Full content: Weather forecasters from Colorado State University said on Thursday the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season was expected to fall below historical averages because of an El Nino formation sending winds across the southern U.S. that could rip apart tropical storms. “While …

Full content: Zurich Austria has launched a branch in Poland, marking Zurich Insurance Group’s entry into the Polish corporate insurance market. The local team combines knowledge of the Polish market with the global competitive strength of the Zurich Insurance Group, Zurich said. …

Full content: The Strait of Hormuz remained shut on Friday and Israel traded fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, two disputes which the United States and Iran each described as violations of their ceasefire deal on the eve of their first peace talks …

Full content: A recent analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U.S. excess and surplus lines market slowed to 7.8% in 2025, marking the first single-digit growth rate recorded since 2017. Previous reports from S&P …

Full content: US lawmakers from New York City are backing a bill to hold sightseeing helicopters to commercial airline safety standards, one year after a crash that killed a Siemens AG executive and his family. Standing near the crash site over the …

Full content: AM Best reports it has revised the outlooks to negative from stable for Oswego County Mutual Insurance Co. based in Parish, New York. AM Best has also affirmed the insurer’s Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer …

Full content: Corporate foundations’ philanthropic commitments were called into question this past year as tariff-driven uncertainty, rising costs and tax law changes prompted many companies to reconsider their charitable strategies. Nonprofits received a reassuring answer this week, however, from the century-old, Boston-based …

Full content: The animal rights group PETA’s lawsuit over the health of French bulldogs and some other popular dog breeds has been dismissed, with a judge saying a New York law was misapplied to the case. The suit, filed last year, marked …

Full content: An unusually hot, snowless winter has fueled a fast start to the spring fire season across large swaths of the western,central and southeastern US, disrupting businesses and upending daily life. Nearly 19,000 have ignited nationwide since Jan. 1, about 6,900 …

Full content: Florida authorities have charged a Jacksonville contractor with underreporting payroll by almost $2 million and stiffing his workers’ compensation insurer for almost $300,000 in premiums. Carlos Antonio Maradiago Garcia, 50, a native of Honduras, was investigated by the Florida Department …

Full content: Pine Walk, the specialist MGA platform of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), has launched a new capital solutions business called Mezura Capital Partners. Headquartered in Bermuda, Mezura Capital will focus on delivering strategic capital solutions and partnerships for insurers and reinsurers. …

Full content: Prestige Trucking Insurance, a retail brokerage and parent company of CSMV Underwriters, has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Mulligan, an artificial intelligence-based insurance automation platform. The platform will now be offered under the name Insure Stack, led by …

Full content: IBC Insurance has appointed Zee Zepeda as Business Development Strategist. In this role, Zepeda will be responsible for aligning insurance and banking initiatives to drive growth, enhance client relationships, and expand cross-functional opportunities across the organization. Zepeda will focus on …

Full content: The US Justice Department’s top antitrust litigator and three senior trial attorneys that led cases against Live Nation Entertainment Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are leaving the agency, according to people familiar with their plans. Some of the …