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Ten Big Banks Defeat Antitrust Lawsuit in Over Bond Trades

Sep 3 2025 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 large banks of conspiring to rig corporate bond prices at the expense of ordinary investors, after the original judge recused himself because his wife...

Two More Beach Homes Near Collapse as Erin’s Waves Pound NC Outer Banks

Aug 22 2025 // Two homes on the North Carolina Outer Banks sit precariously in the high waves with their days seemingly numbered. Since 2020, 11 neighboring homes have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean.While the swells from storms like...

Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

Aug 22 2025 // Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while working at a site in New York City have filed lawsuits against two construction management firms they allege should be held responsible for the...

Six Killed in Michigan Collision Between Truck and Van Carrying Amish Group

Aug 18 2025 // 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...

Two Adults and Four Children Perish in Maryland House Fire

Aug 10 2025 // Two adults and four children perished in a house fire Sunday morning in Waldorf, Maryland, according to state officials. Two other adults escaped and one more was not home when the fire broke out, . The cause of the fire...

Two South Carolina Women Charged With Fake Hit-and-Run Scam

Aug 8 2025 // Two South Carolina women filed an auto accident claim with First Acceptance Insurance Co. in May and were paid more than $25,500 for bodily injury medical expenses. Then investigators found out that the women had...

Four Gabriel House Residents Sue Over Assisted Living Facility’s Deadly Fire

Aug 5 2025 // Two lawsuits have been filed over the tragic fire at a Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living facility that took the lives of 10 residents and injured 30 others on July 13, making it the state’s deadliest...

Two Men Charged with Staging Car Crashes for Insurance Money in New York City

Aug 1 2025 // Two Brooklyn men have been charged with staging three automobile accidents and then seeking insurance payouts from Allstate Insurance Co. for damages and purported injuries.Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced...

Five Alabama Jail Medical Staff Indicted in Death of Mentally Ill Inmate

Jul 31 2025 // Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a concrete cell.The indictment unsealed Tuesday...

Two Georgia Men Denied Bond After Charged With Large Cache of Homemade Bombs

Jul 30 2025 // Two Georgia men, denied bond, are in jail awaiting court action after they were charged with possessing a large amount of homemade explosive devices.The Georgia Office of Insurance Commissioner and State Fire...

Two Youths Killed, Two in Critical Condition After Barge Hits Sailboat in Miami

Jul 29 2025 // Two youths at a Miami sailing camp were killed and two others were hospitalized after a barge struck a sailboat Monday.The Associated Press, The Miami Herald and other news sites reported that one adult and five kids were...

Two More Insurers Enter Florida Market as Storm Season Warms

Jul 21 2025 // Two more property insurers put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims litigation...

Four People Killed in Small Plane Crash at London Southend Airport, Police Say

Jul 15 2025 // All four people aboard a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead, police said Monday.Essex Police said work continued to formally identify the victims of Sunday’s...

Three Insurers Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2025

Jul 10 2025 // Property/casualty insurers have started to broadcast the fact that they have earned spots on Ward’s list of 50 top-performing insurance companies for 2025, but only one was named for 35 straight years—RLI Corp.In...

Two More Insurers Enter Florida Market as Hurricane Season Warms Up

Jun 30 2025 // Two more property insurers have put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims...

Six Things to Know About Umbrella Insurance

Jun 16 2025 // From rising courtroom verdicts to notable underwriting shifts, here are six things independent agents and brokers need to understand about today’s umbrella market.What Is an Umbrella Policy? An umbrella liability...

Four Die as Floods Hammer Area North of Sydney, With More Rain Coming

May 23 2025 // Large swaths of New South Wales state remain on high alert for floods and extreme weather. Heavy rainfall is expected to continue into the weekend in central and southern regions, and coastal areas are bracing for wind...

Three Killed in Fiery Truck-Car Pileup on Georgia Interstate

May 15 2025 // CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others injured in a fiery wreck involving multiple vehicles and semi-trailers on the interstate that connects Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. The...

Four Hondurans Indicted in Florida on $89M Workers’ Comp, Tax Avoidance Charges

May 13 2025 // A grand jury in Orlando last week indicted four Honduran nationals for allegedly operating an off-the-books cash payroll scheme for construction workers that defrauded workers’ compensation insurers and avoided...

Three Rhode Island Men Charged in Theft of Thousands of Catalytic Converters

Apr 30 2025 // Three Rhode Island men have been charged in federal court in Providence for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of catalytic converters, announced Acting U.S....