19 06, 2026

California and US West Threatened by Wildfires Over Coming Days

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The fire threat across the U.S. West will rise Friday and remain dangerous through Saturday for many areas, including Northern California, as lightning strikes risk igniting dry vegetation. Critical fire weather conditions and dry lightning will prevail across the western …

19 06, 2026

Meta Lobbies Congress for Protection From Child-Harm Lawsuits: Reuters

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Meta Platforms has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families, according to a source familiar with the …

19 06, 2026

People Moves: ZestyAI Names Friend CFO and Ross SVP; Alliant Names Ackerman VP

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ZestyAI Names Friend CFO and Ross SVP, Client Development ZestyAI appointed David Friend as chief financial officer and John Ross as senior vice president of client development. Both executives have decades of experience in insurance and enterprise technology. Friend has …

19 06, 2026

Dali Engineer Reaches Deferred Prosecution Deal Over 2024 Key Bridge Collapse

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The chief engineer of the cargo ship Dali that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in a March 2024 collision that killed six construction workers reached a deferred prosecution agreement, the government said on Thursday. The Justice Department said Karthikeyan …

19 06, 2026

IMA Latest to Sue Howden Over Alleged Employee Poaching

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Howden is being sued again, this time by IMA Financial Group. IMA said in a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon that its former employer, Alexander Hamilton, allegedly conspired with Howden US to “orchestrate the coordinated resignation …

19 06, 2026

Flood Insurance Gap Will Squeeze Local Governments and Homeowners, Moody’s Says

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The flood insurance gap in the United States is big and it’s not getting better. And the consequences of that gap are about to worsen for property owners and state and local governments, thanks to increasing rainfall amounts, stronger storm …

19 06, 2026

Trump Says Illegal Immigration Increased Car Insurance but Experts Say Otherwise

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President Donald Trump this week credited his tough immigration policies for a drop in car insurance premiums, falsely blaming illegal immigration during his predecessor’s time in the White House for a prior increase. In a Monday post on Truth Social, …

19 06, 2026

People Moves: HDI Global US Appoints Salmon Head of Cyber Underwriting; AXA XL Names Giordano Global Chief Underwriting Officer

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HDI Global US Appoints Salmon as Head of Cyber Underwriting Corporate and specialty insurer HDI Global (HDI), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Jill Salmon as head of cyber underwriting at HDI Global U.S. Salmon will play a key part in …

19 06, 2026

People Moves: Donegal & Michigan Insurance Promotes Faber to Regional VP as Veenstra Retires

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Donegal Insurance Group, headquartered in Marietta, Pennsylvania, and its member company, Michigan Insurance Company, promoted Rob Faber to regional vice president of the group’s Greater Midwest region. Faber succeeds Melissa Veenstra, who will retire on July 2. Faber joined the …

19 06, 2026

APCIA Tells Michigan Senate to Oppose Bill Mandating Auto Rate Reductions

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A Michigan Senate Committee this week advanced a bill that would mandate auto insurance premium reductions of at least 10% without reduced benefits, Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) authored SB 328, which he says will lower car insurance premiums for …