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2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Goes Out Like a Lamb
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season was marked by contrasts, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). From intense bursts of activity to relative calm, the season will end on November 30 with activity falling within the agency’s predicted …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:53 AM |
Meta Settles Cambridge Analytica-Related Claims for $190 Million
Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. directors agreed to a $190 million settlement of claims they failed to rectify repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy and improperly engineered an accord to shield the billionaire chief executive officer from personal …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:37 AM |
Old Republic Upheld in Asset Transfer of Bankrupt Florida Title Insurer Subsidiary
Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., one of the largest title insurers in Florida, did not fraudulently transfer assets from a bankrupt subsidiary, and the bankruptcy court did not err in excluding an expert’s valuation testimony, a federal appeals court …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:01 AM |
New Jersey Vegetable Processing Firm Faces $1M OSHA Penalty After Worker Fatality
The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a fresh-cut vegetable processing company for willfully and repeatedly violating safety requirements after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning and sanitizing a machine. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:00 AM |
People Moves: NFP Names Gillingham President, Commercial Risk, and Mahoney Head of Programs, Totalis Program Underwriters
NFP named Tom Gillingham president, commercial risk, expanding his executive leadership across NFP’s commercial property/casualty programs and wholesale businesses. Based in Seattle, Washington, Gillingham joined NFP in 2017 as part of NFP’s acquisition of EverGuard Insurance Services Inc. Since 2020, …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:00 AM |
He Built A Nursing Home Empire Despite California State Investigations. Now, Lawsuits Are Piling Up
In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury awarded $2.34 million to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that the facility had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious injuries. Six months later, …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:00 AM |
How E-Commerce Deliveries Are Fueling More Crashes, Traffic, Pollution and Worker Injuries
Rapidly growing e-commerce and last-mile delivery services have contributed to significant increases in crashes, traffic, workplace injuries and air pollution, according to a report from New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. The report estimates that roughly one-in-three New Yorkers receives …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:00 AM |
Viewpoint: Why Predictable Performance Earns Banks Better D&O Rates
In the insurance world, uncertainty is expensive. For community banks seeking Directors and Officers liability coverage, that uncertainty has traditionally translated into premiums that fail to fairly distinguish between well-governed institutions and their less disciplined peers. But a technological revolution …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:00 AM |
Washington Commissioner Tells Thin Blue Line to Stop Selling Unlicensed Coverage
Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer ordered Thin Blue Line Benefits to stop selling insurance in Washington after investigators found the company had been operating without the required state license,. The OIC began investigating the Texas-based company in July after receiving …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:00 AM |
World Insurance Adds New Jersey’s Mossbrook & Hicks Insurance Agency
New Jersey-based insurance broker World Insurance Associates reports that it acquired the business of Mossbrook & Hicks Insurance Agency of Cape May Court House, New Jersey on August 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The personal and …
POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2025 6:00 AM |
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