16 10, 2026

Burned by Fire, Malibu’s Million-Dollar Mansions Face a New Threat: El Niño

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Duke’s Malibu has endured one disaster after another. The famed restaurant perched over the Pacific narrowly survived last year’s Palisades Fire, though smoke left it badly damaged. Five weeks later, a mudslide forced it to close for 13 months. Last …

16 10, 2026

Taiwan to Fund $4 Billion Texas Complex for AI, Nvidia Partners

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Taiwan plans to raise billions of dollars to develop industrial parks in the US that would build a base for a comprehensive supply chain for Nvidia Corp. and other AI hardware makers in the country. The initiative is starting with …

16 10, 2026

Ohio AG Sues Home-Improvement Companies for Allegedly Scamming Customers

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Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson this week filed separate lawsuits against two home-improvement companies that allegedly took down payments from consumers but failed to provide the services promised or performed subpar work. One lawsuit seeks to help nine consumers who …

16 10, 2026

NTSB Investigating Plane Crash in Wisconsin That Killed 6

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Six people, including one child, died Tuesday night in a plane crash in Wisconsin after the pilot reported that ice was building up on the wings as he flew through a thunderstorm, according to authorities. The six-seat, single-engine plane was …

16 10, 2026

TDI Unveils Transparency Tool Showing Why Auto Policies are Declined

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The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has introduced a tool that gives drivers insight into why personal auto insurance policies in their area were declined, canceled, or not renewed. The page also shows the number of cars with insurance policies …

15 10, 2026

Viewpoint: AI Doesn’t End the Rite of Passage; the Grind Wasn’t the Teacher

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A few years ago, the industry’s biggest worry was how to recruit enough talent to fill the gaps and prepare for the future of insurance. We talked endlessly about how to make insurance look interesting to people coming out of …

15 10, 2026

Delaware Jury Awards Qualcomm Just $2 in Damages for Arm Breach of License Deal

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Chip technology supplier Arm Holdings breached a licensing agreement with Qualcomm and intentionally interfered with the chipmaker’s business relationship with Meta Platforms, a Delaware jury found on Tuesday, but awarded nominal damages of just $2. The verdict followed a five-day …

15 10, 2026

Higginbotham Transportation Practice Grows Into Full Division

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Higginbotham announced it has grown its transportation specialty practice into a full division. The 31-person division brings 372 combined years of transportation insurance experience and greater capacity to address increasingly complex transportation risks. “Transportation insurance is a highly specialized business,” …

15 10, 2026

Texas Crackdown on Data Centers is Limited

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In recent weeks, Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have adopted increasingly tough rhetoric against data centers, promising to crack down on hundreds of facilities that failed to disclose required information about their water use over the past …

15 10, 2026

People Moves: Opterrix Promotes Krupar to Chief Commercial Officer

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Opterrix, a risk intelligence platform serving the property and casualty insurance industry, has promoted Rich Krupar to chief commercial officer. In the expanded role, Krupar will lead the company’s commercial strategy, growth and revenue initiatives while helping bring Opterrix’s evolving …