emerging...

Florida Judge Orders Citizens’ Arbitration to Continue, Clashing With Other Order

Nov 20 2025 // The legal battle over Florida’s property insurer of last resort’s use of a state agency to hear claims disputes in arbitration took new turns this week, prompting one policyholder attorney to note that a move...

Update: BHP Liable for 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse, UK Court Rules, in Mammoth Lawsuit

Nov 14 2025 // BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants’ lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48 billion).Hundreds...

70% of Drivers Say They’ve Felt Unfairly Judged by Auto Insurers: Arity Report

Nov 12 2025 // A new survey reveals consumer frustration with auto insurance pricing models and growing support for more transparency in how policies are priced and for telematics.The new research from mobility data and analytics company...

Michigan Attorney General Urges Lawmakers to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Law

Nov 12 2025 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Deputy Solicitor General Eric Restuccia testified before the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee last week in support of a bill that would strengthen the...

Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Retroactively Restore NFIP

Nov 10 2025 // Two U.S. Congressmen, one a Democrat from Louisiana and the other a Republican from Mississippi, have introduced legislation to retroactively restore the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).Congressmen Troy A. Carter,...

Judge Rejects Deal for Funeral Home Owner Accused of Stashing 190 Bodies

Nov 5 2025 // A Colorado judge rejected the plea agreement of a funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building after family members of the deceased argued that the agreement’s 15- to...

UBS Warns of Systemic Risk From Weak US Insurance Regulation

Nov 4 2025 // UBS Group AG’s chairman warned against looming risks in the US insurance industry, citing weak and complex regulations amid an unprecedented boom in private financing.“We’re beginning to see huge rating...

Judge Dismisses Texas Challenge to New York Abortion Shield Law

Nov 3 2025 // A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the...

North Dakota Judge Says Greenpeace Must Pay $345M in Pipeline Lawsuit

Oct 31 2025 // A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities liable for defamation and other claims in connection...

Federal Judge in Mississippi Admits Staff Used AI to Draft Inaccurate Order

Oct 30 2025 // A federal judge in Mississippi has admitted that his staff used artificial intelligence to draft a flawed court order, after months of speculation and an inquiry from a U.S. senator.U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate...