16 01, 2026

Georgia Seeks to Spend $1.8B to Unclog Interstate 75

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Georgia’s governor said Wednesday that he wants to spend $1.8 billion to unclog one of traffic-choked Atlanta’s notorious chokepoints on the most important highway between the Midwest and Florida. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, serving his last year in office, says …

16 01, 2026

Greensill Bank Sues UK Government for $441 Million Over COVID Loan Guarantees

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Greensill Bank, a subsidiary of collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital, is suing Britain’s business department for just over 330 million pounds ($441.7 million) after it canceled guarantees for COVID-19 business loans, court documents showed. The administrators of the German-based bank …

16 01, 2026

Amwins Expands Professional Products as Stonetrust Moves Into South Carolina

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Less than a month after Stonetrust Commercial Insurance announced it had expanded into North Carolina, the workers’ compensation carrier has added South Carolina to its sphere of influence. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Stonetrust now writes workers’ comp and employers …

16 01, 2026

Allstate Can Proceed with Recovery in Texas RICO Case: Fifth Circuit

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Allstate can move forward in its recovery of $4.7 million it paid to settle fraudulent medical claims with a Houston, Texas medical facility, the Fifth Circuit has ruled. The federal appellate court reversed a lower court’s ruling that Allstate’s RICO …

16 01, 2026

California Attorney General Issues Cease and Desist Letter to xAI

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent xAI a cease-and-desist letter that orders the company to immediately halt the creation and distribution of deepfake, nonconsensual, intimate images and child sexual abuse material. Creating, distributing, publishing or exhibiting child sexual abuse material …

16 01, 2026

Allstate Auto Technical Claims Director Bundra Named to Plasnomic Council

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Mike Bundra, auto technical claim director at Allstate Insurance Company, has been named to the Plasnomic Plastic Repair Alliance Council. Bundra joins a group of executives from some of the industry’s largest organizations, working to unify best practices for automotive …

16 01, 2026

Part That Broke on UPS Plane in Kentucky Failed 4 Times on Other Planes Years Ago

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Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a UPS plane crash that killed 15 last year but at that point the plane manufacturer didn’t believe it threatened safety, the National Transportation Safety Board said …

16 01, 2026

NAIC Names Committee Leaders for 2026

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently announced its 2026 committee leadership “Chosen by their peers, our 2026 committee leaders bring unique skills, backgrounds, and viewpoints to the challenges and opportunities we face, reflecting the strength of the state-based …

16 01, 2026

Polish Premier Blames Russia for Cyberattack on Energy Facilties

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Poland fought off a wave of cyber threats from Russia which targeted its energy infrastructure in December, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. A series of attacks in the last days of the month hit two power plants and renewable energy …

15 01, 2026

Allianz Built An AI Agent to Train Claims Professionals in Virtual Reality

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One thing that experienced adjusters will probably tell you about learning to be a better claims handler is to get more—well, experience. Years and years of it. Multinational financial services and insurance giant Allianz is looking for a way to …