Friday, December 19, 2025

Cessna Jet Tied to Nascar Driver Greg Biffle Crashes in North Carolina

Former Nascar driver Greg Biffle and his family are believed to have died when their Cessna Citation corporate jet crashed just minutes after taking off from a regional airport in North Carolina. “Although the post-crash fire prevents us from releasing …


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Friday, December 19, 2025

Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent

The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state and federal Ponzi scheme investigations, has been granted an insurance producer’s license in the state. Edwin Brant Frost V, who …


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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:05:52 +0000
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Friday, December 19, 2025

People Moves: Marsh McLennan Appoints Mathews Digital Infrastructure Leader; Loop Hired to Lead AXA XL Media Liability

Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York City, appointed Mike Mathews as global digital infrastructure leader. Based in Boston, Mathews brings over 25 years of specialized industry experience to this newly created position, having worked with companies and investors across key …


People Moves: Marsh McLennan Appoints Mathews Digital Infrastructure Leader; Loop Hired to Lead AXA XL Media Liability
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Friday, December 19, 2025

High Winds Battered Water-Logged Northwest, Cutting Power to Half-A-Million

High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho this week, killing one adult and critically injuring two children, knocking out power to thousands and compounding the damage already wrought by heavy rains and flooding. …


High Winds Battered Water-Logged Northwest, Cutting Power to Half-A-Million
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Friday, December 19, 2025

11 Firefighters and 2 Others Injured After NC House Explosion and Fire

Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening injuries but were getting treated for contusions, …


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Friday, December 19, 2025

A 10-Hour Data Center Outage Is Testing the Ambitions of KKR, GIP

Data center operators are fixated on the “five nines” — an expectation that they’ll keep the infrastructure behind financial markets, e-commerce and artificial intelligence running 99.999% of the time. So as news rippled out last month that a CyrusOne facility …


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Friday, December 19, 2025

More US Beef Plants May Close as Cattle Herds Keep Tightening

American beef plants are under threat as the number of cattle destined for their facilities stays far below historical levels, reflecting the smallest herd in more than half a century. Cattle placed in US feedlots, where animals are fed until …


More US Beef Plants May Close as Cattle Herds Keep Tightening
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Friday, December 19, 2025

Ben & Jerry’s Board Says More Directors Face Removal

Ben & Jerry’s independent board late on Wednesday said in a filing that its new corporate parent, the Magnum Ice Cream Company, is forcing three more directors to complete training and other requirements or face removal. Ben & Jerry’s, newly …


Ben & Jerry’s Board Says More Directors Face Removal
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Friday, December 19, 2025

County Officials in Texas Race to Build $5M Warning System Before Next Flood Season

With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the state to contribute …


County Officials in Texas Race to Build $5M Warning System Before Next Flood Season
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Friday, December 19, 2025

AI Threatens to Displace Workers, Bank of England’s Bailey Warns

Artificial intelligence is likely to displace British workers even as it makes the country more productive, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said in his most stark warning yet on the technology’s impact. Bailey said on Friday that the UK …


AI Threatens to Displace Workers, Bank of England’s Bailey Warns
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Friday, December 19, 2025

Russia Is Trying to Overwhelm Europe With its Sabotage Campaign: Western Officials

In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a passing freight …


Russia Is Trying to Overwhelm Europe With its Sabotage Campaign: Western Officials
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Friday, December 19, 2025

British Regulator Cracks Down on Home, Travel Insurers

Britain’s financial watchdog on Thursday laid out its efforts to raise standards in the home and travel insurance market after a consumer group made a rare “super-complaint” against the regulator, accusing it of letting customers down. The Financial Conduct Authority …


British Regulator Cracks Down on Home, Travel Insurers
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India’s Big-Bang Financial Reforms Target Foreign Money

India’s long-awaited package of financial services reforms is setting the stage for a surge of foreign capital into the world’s fastest-growing major economy. In the latest step, lawmakers passed a bill this week allowing up to 100% foreign ownership of …


India’s Big-Bang Financial Reforms Target Foreign Money
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Catastrophe Bonds Linked to Wildfires Lose ‘Untouchable’ Status

Alternative investment managers are starting to take a serious interest in catastrophe bonds tied to wildfires, moving into a risk category that just a few years ago was seen as too difficult to model. More than $5 billion of cat …


Catastrophe Bonds Linked to Wildfires Lose ‘Untouchable’ Status
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Tesla Door Safety Issues Have Owners Buying Car Escape Tools

Tesla owners are going to extreme lengths to deal with a problem most had never imagined: being unable to open malfunctioning doors.


Tesla Door Safety Issues Have Owners Buying Car Escape Tools
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Category: National News
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Odometer Fraud Sees 14% Jump in the Past Year

An estimated 2.45 million cars on the road likely have their odometers rolled back, 14 percent more than last year, according to vehicle history provider CARFAX. There was just a 4 percent increase between 2023 and 2024. “Odometer rollbacks occur …


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Friday, December 19, 2025

UPS Ripped Off Seasonal Workers With Unfair Pay Practices, Lawsuit Alleges

UPS stole tens of millions of dollars in pay from seasonal workers who help the shipping giant deliver packages during the busy holiday season, forcing some to clock in well after their shifts started and deducting pay for lunch breaks …


UPS Ripped Off Seasonal Workers With Unfair Pay Practices, Lawsuit Alleges
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:12:10 +0000
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Higginbotham Adds Energy Sector Specialty Firm in Georgia

Higginbotham, ranked as one of the top-20 largest independent insurance brokerages in the U.S., has continued its growth with the addition of Charter Energy, a specialty insurance brokerage in Atlanta. Charter was founded in 1986 by Pete Lunati and is …


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People Moves: Siry Joins Patriot Growth; Starkweather & Shepley Names Zito

Siry Joins Patriot Growth Insurance Services as COO Patriot Growth Insurance Services LLC, headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, appointed Darryl Siry as chief operating officer (COO). Siry has over 25 years of experience leading technology, operations and growth initiatives across …


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X Corp. Sues Virginia Social Media Startup Over Bid to Claim ‘Twitter’ Brand

Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued a startup on Tuesday after it sought to cancel X’s Twitter trademarks so it can “bring Twitter back” as a new social media platform. X said in the lawsuit in Delaware federal court that its …


X Corp. Sues Virginia Social Media Startup Over Bid to Claim ‘Twitter’ Brand
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Contractor Again Exposed Workers to Cave-In, Excavation Hazards: OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported that it has again cited an Easton, Connecticut concrete and earthwork contractor for willfully failing to protect workers from cave-in and excavation hazards OSHA has proposed more than $1.2 million in fines after …


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California Cuts PG&E’s and Edison’s Profits for Grid Investments

California regulators reduced the profit that utilities are allowed to make on infrastructure investments in an effort to rein in soaring electricity bills. Related: Massive Wildfire Liabilities Push Utilities to Use AI to Stop Blazes The move Thursday by the …


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California Commissioner Orders Moratorium on Cancellations Over Pack Fire

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered a mandatory one-year moratorium to prevents homeowners’ insurance cancellations and non-renewals for Pack Fire victims following an emergency declaration. Lara ordered insurers to preserve residential property insurance coverage for more than 14,800 policyholders affected by …


California Commissioner Orders Moratorium on Cancellations Over Pack Fire
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Davis & Towle Adds Keene Agency to Its New Hampshire Group

Davis & Towle Insurance Group, a large New Hampshire independent insurance agency, now has 13 agency locations in its group across the state with the addition of The Insurance Source. The Insurance Source in Keene has served the Greater Monadnock …


Davis & Towle Adds Keene Agency to Its New Hampshire Group
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Friday, December 19, 2025

AIG Partners With Amwins, Blackstone to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate Using Palantir

American International Group (AIG) said it has teamed up with specialty insurer Amwins and asset manager Blackstone to launch a Lloyd’s syndicate, using its relationship with Palantir to assist in assessing the portfolio. AIG said Syndicate 2479 will start underwriting …


AIG Partners With Amwins, Blackstone to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate Using Palantir
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Apollo Expands Asset-Level Risk Reviews to Reflect Impact of Extreme Weather

Apollo Global Management Inc. is building out its risk review process to reflect the impact on asset valuations of extreme weather. The decision comes amid a rise in the damage done to physical assets by floods, storms and wildfires. Apollo, …


Apollo Expands Asset-Level Risk Reviews to Reflect Impact of Extreme Weather
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Vantage Group to Be Acquired by Ackman-Backed Howard Hughes Holdings for $2.1B

Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., the privately held specialty re/insurer, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (HHH) for approximately $2.1 billion. The Vantage deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter …


Vantage Group to Be Acquired by Ackman-Backed Howard Hughes Holdings for $2.1B
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Former National General Loss Rep and Mom Charged With Fake Claims Scam

A former loss representative for National General Insurance Co. and his mother allegedly ran a scheme in 2022 that involved false claims, a fake towing company and a $141,000 loss for the insurer. Horace Kelly, 40, and his mom, Greta …


Former National General Loss Rep and Mom Charged With Fake Claims Scam
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Iowa AG Sues Roblox for Allegedly Failing to Protect Kids on Gaming Platform

Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has sued the online gaming company Roblox for allegedly failing to take necessary steps to protect Iowa kids from sexual exploitation, facilitating distribution of child sex abuse material, and failing to warn Iowa parents …


Iowa AG Sues Roblox for Allegedly Failing to Protect Kids on Gaming Platform
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Munich Re Offers Geothermal Risk Insurance in State-Backed Drive

Insurer Munich Re and Germany’s KfW Development Bank are introducing a state-backed program to mitigate the financial risk of geothermal drilling and encourage exploration for the renewable heat and power source. Geothermal power is an abundant energy source that can …


Munich Re Offers Geothermal Risk Insurance in State-Backed Drive
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