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Deadly Neglect Lawsuits, Fines Follow Ohio Nursing Home Chain
A pressure ulcer slowly tore open a hole in the skin over Sam Frank Ray's tailbone, leaving his raw bone exposed for weeks to the infection that eventually killed him, according to a lawsuit his ...
NAIC Says Data Taken in Hack Has Been Published Online
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) now says the data taken earlier this month from its information technology systems has been published online by the hackers responsible. In ...
U.S. Supreme Court Scales Back Roundup Cancer Lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court reined in thousands of lawsuits pursued in state courts accusing Bayer of failing to warn users that the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, handing a ...
Big I: Independent Agencies’ Market Share Up Slightly in 2025
The independent agency channel placed 62% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S. in 2025, a slight increase from 2024 when 61.5% of insurance written was placed by independent agents. ...
More Than 1M People Alerted Before Northern California Quake
California's Earthquake Early Warning System delivered advance alerts to more than one million people before the shaking began, according to Governor Gavin Newsom. The first-of-its-kind Earthquake ...
Florida Insurer Safepoint Files to Withdraw U.S. IPO Listing
Safepoint has filed to withdraw its initial public offering plans in the U.S., the Florida insurer said on Wednesday. The withdrawal comes even as the IPO market has picked up pace after a brief lull ...
Fire Tracking App Watch Duty Expands to Monitor Flood Risk
When a fire broke out a few miles from his Altadena, California, home the evening of Jan. 7, 2025, Matt Blea and his family needed to make a crucial decision: Should they stay home, or evacuate? A ...
Homeownership Becoming Less Affordable: Kin
The homeowners insurance picture has gotten meaningfully worse in the last six months, according to Kin's 2026 Midyear Homeownership Report. Kin surveyed 1,000 homeowners to see how sentiment has ...