Thursday, May 21, 2026

Crypto Crime Escalates With Kidnappings, Cons and Human Coercion

After a year of kidnappings, assaults and armed home invasions targeting cryptocurrency holders, the industry is racing to harden its defenses. Conferences are beefing up security. Private firms serving crypto holders say demand has surged. Exchanges are protecting their executives. …


Crypto Crime Escalates With Kidnappings, Cons and Human Coercion
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Viewpoint: Insurers Cautiously Navigate the Next Step in AI Adoption

As more and more companies embed AI into select functions, only a portion indicate that they have used AI to change how an overall enterprise runs. It illustrates one of the key takeaways drawn from a recent industry survey by …


Viewpoint: Insurers Cautiously Navigate the Next Step in AI Adoption
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 05:03:37 +0000
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Bank CEOs’ AI Obsession Collides With Warning From Watchdogs

As bank executives increasingly tout the promise of artificial intelligence to slim down workforces, regulators are warning them not to get carried away. The European Banking Authority, the rulemaker for financial firms operating in the region, has been meeting with …


Bank CEOs’ AI Obsession Collides With Warning From Watchdogs
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Description: As bank executives increasingly tout the promise of artificial intelligence to slim down workforces, regulators are warning them not to get carried away. The European Banking Authority, the rulemaker for financial firms operating in the region, has been meeting with …
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Insurance Agent, Former Lawmaker in Runoff in Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race

Two Democrats, one a longtime insurance agent, will face each other in a June 16 runoff election that will determine who will be on the November general election ballot for Georgia insurance commissioner. Keisha Sean Waites, a former state legislator …


Insurance Agent, Former Lawmaker in Runoff in Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 05:02:30 +0000
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Three New HO Carriers and an Improving Condo Market in Florida, Reports Show

Three new property insurance companies have entered the Florida market this spring, bringing to 20 the number of new carriers since Florida lawmakers ended assignment-of-benefit agreements and one-way attorney fees in 2023. “To date, these new companies since the legislative …


Three New HO Carriers and an Improving Condo Market in Florida, Reports Show
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 05:02:14 +0000
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

NC Commission Warns About Workers’ Comp Scam Impersonating Officials

Scammers have been targeting Spanish-speaking workers, trying to trick them into paying fees to access workers’ compensation benefits around the South and West, officials said. The North Carolina Industrial Commission, which oversees workers’ comp in the state, warned in a …


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Thursday, May 21, 2026

South Carolina Law Adds Workers’ Comp Stroke Presumption for Some Firefighters

Municipal workers’ compensation insurance pools in South Carolina now have another firefighter health condition presumption to consider, after the state’s governor signed House Bill 3163 into law. The law, which took effect upon Gov. Henry McMaster’s signature last week, adds …


South Carolina Law Adds Workers’ Comp Stroke Presumption for Some Firefighters
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Description: Municipal workers’ compensation insurance pools in South Carolina now have another firefighter health condition presumption to consider, after the state’s governor signed House Bill 3163 into law. The law, which took effect upon Gov. Henry McMaster’s signature last week, adds …
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Category: Southeast News
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 05:01:35 +0000
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Report: California Independent Medical Review Overturned Most Treatment Requests

Nearly nine-in-10 workers’ compensation treatment request denials in California were overturned by independent medical review, a new report shows. The California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation released the annual report on the department’s IMR program. …


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Thursday, May 21, 2026

New Mexico Politicians Grapple With Oil Windfall From Iran War That’s ‘Awesome’ And Awkward

The global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has generated an enviable—and politically sensitive—financial windfall on the other side of the world in New Mexico, a rare Democratic-dominated state where fossil fuels are a bedrock of progressive social services. …


New Mexico Politicians Grapple With Oil Windfall From Iran War That’s ‘Awesome’ And Awkward
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 05:00:46 +0000
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Sands Point Risk Acquires New Jersey’s Launch Environmental Underwriters

Sands Point Risk, a multi-program managing general agency platform, has acquired Launch Environmental Underwriters, a provider of environmental general liability insurance. Jersey City, New Jersey-based Launch focuses on complex risks across the energy, infrastructure, construction, chemical, mergers and acquisition, and …


Sands Point Risk Acquires New Jersey’s Launch Environmental Underwriters
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Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 05:00:12 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

‘Am I out?’ Drought and Rising Costs From Iran War Deepen Pain for US Farmers

Scott Irlbeck crouched in a field of stunted wheat plants in a parched stretch of West Texas and slipped his hand into a crack wide enough to swallow it. Last autumn, Irlbeck planted a crop that barely grew because rain …


‘Am I out?’ Drought and Rising Costs From Iran War Deepen Pain for US Farmers
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Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 16:11:19 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

People Moves: Liberty Names Kooijman as GM, Insurance, Netherlands, Belgium, Nordics

Liberty Taps Kooijman as General Manager, Insurance, Netherlands, Belgium, Nordics Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announced the appointment of Monique Kooijman as general manager for Netherlands, Belgium and the Nordics, subject to regulatory approval. Kooijman will …


People Moves: Liberty Names Kooijman as GM, Insurance, Netherlands, Belgium, Nordics
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Markets/Coverages: BHSI Offers New Casualty Insurance Policies in Switzerland

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced the launch of two new casualty insurance policies in Switzerland: one multinational and another for domestic risks, both tailored for large corporate and upper middle market commercial and industrial organizations in Switzerland. The new …


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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Barney Frank, Key Lawmaker During Financial Crisis, Dies at 86

Barney Frank, the quick-witted Democratic congressman who found himself on the front lines of the government’s rescue of the American financial system in 2007 and 2008, has died. He was 86. He died on Tuesday at his home in Ogunquit, …


Barney Frank, Key Lawmaker During Financial Crisis, Dies at 86
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Murdaugh Sues Clerk Whose Actions Led to Overturning His Murder Conviction

Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit against the court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son. The suit filed …


Murdaugh Sues Clerk Whose Actions Led to Overturning His Murder Conviction
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Iran Consolidating Control of Hormuz With Checkpoints, Vetting and Sometimes ‘Fees’

The tanker crew gathered their courage and carefully navigated along a route designated by Iran, hugging the coastline and maneuvering their hulking vessel between island checkpoints through the Strait of Hormuz. The 330-meter-long Agios Fanourios I, laden with Iraqi crude …


Iran Consolidating Control of Hormuz With Checkpoints, Vetting and Sometimes ‘Fees’
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Arthur J. Gallagher’s RPS Acquires McKee Risk Management

Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS) reports it has acquired McKee Risk Management, Inc., a King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based program administrator. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. McKee Risk Management provides underwriting, policy administration, claims coordination and risk management services …


Arthur J. Gallagher’s RPS Acquires McKee Risk Management
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

UPS Saw No Need for Changes After 2011 Boeing Defect Letter

A US safety investigator said United Parcel Service Inc. decided not to take further action after reviewing a 2011 service letter from Boeing Co. that flagged failures of a key structural component in the type of plane that later crashed …


UPS Saw No Need for Changes After 2011 Boeing Defect Letter
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Virginia Governor Vetoes Bill to Allow Class Actions

Virginia will remain as one of only two states where courts do not allow class actions. Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, has vetoed a measure that would have initiated a procedure to allow class actions in state courts. The legislature …


Virginia Governor Vetoes Bill to Allow Class Actions
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Fears of Unfettered Hacking Spurred by Anthropic’s Mythos AI Model Overstated

Early fears that Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, could dramatically turbocharge hacking are looking overstated a month after its release. The company warned at launch in April that Mythos had uncovered thousands of software vulnerabilities — including flaws across every …


Fears of Unfettered Hacking Spurred by Anthropic’s Mythos AI Model Overstated
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People Moves: Gallagher Appoints Practice Leaders From Assured Partners; Willis Makes Moves Across Corporate Risk & Broking North America Growth Leadership

Gallagher Appoints Practice Leaders From Assured Partners Gallagher is expanding its US retail brokerage capabilities with the appointment of the new practice leaders. Alush Garzon, managing director, manufacturing, brings extensive experience developing comprehensive risk management programs for manufacturers and has …


People Moves: Gallagher Appoints Practice Leaders From Assured Partners; Willis Makes Moves Across Corporate Risk & Broking North America Growth Leadership
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United Arab Emirates’ Image as Middle Eastern Haven Is Tested by Iran War

The United Arab Emirates for decades has advertised itself as a haven for international business in a Middle East awash in violent upheaval. Those waves have now crashed into this nation, testing its economic model like never before. The UAE, …


United Arab Emirates’ Image as Middle Eastern Haven Is Tested by Iran War
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Small Plane Crash Near Austin Caused by Inflight Breakup, Report Finds

The small plane that crashed while carrying four pickleball players to a tournament near Austin last month had problems with freezing instruments before it broke apart midair, according to a preliminary federal investigation report released Friday. The Cessna 421C took …


Small Plane Crash Near Austin Caused by Inflight Breakup, Report Finds
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Category: Texas / South Central News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 10:30:41 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Tankers Exit Strait of Hormuz With 6 Million Barrels of Crude Oil

Three supertankers were crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday carrying oil bound for Asian markets, after waiting in the Gulf for more than two months with 6 million barrels of Middle East crude on board, while another was entering, …


Tankers Exit Strait of Hormuz With 6 Million Barrels of Crude Oil
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 09:36:14 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

UK Warned of Housing Market Risks as Flood Re’s Future Unclear

The UK government must provide clarity on the future of Flood Re or risk seeing its failure to do so feed through to the country’s housing market. That’s according to the Climate Change Committee, a group created back in 2008 …


UK Warned of Housing Market Risks as Flood Re’s Future Unclear
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Description: The UK government must provide clarity on the future of Flood Re or risk seeing its failure to do so feed through to the country’s housing market. That’s according to the Climate Change Committee, a group created back in 2008 …
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 09:18:15 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Michigan Secures Settlement With Car Financing Company Over Auto-Repair Agreements

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured an agreement with West Creek Financial, Inc., a Virginia corporation doing business under the name Koalafi, to resolve allegations that the lease-to-own financing company violated the Michigan Consumer Protection Act and Rental-Purchase Agreement …


Michigan Secures Settlement With Car Financing Company Over Auto-Repair Agreements
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Description: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured an agreement with West Creek Financial, Inc., a Virginia corporation doing business under the name Koalafi, to resolve allegations that the lease-to-own financing company violated the Michigan Consumer Protection Act and Rental-Purchase Agreement …
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Category: Midwest News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 08:07:45 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Death at SpaceX’s South Texas Facilities Prompts Workplace Safety Investigation

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an incident at SpaceX’s South Texas facilities that resulted in the death of a worker. Jose Luis Bautista, a 25-year-old man from Donna, died Friday morning after falling 8 feet from scaffolding, …


Death at SpaceX’s South Texas Facilities Prompts Workplace Safety Investigation
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Category: Texas / South Central News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 06:43:52 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Man Wrongly Convicted of Killing 2 Michigan Hunters Agrees to $5M Settlement

A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two Michigan hunters agreed to a $5.25 million settlement after accusing police of failing to turn over evidence that could have helped him at trial, a lawyer …


Man Wrongly Convicted of Killing 2 Michigan Hunters Agrees to $5M Settlement
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Description: A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two Michigan hunters agreed to a $5.25 million settlement after accusing police of failing to turn over evidence that could have helped him at trial, a lawyer …
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Category: Midwest News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 06:35:51 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Texas Storms Ground Flights, Threaten Floods and Spark Fires

A day of wild weather and thunderstorms in Texas has led to nearly 500 canceled flights in the Dallas area, power outages across eastern reaches and a wildfire in a landfill near Amarillo that’s been dubbed the “Stinky Fire.” As …


Texas Storms Ground Flights, Threaten Floods and Spark Fires
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Description: A day of wild weather and thunderstorms in Texas has led to nearly 500 canceled flights in the Dallas area, power outages across eastern reaches and a wildfire in a landfill near Amarillo that’s been dubbed the “Stinky Fire.” As …
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Category: Texas / South Central News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 06:28:58 +0000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Viewpoint: AI Insurance Is Not Cyber Insurance With Extra Steps

Many insurers and the businesses they cover are treating AI risk as a cyber problem in a new costume. The early litigation is quietly explaining why that is a category error, and the companies that understand the difference first will …


Viewpoint: AI Insurance Is Not Cyber Insurance With Extra Steps
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Description: Many insurers and the businesses they cover are treating AI risk as a cyber problem in a new costume. The early litigation is quietly explaining why that is a category error, and the companies that understand the difference first will …
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Category: National News
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 05:10:28 +0000
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