More Than 5 Million Texans Live in Flood-Prone Areas According to State Flood Plan
More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible to flooding, according to a draft of the state’s first-ever flood plan. The plan by the Texas Water Development Board …
Indiana-Based RV Manufacturer to Pay $95K in EEOC Disability Suit
Goshen, Indiana-based Keystone RV Company, a leading manufacturer of towable RVs, will pay $95,460 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to the …
Texas Storm Leaves Thousands of Homes Without Power: Weather Watch
Across parts of Texas, and mostly in the east, 500,789 customers reportedly had outages at 4:45 am EDT, according to PowerOutage.us. On Tuesday, 1,161 flights into and around the US were canceled with the majority of those in Dallas and …
Samsung Faces Probe After Two Chip Workers Exposed to Radiation
South Korea’s nuclear safety authorities are carrying out an on-site investigation after two employees at a Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor plant were exposed to radiation. The employees are showing abnormal symptoms on their fingers because of localized exposure, though their …
People Moves: Specialist Aviation MGA Itasca Names John as CEO, Succeeding Zolotusky; DUAL Group Appoints Allianz’s Sayce as Group Head of Emerging Products
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at aviation specialist Itasca MGA Ltd. and DUAL Group, Howden’s MGA subsidiary. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialist Aviation MGA Itasca Names John as CEO, Succeeding Zolotusky Itasca MGA …
North Carolina Will Soon Have Some of the Highest Auto Liability Minimums
Starting next year, the minimum automobile liability coverage in North Carolina will jump significantly, thanks to a 2023 law that raised the minimum requirement for the first time in 25 years. Since 1999, North Carolina drivers have been required to …
Specialist Risk Group to Launch Global Motorsport Underwriting Offering
Specialist Risk Group’s managing general agent, MX, announced it will soon launch a new specialist motorsport underwriting offering, MX Motorsport. MX Motorsport will underwrite all classes of motorsport business on a global basis supported by A-rated capacity. The team at …
Insurers Must Physically Inspect to Confirm Damage Cited by Aerial Imagery
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is reminding insurers of their obligation to conduct a physical inspection to confirm the type and extent of damage to a roof supposedly evidenced by aerial imagery. The regulatory agency said it has received consumer …
Man Accused of Starting Wildfire Near Arizona-California Border
A Yuma man has been arrested for allegedly starting a wildfire in a national wildlife preserve in southwest Arizona near the California border, according to authorities. Yuma County Sheriff’s officials said 47-year-old Jason Bradley Martin remains jailed on suspicion of …
Restaurant Workers’ Battle for Higher Minimum Wage Goes National
US restaurants grappling with high costs and penny-pinching consumers are making a tough pitch to voters: that boosting pay to millions of workers is a bad idea. At least four states are set to vote on measures to make restaurants …
Kentucky, Alabama Towns Dealing with Tornado Damage, Florida Feeling Record Heat
The latest community left with shattered homes and no power was the tiny Kentucky town of Charleston, which took a direct hit Sunday night from a tornado that the governor said appeared to be on the ground for 40 miles …
New Jersey Contractor to Pay $13K Penalty After Worker’s Fatal 5-Story Fall
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports it has reached a settlement agreement with a New Jersey contractor after a worker suffered a fatal fall at a Bayonne worksite in October 2023. The settlement followed an OSHA inspection …
Where the AI Risks Are: Swiss Re’s Top 10 Ranking by Industry
The insurance industry came in sixth in a ranking of 10 major industries based on current AI risk, and seventh based on future risk, with health care replacing IT as the most exposed sector in the next 10 years. The …
People Moves: Ryan Hired to Head Hyperexponential US P/C; Carnes Named Nationwide’s Chief Pet Officer
Insurtech hyperexponential has hired Risa Ryan as head of US P/C. Risa was most recently chief underwriting officer at Sompo International. She will be based in New York. She has over 25 years of industry experience, having spent over a …
Hacking Group Claims It Stole Client Data From Christie’s
After a cyberattack on Christie’s auction house earlier this month, a hacker group called RansomHub claimed responsibility. In a post on the dark web Monday, RansomHub said that it had gained access to the personal information of the firm’s wealthy …
Markets/Coverages: Ariel Green Expands Tech Performance Ins. Consortium at Lloyd’s
Ariel Green, a division of Ariel Re, has expanded Lloyd’s first ever Technology Performance Insurance (TPI) Consortium. First launched in 2023, Ariel Green has renewed the consortium and grown the number of markets participating and capacity available, to protect clean …
Update: Greek-Owned Ship Takes on Water After Being Hit by Missiles in Red Sea
A bulk carrier has taken on water and is leaning to the side after being attacked while sailing through the Red Sea, underscoring the continuing risks facing ships trying to navigate a waterway long critical to global trade. The Laax …
PwC Lost Five China Clients After Evergrande-Linked Probe
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP lost five Chinese clients in May alone, adding to a list of more than a dozen firms its stopped auditing in the country in the last two years. China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. said on May 27 it …
Top Insurer to Leave Colombia’s Public Health System Amid Petro Squeeze
One of Colombia’s biggest health insurers will gradually cease operations in the country’s public system to avoid further deterioration in its finances. Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA’s public insurance unit, which is known as EPS Sura and serves more than …
Growing Shadow Fleet of Tankers, Shipping Sanctioned Oil, Are Burning Dirty Fuel
The growing shadow fleet of tankers transporting sanctioned Iranian, Venezuelan and Russian oil is filling up with the cheapest fuel available, hindering industry efforts to use cleaner fuel to cut shipping emissions, according to shipping data and sources. The global …