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HDI Global Appoints Dan Feige to Lead Underwriting Division

On Monday, HDI Global announced the appointment of Dan Feige, a former Liberty Mutual executive, as the head of engineering, construction, and inland...

Jun 15, 2026 • 5 min read

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Legal Challenges Intensify for Clown Rights in Federal Court

Amid rising public fear from horror films, Art the Clown contends with a significant federal lawsuit concerning procedural documentation issues.

Jun 15, 2026 • 5 min read

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Shippers Exercise Caution on Hormuz Strait Transit Despite US-Iran Agreement

Shipping companies in Asia and Europe express that it may take weeks to restore confidence in transit through the Strait of Hormuz, with navigation de...

Jun 15, 2026 • 5 min read

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Hurricane forecast softens to below normal: Colorado State

Researchers at Colorado State University on Wednesday reduced their forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, citing increased confidence that...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Costco says rotisserie chicken lawsuit is half-baked

Costco is trying to pluck itself out of a class action accusing the warehouse giant of falsely advertising its beloved $4.99 rotisserie chicken as pre...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Amwins expands occupational accident program for contractors

Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions on Wednesday announced an expansion of its occupational accident insurance program for independent contractors bey...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Women to Watch deadline extended

The nomination deadline for the Business Insurance Women to Watch Awards has been extended two weeks to June 26.

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

Insurance

Comp bar applies in teen worker’s fatal heavy equipment accident

The Georgia Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed the dismissal of tort claims filed by the parents of a 16-year-old worker who was killed while operati...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Gallagher promotes three to managing director

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said Friday it has promoted three executives to managing director and practice leader within its U.S. retail property/casual...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Coupang fined $409M over massive data breach

Coupang fined $409M over massive data breach Jun 12, 2026 South Korea’s data protection regulator has fined U.S.-based e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. 6...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Active typhoon season raises flood risk across Asia

Active typhoon season raises flood risk across Asia Jun 12, 2026 Coastal areas across Asia, particularly in Japan, eastern China and South Korea, face...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Shipping firms face permanent Iran war risk

Shipping firms face permanent Iran war risk Jun 12, 2026 The Iran war has turned into a permanent operating condition for shipping companies, insurers...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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U.S. Utility Prices Decline 1.5% Since Onset of Iran Conflict

According to EJ Antoni, Chief Economist at the Heritage Foundation, U.S. utility prices have decreased by 1.5% since the conflict in Iran began.

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Australia, Canada and UK pledge £3m for Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives

Australia, Canada and UK pledge £3m for Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives The governments of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom have launche...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Trump says Iran agreed not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons

Trump says Iran agreed not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons US President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not only to refrain from developing nu...

Jun 12, 2026 • 5 min read

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Imagining: Would a Biden “Drill, Baby, Drill” Regime Have Mitigated a Iran-War Induced Cost-Push Shock

Heritage Foundation’s Chief Economist EJ Antoni speculates: Well, I can imagine. The world price would be slightly lower, but we wouldn’t be insulated...

Jun 11, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

Trump: “I Love the Inflation”

Which is good insofar as we’re going to get plenty more of it (see quote here). PPI upside surprise +1.1% vs. +0.7 m/m (Bloomberg). Core slightly belo...

Jun 11, 2026 • 5 min read

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Invaluable New Geopolitical Risk Indexes: AI-GPR, GPR-Oil, and More

Readers of Econbrowser know that I’ve put a lot of stress on using high frequency measures of uncertainty and risk to interpret recent events. One of...

Jun 11, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

Monthly Business Cycle Indicators: Canada

Friday release of May employment (labor force survey): Figure 1: Monthly employment from Labor Force survey (blue), nonfarm payroll employmet from Sur...

Jun 07, 2026 • 5 min read

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Trump in Chippewa Falls: Promising Input Price Declines to Farmers

From WisPolitics: “We’re going to come out and your fertilizer prices are going to go way down just like they were four months ago. Your fertilizer’s...

Jun 06, 2026 • 5 min read