4 02, 2026

Massachusetts Approves Liberty Mutual Reorganization Involving 3 Domestic Mutuals

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Massachusetts Approves Liberty Mutual Reorganization Involving 3 Domestic Mutuals

Liberty Mutual has received approval to convert three domestic mutual insurance affiliates into stock companies and then merge them into a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Holding Company (LMHC). The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has approved the reorganizations of …

4 02, 2026

Appeals Court Overturns Former UCLA Gynecologist’s Sex Abuse Conviction

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Appeals Court Overturns Former UCLA Gynecologist’s Sex Abuse Conviction

A California appeals court on Monday overturned a sex abuse conviction against a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist and ordered the case to be retried. A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Dr. James …

4 02, 2026

Markets/Coverages: Great American Enters Travel Insurance Market With Faye

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Markets/Coverages: Great American Enters Travel Insurance Market With Faye

Great American Insurance Group has selected AI travel insurance platform Faye to enter the travel insurance marketplace. This marks Great American’s first expansion into travel insurance. The companies said that with limited modernization and customer frustration surrounding claims experiences, the …

4 02, 2026

US Will Test Infant Formula to See If Botulism Is Wider Risk

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on US Will Test Infant Formula to See If Botulism Is Wider Risk

U.S. health officials plan to test certain dairy-based ingredients used in a wide variety of baby formulas for spores that can cause infant botulism, in the wake of the ByHeart recall last year that was connected to 51 infant hospitalizations. …

4 02, 2026

Q4 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4%, in 6th Quarterly Decline: Marsh

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Q4 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4%, in 6th Quarterly Decline: Marsh

Global commercial insurance rates declined by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of rate decreases, after seven years of increases, according to the Global Insurance Market Index published by Marsh Risk, a business of …

4 02, 2026

Former Ole Miss Standout Player Convicted in $194M Medicare, CHAMPVA Fraud

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Former Ole Miss Standout Player Convicted in $194M Medicare, CHAMPVA Fraud

A former standout tight end for the Ole Miss Rebels, who briefly played in the NFL, faces more than 20 years in prison after he was convicted of defrauding Medicare and a veterans insurance program of $194 million. Joel Rufus …

4 02, 2026

Massachusetts Approves Liberty Mutual Reorganization Involving 3 Domestic Mutuals

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Massachusetts Approves Liberty Mutual Reorganization Involving 3 Domestic Mutuals

Liberty Mutual has received approval to convert three domestic mutual insurance affiliates into stock companies and then merge them into a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Holding Company (LMHC). The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has approved the reorganizations of …

4 02, 2026

New Hampshire Insurance Department Says It Delivered ‘Real Value’ in 2025

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New Hampshire Insurance Department Says It Delivered ‘Real Value’ in 2025

The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) reported that for calendar year 2025 it collected $185.62 million for the state’s General Fund and recovered $3.34 million for consumers. Insurance Commissioner DJ Bettencourt said the numbers show the department is “delivering real …

4 02, 2026

Texas Grid Shows How Batteries Can Help Avoid Winter Blackouts

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Texas Grid Shows How Batteries Can Help Avoid Winter Blackouts

Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multi-grid tests in the US for big batteries. They passed. Texas in particular benefited from energy storage, which helped cushion the state’s grid during the …

4 02, 2026

Texas Cattle Ranchers Fear the Return of a Flesh-Eating Pest

By | February 4th, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Texas Cattle Ranchers Fear the Return of a Flesh-Eating Pest

Chris Womack is one of a dwindling number of Texas ranchers who can remember fighting the New World screwworm, a once-vanquished pest threatening to make an unwanted encore in the US after its recent return to northern Mexico. “You never …