An airport in a dusty and remote corner of rural Spain has once again become a parking lot for aircraft stranded in Europe, this time due to the war with Iran, which has forced countries to close their airspace and airlines to reroute flights. State-owned Teruel airport in eastern Spain, which normally serves as one of Europe’s largest aircraft maintenance and storage hubs, had around 140 planes park there over two years during the COVID pandemic. Now its dry, salt-free climate, which lends itself to preserving planes, is being sought again by airlines whose timetables have been scrambled and are…
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Targets and tactics: beyond the immediate conflict zone The most exposed sectors map closely to classes that already attract heavy cyber and property‑cat capacity — energy and utilities, financial services with Middle Eastern links, aerospace, defense and logistics, healthcare, cloud and telecoms, and critical national infrastructure such as water utilities. Opportunistic targeting means organizations with no direct connection to Israel, the US or the conflict can still be hit, particularly if they are high‑profile or symbolically significant.
Scomed was given multiple opportunities to respond over three hearings but largely declined to present its own arguments or evidence. Hartford, meanwhile, introduced exhibits – all of which came from Scomed’s own counsel – showing that Scomed’s business model revolved around stocking and selling commonly prescribed products. These included pages from Scomed’s website and Facebook page, a state Department of Health certification, and a Medicare accreditation as a supplier of Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies, or DMEPOS. Hartford argued that these documents only reinforced the distinction between a health care provider and a medical supplier.
Substitute House Bill 2428, passed unanimously by both chambers of the 69th Legislature during the 2026 Regular Session, adds new notification obligations for insurers issuing individual life insurance policies in the state. The House approved the measure 94-0 on February 12, 2026, and the Senate followed with a 48-0 vote on March 4, 2026. The bill was originally sponsored by Rep. Mari Leavitt, Rep. Kristine Reeves, and Rep. Lisa Parshley, and advanced through the House Consumer Protection & Business committee.
TAG sued Shackelford and Passe shortly after, on February 24, 2025, alleging breach of contract, trade secret violations, tortious interference, unfair trade practices, civil conspiracy, and money owed. The defendants fired back with counterclaims against TAG and its president, Edward Lee Shackelford, accusing the company of engaging in improper tactics to recapture clients.
R&W is witnessing a recovery with North America experiencing the most pronounced pricing increase
The capital-light approach enables insurance businesses to separate capital from origination, underwriting, and servicing functions, transforming them into balance sheet-light asset managers. This allows platforms like Accelerant to generate fee-based revenue while reducing the need to deploy their own balance sheet.
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“Competition remains strong in the public entity property market, and capacity is readily available across most segments,” said Darron Johnston, executive vice president at Amwins Brokerage. “However, underwriting discipline remains critical, particularly for accounts with significant catastrophe exposure or challenging loss histories.”
The dispute traces back to a personal injury liability policy that General Star sold to Toy Quest. That policy covered injuries arising from a specific list of offenses: false arrest, detention, imprisonment, malicious prosecution, wrongful eviction, slander, libel, and invasion of privacy. Abuse of process was not on the list.
KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the KFF Health News series “Priced Out,” which focuses on the health insurance crisis, on An Arm and a Leg on March 19. Click here to hear Rayasam on An Arm and a Leg (starts at 21:03). Read Rayasam’s “When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage.” KFF Health News rural health reporter Andrew Jones discussed the spread of measles across the Carolinas on WUNC’s Due South on March 17. Click here to hear Andrew Jones on Due South. Read Jones’ “Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It…
According to a new report from Swiss Re Institute, whilst global insured losses in 2025, at US $107 billion, fell below the long-term natural catastrophe trend, secondary perils, including severe convective storms (SCS), wildfires, and floods, accounted for a record 92% of the total.The Los Angeles wildfires from the start of 2025, which contributed a staggering $40 billion of the year total, represented the largest wildfire loss event on Swiss Re’s sigma records. At the same time, severe convective storms also contributed significantly in 2025, ranking as the third-costliest year on record for SCS, after 2023 and 2024, and adding…
The case is a reminder that the scope of permissive-use coverage is not unlimited. Permission to drive, on its own, does not guarantee coverage if the policy contains a valid exclusion that applies to the driver’s circumstances. And in Arkansas, the court made clear, the question of whether such exclusions should be banned is one for the legislature, not the judiciary.
The report, “Securing the Supply Chain: A 2026 Blueprint for Countering Smarter Theft,” reveals that cargo theft is no longer dominated by opportunistic “smash-and-grab” incidents. Instead, criminals are increasingly leveraging tools such as GPS spoofing, stolen login credentials, and AI-powered phishing campaigns to infiltrate fleet management systems and reroute high-value shipments without detection.