10 09, 2026

Jencap Acquires North Dakota’s Concorde

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Jencap Group announced that it has acquired Concorde General Agency (Concorde), a regional wholesaler specializing in personal lines, commercial lines, and farm and ranch insurance. Fargo, North Dakota-based Concorde will continue operating under its well-established brand as part of the …

10 09, 2026

Iowa-Based Technology Company to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit

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Lely North America, Inc., an international agricultural technology company headquartered in Pella, Iowa, agreed to resolve a discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC’s charge investigation found that Lely violated …

10 09, 2026

KingsCover Rebrands as Dominion First

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KingsCover Insurance Services, a specialty agency serving churches and ministries, has rebranded as Dominion First Insurance Services. The name change does not affect ownership, leadership, staffing, or client policies — the agency continues under the same team that built its …

10 09, 2026

Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Church

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A Louisiana man has pled guilty in federal court to committing arson in connection with the malicious burning of St. John Chapel in Caldwell Parish in the early morning of March 27, 2026. Anthony Dillon Jr., 19, of Columbia, faces …

11 09, 2026

Top Pentagon Official Rejects Anthropic Researcher’s AI Warning

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A top Pentagon official is pushing back against rising fears about artificial intelligence risks days after a public warning from an Anthropic PBC engineer that AI insiders believe the technology “could kill us all by the end of the decade.” …

11 09, 2026

Portuguese Group D3 Sues Meta, TikTok And YouTube Over Addictive Design

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Portuguese digital rights group D3 has filed lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, accusing them of designing features in their platforms that keep users hooked, it said on Thursday. The four collective actions, which allow associations to bring cases …

11 09, 2026

Arrow Bank to Acquire Skene Valley Agency in Upstate New York

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Bank holding company Arrow Financial Corp. announced that Upstate Agency, LLC, a subsidiary of Arrow Bank National Association, has agreed to acquire Skene Valley Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency in Washington County in upstate New York. Founded in 2002, …

11 09, 2026

25 Years Later: IJ’s Past and Continued Coverage of the Insurance Impact of 9/11

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 shocked the nation and left nearly 3,000 dead. In today’s dollars, 9/11 caused $60 billion in insured losses. In the aftermath, the industry responded with state-filed requests to exclude terrorism coverage, which had …

11 09, 2026

9/11 and Its Many Griefs Land Differently in America 25 Years Later

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When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated …

11 09, 2026

People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Adds New West Coast Associate Managing Directors

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Burns & Wilcox, headquartered in Famington Hills, Michigan, hired Winston Rendall and Sandra Shambaugh as associate managing directors for the West region. Rendall comes to Burns & Wilcox with 10 years of experience. Most recently, he was vice president of …