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One of Highest Property Claims Severity Recorded in Q3 on Low Volume, Says Verisk

Dec 9 2025 // A new report from Verisk has found that property insurance claims volume during the third quarter 2025 was the lowest it has been in the past five years but claims severity during the period was one of the highest in...

Nine Insurers OK’d to Sell Group Health to Washington Employers

Dec 4 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer approved nine health insurers to sell group health plans to small employers in 2026. The insurers are: Asuris Northwest Health, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the...

Four Convicted of Collision Fraud Involving a Rideshare Driver in California

Dec 3 2025 // Four people were convicted of felony insurance fraud and assault for faking an auto collision that involved a rideshare driver in San Bernardino, California.According to the California Department of Insurance, two of the...

Two Killed, 10 Displaced in Savannah Apartment Complex Fire

Dec 2 2025 // Two people died and 10 more were forced out of their dwellings by a fire that cut through an apartment complex near Savannah, Georgia. Local news outlets reported that the blaze broke out early Sunday morning at The...

Three Swiss Insurers Added to G20 Watchdog Resolution Plan List

Nov 25 2025 // Zurich Insurance, Swiss Re, and Swiss Life have been added to a list of insurance firms that must develop resolution plans in case of insolvency, the G20’s financial watchdog said on Tuesday.The Financial Stability...

Two-Year-Old Falls From 20-Story New Jersey Apartment Building

Nov 17 2025 // Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported to have fallen from a 20th-story window.Newark police were called to a high-rise apartment building at 7 a.m. Saturday on the...

Five Reasons Why the US Escaped a Hurricane Landfall So Far This Year

Nov 13 2025 // A weather forecasting organization is offering up five reasons why the U.S. wasn’t hit by a hurricane this season, despite forecasts that called for an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with numerous anticipated...

Four Indicted for Roles in New Jersey Home Invasion, Auto Theft Ring

Nov 10 2025 // New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) reported that four men were charged in a 61-count indictment for their respective roles in an auto theft and home invasion ring.The...

Two Men Charged with Terrorism Plot at LGBTQ+ Bars in Detroit Suburb

Nov 5 2025 // Two 20-year-old men who had acquired high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were scouting LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit in September for a possible Halloween attack, authorities said Monday in filing...

Two New Suspects Handed Preliminary Charges in Louvre Jewels Heist, Prosecutor Says

Nov 3 2025 // The Paris prosecutor said Saturday two new suspects were handed preliminary charges for their alleged involvement in the crown jewels heist at the Louvre museum, three days after they were arrested by police as part of the...

Five Correctional Department Employees Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Oct 31 2025 // Five current and former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) employees were arrested this week for separate schemes to defraud DOCCS and the state’s workers’ compensation...

Six-Month Review

Oct 6 2025 // An early look by AM Best at the financial results of the U.S. property/casualty industry revealed insurers recorded an estimated $11.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2025.That’s a significant...

Two High-Profile Personal Injury Law Firms Sue… Each Other

Oct 6 2025 // Insurance folks tired of personal injury law firms going after those “greedy insurance companies” might want a ringside seat for this one. Two high-profile Boston-area personal injury law firms are going after...

Two Delta Jets Collide While Taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

Oct 3 2025 // Two Delta Air Lines Inc. regional jets collided at low speed while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night, causing minor injuries to one flight attendant and prompting regulators to open an...

Two More HO Insurers Join Florida Market, One Led by Former Metromile CEO

Sep 23 2025 // Florida regulators have approved two new homeowner insurance companies, one led by a San Francisco tech entrepreneur and former head of Metromile auto insurance company.“I focus on companies that can successfully use...

Two Years of IA Transformation: Viewpoint

Sep 22 2025 // This month marks two years since I officially took the helm at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) as president and CEO. This period since 2023 has been among the most...

Six States to Receive Federal Disaster Aid From Summer Floods

Sep 15 2025 // President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer.The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding...

Two High-Profile Personal Injury Law Firms Sue… Each Other

Sep 11 2025 // Insurance folks tired of hearing about personal injury law firms going after those “greedy insurance companies” might want a ringside seat for this one. Two high-profile Boston-area personal injury law firms...

Two Marquette Men’s Lacrosse Players Killed in Car Wreck

Sep 8 2025 // Two members of the Marquette men’s lacrosse team were killed in a car wreck Friday night near the school’s campus in downtown Milwaukee.Marquette officials confirmed that Scott Michaud and Noah Snyder died in...

Two Planes Collide Midair at Colorado Airport, Killing 1 And Injuring 3

Sep 3 2025 // One person was killed and three were injured when two small planes collided midair as they tried to land at an airport in northeastern Colorado, authorities said.A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 collided Sunday...