France and Spain are studying ways to pump money into regions hit by massive wildfires over the past week even before the conflagrations are fully contained. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the country’s cabinet will declare the affected areas …
Meta Platforms Inc. and BlackRock Inc. plan to build a 1-gigawatt data center complex in Texas that will cost about $14 billion to develop, adding to a wave of investment in the computing hubs that power artificial intelligence. The facility …
KingsCover Insurance Services, a specialty agency serving churches and ministries, has rebranded as Dominion First Insurance Services, LLC. The name change does not affect ownership, leadership, staffing, or client policies — the agency continues under the same team that built …
AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” (Good) of Standard Casualty Company, based …
Enterprise Risk Associates announced the acquisition of Hamann Insurance Group of Katy, Texas on June 17, 2026. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. For more than 45 years, Hamann Insurance Group has been serving both commercial and individual clients …
Betsey Milord joined World Insurance Associates LLC (World), headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, as chief broking officer. Milord will lead World’s broking organization. With more than 30 years of industry experience, Milord joins World after a decade at Marsh, where …
California workers’ compensation premium growth leveled off as rates stabilize, but rising cumulative trauma claims continue to drive claim frequency higher, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its 2026 State of the System …
A Florida teen dropped his lawsuit on Wednesday against Meta Platforms META.O, canceling a Los Angeles trial over claims the social media company’s apps caused his depression and anxiety. The trial, which had been slated to begin on Monday, was …
Liberty Mutual Insurance has introduced its first new brand character in eight years: Liberty Biberty, the embodiment of the warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you have great coverage at a great price. Liberty Mutual first introduced the phrase “Liberty …
Allianz SE agreed to buy HSBC Holdings Plc’s Singapore insurance unit for S$2.7 billion ($2.1 billion), marking a substantial expansion less than two years after another deal in the city-state fell apart. The two firms also agreed to enter a …