A pressure ulcer slowly tore open a hole in the skin over Sam Frank Ray’s tailbone, leaving his raw bone exposed over weeks to the infection that eventually killed him, according to a lawsuit his family filed late last year. …

Insurance and reinsurance executives speaking at a recent industry conference said there were few surprises during midyear 2026 reinsurance renewals—with past overreactions on price hikes explaining this year’s declines. “The question that’s going to be super relevant is: Where are …

A lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines used to power adata center for Elon Musk’s company xAI Corp. and its AI assistant Grok has become an unexpected test for the US government’s authority over air pollution. The US Department of Justice …

New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze rents for roughly one million stabilized apartments, handing Mayor Zohran Mamdani a major political victory and delivering on a central promise that launched him to City Hall. The board voted 7-1 …

A fire was extinguished in a process unit pump room at Monroe Energy’s 190,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, the company said in a statement. The exact cause of the fire is unclear at this time, the company said, …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at W.R. Berkley Corp.’s Berkley Specialty London and Ariel Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Berkley Promotes Enright as President of Berkley Specialty London, Succeeding Hastings W. R. Berkley …

Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 Security Technology has developed what it calls a domestic answer to Anthropic’s Mythos, it said on Wednesday, casting the U.S. model as a strategic cyber capability that China could not afford to lack. Mythos, previewed in …

An attack on a container vessel on a container vessel sailing through the Strait of Hormuz has prompted some shipowners to review exit plans, but traffic continued to flow in both directions through the vital thoroughfare on Friday. Two fully …

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed on June 25 to end a government requirement for manual brake pedals in self-driving vehicles, a move that would make it easier to deploy such vehicles on U.S. roads. The proposal would not …

France’s navy seized another tanker it said was linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet” on Thursday, underscoring the escalation this year in European efforts to enforce sanctions and squeeze one of Moscow’s main revenue streams. Nine suspected shadow fleet tankers, vessels …

French oil major TotalEnergies must disclose the climate risks linked to emissions from its oil and gas products and set out plans to mitigate them, a Paris court ruled on Thursday. The ruling is a partial victory for climate change …

The Trump administration on June 24 reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the …

Higginbotham, now ranked as the 16th-largest independent brokerage chain, has expanded into South Carolina with the acquisition of the well-known Turbeville Insurance Agency. Turbeville, founded in 1991 by William L. “Bill” Turbeville Jr., has 60 employees, with offices in Columbia, …

One person was killed and another injured in a fire at a mobile home in Woodstock, New Hampshire. According to officials, around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2026, members of the Woodstock Fire Department responded to Scenic View Drive after …

Orion180 Insurance has launched its FLEX homeowners insurance coverage in Colorado. FLEX Home Insurance is designed to give homeowners greater control over how they protect their property, allowing them to tailor coverage to fit their individual risk tolerance and budget. …

A Colorado grand jury indicted 11 defendants for taking part in an auto theft ring that reportedly targeted vehicles parked at municipal airports. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Denver District Attorney John Walsh announced the indictments this week on …

A Massachusetts construction firm owner fraudulently misclassified subcontractors as siding workers or painters when they were performing riskier roofing work in order to avoid paying higher workers’ compensation premiums, according to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office (AGO). Massachusetts officials said …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) now says data taken earlier this month from its information technology systems has been published online by the hackers responsible. In a short note posted midday June 25, NAIC said it was “actively …

A ship was hit by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday in the first reported attack since an interim US-Iran peace deal, marking a setback to efforts to restore traffic through the vital energy thoroughfare. Container …

O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC, doing business as O’Reilly Auto Parts, a national auto parts retailer operating more than 6,500 stores throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada, violated federal law by failing to reasonably accommodate a disabled employee …