Month: November 2025

Airlines canceled more than 2,200 U.S. flights on Sunday and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned air travel will fall to a “trickle” in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday as air traffic control staffing shortages surge. Major airlines were dealing …

President Donald Trump on Friday accused meatpacking companies of driving up U.S. beef prices, which have hit records, through manipulation and collusion, and ordered the Justice Department to investigate. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in an X post the probe …

An EU warship secured the crew of an oil products tanker on Friday after it was attacked by pirates off Somalia, its operator and a European Union naval mission said, as worries grow over a resurgence of piracy after years …

Analysts’ projections of slower growth and smaller underwriting margins ahead for personal auto insurers started to play out ever so slightly in third-quarter results of two giant auto insurers this week. Both Progressive and GEICO reported higher personal auto combined …

Florida insurers will no doubt remember the time more than two years ago when one of the largest plaintiffs’ law firms in the state gave notice that it was planning to file tens of thousands of claims lawsuits ahead of …

Fire destroyed Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s home last week, with officials saying more than 20 units were dispatched in what became a frantic, futile effort to save the property. Nobody was in the home when the fire broke out, …

Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for MGAs” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demos give viewers a rapid-fire experience of AI technology tools designed exclusively for managing general agencies. The latest online event …

The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) sent a bulletin telling insurers that they should avoid non-renewals and cancellations for master policies issued to condominiums that experienced damage from severe storms this year. DCI sent out the addendum on …

Cornell University said it reached an agreement with the White House to restore about $250 million in federal funding, becoming the latest elite school to negotiate relief in response to the Trump administration’s campaign to remake higher education. The Ithaca, …

Onex Corp.’s top executive says the alternative asset manager is open to making further large bets on insurance companies following its move to team up with American International Group Inc. on a major deal. Toronto-based Onex and AIG agreed last …