Insurance

3M, Chubb settle in massive multidistrict litigation case

3M and a Chubb unit have settled a legal dispute regarding insurance coverage for thousands of lawsuits linked to a post-surgical warming device.

Jul 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

IMA Financial names president for Carolinas

Broker IMA Financial Group appointed Rich Garner president of IMA Carolinas, effective immediately.

Jul 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Meta says US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in social media addiction case

Meta Platforms said in a court filing on Monday that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over accusations the company designed its Fac...

Jul 07, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Calling Rick Stryker (and all other Global Climate Change Skeptics of Yore)

Madison’s had a heat advisory in effect for days — like most of the eastern portion of the US. This reminded me of Rick Stryker’s 2014 admonition to d...

Jul 03, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

Business Cycle Indicators – Key NBER and Alternatives

NFP underwhelms and prior months revised downward, civilian employment and civilian employment adjusted to NFP concept moving downward. Figure 1: NFP...

Jul 02, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Washington fines farm labor contractor $693K over worker-protection violations

A Washington farm labor contractor was fined $692,750 for alleged worker-protection violations involving nearly 1,200 farmworkers, Washington state la...

Jul 02, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

July Fourth’s real party crashers: leaks and thieves

Fireworks may get all the bang in the July Fourth safety lectures, but the bigger threat to homeowners could be lurking under the sink.

Jul 02, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

San Francisco Catholic Church reaches $395M sex abuse settlement

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco on Monday announced a $395 million settlement with about 530 people who said they were abused as child...

Jun 29, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Parents win coverage fight over son’s death from “Ethanol Extraction”

The parents of a Massachusetts man who died after drinking a product called “Ethanol Extraction” have won a round in their fight to access insurance c...

Jun 29, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

DOJ closes criminal probe into Abbott over baby formula plant: WSJ

The U.S. Justice Department closed a criminal probe into Abbott Laboratories over its handling of a baby formula plant linked to potentially deadly ba...

Jun 29, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

View from the Top: Marc Orloff, Liberty Mutual

Marc Orloff, president, Global Risk Solutions North America division at Liberty Mutual, oversees the insurer’s commercial and specialty insurance oper...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Top insurance brokers, No. 10: Acrisure

Acrisure experienced a year of consolidation, modest growth and technological investment in 2025. As mid-2026 approached, it declared AI-driven layoff...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Perspectives: When the lesson plan has no author, schools may be accountable 

Schools’ legal duties stem from in loco parentis — the obligation to supervise students and protect them from foreseeable harm. Schools comply by sett...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Top insurance brokers, No. 3: Arthur J. Gallagher

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. spent the past year digesting the largest acquisition in its history, but CEO J. Patrick Gallagher Jr. says the company neve...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Top insurance brokers, No. 9: Howden Insurance Brokers

Howden Insurance Brokers continued its rapid expansion over the past year, increasing revenue and strengthening its position among the world’s 10 larg...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Brokers tap AI to chase growth as rates fall

Insurance brokers are betting that artificial intelligence will boost productivity and growth, even as investors worry the technology could eventually...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Top insurance brokers, No. 6: Alliant Insurance Services

Alliant posted another year of double-digit revenue growth in 2025, continuing to hire staff and expand its operations.

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Top insurance brokers, No. 7: Hub International

Hub International completed fewer acquisitions last year, but CEO Marc Cohen says the brokerage wants its growth story to increasingly focus on what h...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Top insurance brokers, No. 4: Willis Towers Watson

Willis Towers Watson’s acquisition of Newfront marked a return to larger brokerage acquisitions and expanded its U.S. middle-market and technology cap...

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Top insurance brokers, No. 8: Lockton

Lockton continued its strategy of focusing on organic growth rather than acquisitions in 2025.

Jun 26, 2026 • 5 min read