Massive wildfires have burned vast swaths of grazing lands in Nebraska, endangering cattle producers’ plans for production increases that could help ease record-high U.S. beef prices. The loss of grasslands in the second-biggest cattle-producing state removes a feed source for …
Relation Insurance Services acquired the assets of Chinook Insurance Group, LLC based in Seattle, Washington. Chinook Insurance Group focuses on commercial clients and brings specialized expertise in insurance services for the subsea and aquaculture industry. The company also has additional …
Hawaii officials urged people in hard-hit areas to evacuate Saturday due to the state’s worst flooding in more than 20 years, after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago. Muddy floodwaters …
Wildfires, severe convective storms and floods — also known as secondary perils — accounted for a record 92% of total global natural catastrophe insured losses of US$107 billion in 2025, according to Swiss Re Institute. Wildfires set a new loss …
Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for Better Billing & Payments for Insurance” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for insurance carriers, retail agencies, MGAs, as well as finance and operations …
NEW YORK/MONTREAL — An Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, killing both pilots, injuring dozens and closing the facility, authorities said, in an incident likely to heighten …
Starr, the New York City-based global investment and insurance organization, announced it has completed the acquisition of IQUW Group, which creates a more diversified specialty re/insurance platform with enhanced capabilities across the London market, Bermuda and UK retail motor. Financial …
Nearly 9.5 million people across the U.S. Southwest face extreme high temperatures, as an ongoing heat wave continues to topple records and raise the risk of wildfires as far away as the Great Plains. Las Vegas reached 96F (36C) Saturday, …
A lawsuit filed Friday blames the owners and others associated with a resort in Costa Rica for the carbon dioxide-related death of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett M. Gardner’s teenage son last year. Gardner and other relatives filed a …
More than 350 people were hastily evacuated from an Orlando apartment complex last week after fire officials found cracks throughout the building along with doors that wouldn’t open. Local news outlets reported that a panicky resident called 911 Thursday morning …