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California’s worker heat standards led to fewer work-related injuries on hot days, a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute found. The WCRI study, Impact of California’s Heat Standard on Workers’ Compensation Outcomes, measured how California’s heat standard impacted …

Specialist transactional risk insurer Icen Risk announced it is expanding to the United States to meet strong demand. London-based Icen said minority owner Zurich Insurance Group is providing $50 million of capacity, effective immediately. In April, Zurich acquired a stake …

Texas will no longer issue or renew commercial driver’s licenses to DACA recipients, refugees or people with asylum, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced Monday. Commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, are for driving vehicles for business purposes, such as …

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor, announced it has taken a minority stake in Oneglobal, the London-based retail and wholesale insurance broker, which is majority owned by PE firm J.C. Flowers & Co. The investment will …

September turned out to be a slumber for hurricane watchers. For the first time in a decade, the month of September produced no hurricane landfalls in the United States. Seven of the previous eight years this occurred, no hurricane made …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation AXA XL Reinsurance announced that Jennifer …

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against a St. Peters insurance agent following an investigation into deceptive practices. Pamela Walsh faces nine counts of Deceptive Business Practices, a Class E felony under …

World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of ACB Insurance Inc. (“ACB”) of Indianapolis, Indiana on June 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ACB provides insurance to individuals, families and businesses. The agency is …

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Florida commercial painting contractor $877,000 – one of the largest OSHA fines in recent years – six months after a worker fell from a bridge near Savannah, Georgia. Seminole Equipment …

Geopolitical volatility has surged into a top 10 business risk with cyber risk remaining the number one concern globally, followed by business interruption at number two, according to Aon’s 2025 Global Risk Management Survey, which has tracked the most pressing …