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Industry Panel Highlights Challenges in Selling Cyber Insurance to SMEs
Small- and mid-sized businesses hear and read the same news everyone else does. Awareness of cyber risk isn’t the problem. But after years of insurers market trying to crack this nut, these businesses aren’t buying the right coverage. The disconnect …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 4:22 PM |
A Repair Estimate Is Not Necessarily a Notice of Bad Faith in Louisiana
A Louisiana property insurer receives a contractor’s estimate for far more than it paid after a hurricane. Sixty days pass. The insured files suit and seeks bad faith penalties. Did the estimate start the cure period under Louisiana’s Act 3? …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 4:03 PM |
BNSF Railway Sued for Firing Employee Because of Their Disability
BNSF Railway Company violated federal law when it fired an employee because of his disability after he requested a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the employee, who has …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 3:49 PM |
World’s Largest Retirement Community Set to Borrow $180 Million for More Homes
The Villages, a 57,000-acre Florida retirement community, is looking to issue almost $180 million in high-yield debt to finance more homes. Built for residents at least 55 years old, the Villages has about 170,000 people, making it the largest community …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 3:38 PM |
Amazon and AEP Explore 960-Megawatt Nuclear Project in Indiana
American Electric Power Co. is working with Amazon.com Inc. to evaluate plans for a 960-megawatt nuclear plant in Indiana using a new reactor design, a project that would rely on unproven technology while potentially advancing efforts to promote next-generation fission. …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 3:36 PM |
Service Member Dies After Rappelling Fall at College Football Game
A military service member has died after he fell hard as he rappelled from the ceiling to midfield before a University of Texas at San Antonio football game where the military was honored. Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs said …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 3:34 PM |
Fisherman Killed by 12-Foot Alligator at Central Florida Lake
A 71-year-old man fishing on the shore of a Florida lake was killed Friday by a nearly 12-foot alligator, the second fatal attack reported this year. Steven Hamilton of Winter Garden was standing on the shore of Lake Apopka at …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 3:24 PM |
Former Portfolio Manager Sues Fidelity After Leaving for Michael Dell’s Family Office
A former semiconductor fund manager at Fidelity Investment Management has sued its parent company FMR, claiming it refused to pay him a “multimillion-dollar” compensation package after he joined DFO Management, the family office of billionaire Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell. …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 2:42 PM |
‘Weather Whiplash’ Bringing Back Rain and Snow to California
A “weather whiplash” will continue taking Californians for a ride this week, as last week’s high temperatures and blustery winds give way to clouds, rain and snow in the mountains. An unusual October heat wave with triple-digit temperatures in some …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 2:36 PM |
Isaias: 47,000 Claims and $582M in Losses in Florida So Far, OIR Reports
The late-season hurricane known as Isaias has so far produced about 47,000 claims in Florida, with estimated insured losses at $582 million, carriers have reported to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. A week after the storm made landfall in …
POSTED OCTOBER 19, 2026 2:04 PM |
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