The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will increase the fee for special inspections from $200 to $500 per location inspected. Special Inspections, conducted at the request of an insurer, broker or agent of record to confirm classifications, are performed outside of the WCIRB’s routine inspection process. They are scheduled in response to a specific request to inspect policyholder locations. Special inspections don’t require that the policyholder be experience rated. The new fee takes effect July 1. The updated fee aligns with the cost to complete an inspection, will apply to each location inspected and will be charged to…
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Donald Trump has asked New York’s highest appeals court to vacate a judge’s finding that he was liable for inflating the value of his real estate assets, arguing that his former lawyer Michael Cohen has since cast doubt on his own testimony against the president. In a filing on Wednesday, Trump’s lawyers cited a January Substack post by Cohen in which he claimed he felt “compelled and coerced” to deliver testimony that New York Attorney General Letitia James was seeking in a civil fraud suit she brought against Trump. James alleged Trump had inflated assets by billions of dollars to…
Pine Walk, the specialist MGA platform of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), has launched a new capital solutions business called Mezura Capital Partners. Headquartered in Bermuda, Mezura Capital will focus on delivering strategic capital solutions and partnerships for insurers and reinsurers. Its offering will include, whole account solutions, structured casualty and specialty arrangements, and retrospective solutions, including combined prospective and retrospective covers. The new business will be led by Shireen Gammoh as CEO, who joins from Howden Re, where she served as managing director in its Legacy & Structured Solutions team. Gammoh brings nearly two decades of experience across Bermuda, London…
A recent report by LexisNexis Risk Solutions found synthetic identity fraud is on the rise. According to its latest Cybercrime Report based on more than 100 billion online transactions in 2025, LexisNexis said 11% of frauds now involve a synthetic identity, representing an eight-fold global increase over 2024. “While organizations are strengthening defenses across channels, cybercriminal networks are scaling automation, shifting tactics and probing for any available weaknesses across the digital customer journey. Increasingly, attackers rely on advanced bots and AI-driven tools to mimic human behavior and test defenses with unprecedented speed and accuracy,” said Stephen Topliss, vice president of…
Florida authorities have charged a Jacksonville contractor with underreporting payroll by almost $2 million and stiffing his workers’ compensation insurer for almost $300,000 in premiums. Carlos Antonio Maradiago Garcia, 50, a native of Honduras, was investigated by the Florida Department of Financial Services for insurance fraud allegedly committed in 2021, 2022 and 2023, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s arrest report. Maradiago was arrested at his lawyer’s office in March and booked into jail. He then posted bail and pleaded not guilty this week. The insurance carrier was not listed. Details about how the investigation came about were not included in…
About 2 in 10 said they at least sometimes use AI chatbots to get health information, but only 18% considered their responses highly accurate, according to the survey published by the Pew Research Center.
The state of Maryland has reached a settlement in principle with Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., the owner and operator of the M/V Dali, resolving a portion of the state’s claims arising from the cargo ship’s allision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge two years ago. In announcing the development, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown did not disclose any details of the settlement that is still being finalized. Brown said the settlement resolves claims brought against the vessel interest by the state and its agencies, including the Maryland Transportation Authority, the Maryland Port Administration, and the…
According to a 2023 report by The New York Times, an estimated $84 trillion in assets is expected to pass from older generations to heirs by 2045, with as much as $16 trillion moving within the next decade alone. This “Great Wealth Transfer” is being driven largely by aging baby boomers, who currently hold roughly half of the nation’s $140 trillion in household wealth.
Last updated on Apr 7, 2026 The Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, returned the decision to restrict or protect abortion to states. In many states, abortion providers and advocates are challenging state abortion bans contending that the bans violate the state constitution or another state law. The state litigation tracker presents up-to-date information on the ongoing litigation challenging state abortion policy. In addition, since the Dobbs decision, new questions have arisen regarding the intersection of federal and state authority when it impacts access to abortion and contraception. Litigation has been brought in federal court to resolve some of…
The Colorado State University (CSU) tropical meteorology team has issued its first forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, calling for “somewhat below-normal” levels of activity, citing the potential for a robust El Niño and associated increases in vertical wind shear as key factors.Released just minutes ago, the Colorado State University (CSU) tropical meteorology team’s first seasonal forecast for Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane conditions in 2026 joins others in expectations for the expected development of El Niño conditions to depress tropical activity this year. Phil Klotzbach, Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University…
These include intellectual property and reputational risks linked to generative AI, according to Zeilman. He said SMEs are increasingly using tools like chatbots and content generators for marketing, social media, and customer engagement. However, these tools can produce outputs that inadvertently infringe on copyright, include defamatory statements, or misuse personal data.
Prestige Trucking Insurance, a retail brokerage and parent company of CSMV Underwriters, has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Mulligan, an artificial intelligence-based insurance automation platform. The platform will now be offered under the name Insure Stack, led by Prestige Trucking’s Christina Torres as CEO, Daniel Hausman as chief operating officer, and David Zhang as chief technical officer. Mulligan was developed by Y Combinator and Pyq Inc. Pyq founder Aman Raghuvanshi will serve in an advisory role, and members of Pyq’s team will now join the Insure Stack team, the companies said. It’s the latest business expansion move for…
Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire into further jeopardy after the biggest Israeli attacks on its neighbor of the war killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump’s truce. In Pakistan, authorities locked down the capital Islamabad in anticipation of the war’s first peace talks, cutting off access to a 3-km (2-mile) zone around the five-star luxury Serena Hotel. Both the U.S. and Iranian delegations are expected to stay at the hotel, which told all guests to check out until Sunday as it had been “requisitioned” for “an important event.” But…
The US Justice Department’s top antitrust litigator and three senior trial attorneys that led cases against Live Nation Entertainment Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are leaving the agency, according to people familiar with their plans. Some of the departures stem from anger among the antitrust staff about a surprise March 9 settlement with Live Nation and concerns about whether the division is committed to litigating pending cases, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing internal agency dynamics. The Justice Department settled an antitrust case accusing Live Nation of illegally monopolizing the live events industry…