National News for April 2026
- Markets/Coverages: Allstate Offers Free ID Theft Protection; NFP Starts US Flood Practice
- AI Use in Cybersecurity Could Show Holes in Short Term, Says Fitch
- Toxic Gas-Emitting Plants Get Pollution Reprieve Under Trump
- Zantac Suits Tossed by Delaware Judge for Flawed Cancer Link
- Aon Expands Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program Capacity to $3.5B
- People Moves: Former Verisk CEO Stephenson Joins ZestyAI Board of Directors; WTW Appoints Li to North America PPCU Consulting Team
- Viewpoint: Why Brokers Have Little to Fear and Everything to Gain From AI
- Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming, but Can They Improve Forecasts?
- Progressive Q1 2026 Net Income Up 10%
- Viewpoint: Risk Segmentation to Cover Large Data Centers
- AI Ruling Prompts Warnings From Lawyers: Your Chats Could Be Used Against You
- Verisk: Insurance Claims Volume Fell to 5-Year Low in 2025
- People Moves: Marsh Gives CFO McGivney Added COO Role, Names Griffith Global Logistics Lead, Marsh Risk; Costonis Is Resource Pro President of Insurance Solutions
- Vehicle Complexity Complicates Auto Valuation, Says JD Power
- Albertsons Reaches $774 Million Opioid Accord, Records Loss
- Millions of Rockstar Games Business Records Stolen, Hacking Group Says
- Bessent, Powell Warned Bank CEOs About Anthropic Model Risks, Sources Say
- Trump Suit Over Wall Street Journal Epstein Story Dismissed
- Uber Faces Second Driver Sexual Assault Trial Following $8.5M Verdict
- Data Centers Offer a Potential $10 Billion Windfall for Insurers
- People Moves: Everest’s Izzo Joins AXIS as CCO; Liberty Mutual Elects Canney to Board of Directors
- Jury Orders Abbott to Pay $70M in Preterm Infant Formula Trial
- IBM Agrees to Pay Government $17 Million in DEI Settlement
- Wall Street Banks Try Out Anthropic’s Mythos
- Trump Approves Disaster Requests for at Least 7 States; Others Wait
- OpenAI Identifies Security Issue Involving Third-Party Tool Axios
- Worsening Ocean Heat Waves Are ‘Supercharging’ Hurricane Damage, Study Finds
- Hedge Fund Money Is Reshaping a 180-Year-Old Insurance Model
- Recent Auto Recalls From Hyundai, GM, Ford, VW Total Over 1 Million Vehicles
- Big Tech Puts Financial Heft Behind Next-Gen Nuclear Power as AI Demand Surges
- Colorado State Forecasters See Below-Average Hurricane Season
- Abbott Jury Awards at Least $53 Million in Infant-Formula Trial
- US E&S Growth Slows Again; Declining Berkshire Volume Tops Leaders
- People Moves: Chubb Names Rampe Global Head of Claims; The Hartford Promotes Burns to Lead Enterprise Sales and Distribution
- Good News for Nonprofits as Liberty Mutual Foundation Launches $600M Endowment
- Wildfires Race Across US as Drought Spans Half the Nation
- LexisNexis: Synthetic Identity Fraud Rises Significantly in 2025
- DOJ Top Antitrust Litigators Exit After Ticketmaster Accord
- Paramount President Jeff Shell to Depart After Lawsuit Scandal
- Anthropic Touts AI Cybersecurity Project With Big Tech Partners
- FDIC Lays Out Guidelines for Institutions Issuing Stablecoins
- SEC Enforcement Activity Drops Dramatically as Agency ‘Resets’
- Investors Press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on Water, Power Use in Data Centers
- UBS Loses Bid to Limit Liability for Nazi-Linked Crimes, Judge’s Ruling Shows
- Markets/Coverages: Marsh Risk Enhances Cyber Facility With Up to $200M of Capacity; Willis Launches End-to-End Solution for Data Center Owner, Operators
- Traveling for Business? Don’t Forget to Pack Your Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Truck Rates at Highest Since 2022 Add to Inflation Pressures
- US Warns of Iran-Linked Cyber Hacks on Water, Energy Systems
- Google Adds Mental Health Tools to Gemini Chatbot After Lawsuit
- Markets/Coverages: INSTANDA MAX Launched for Commercial Lines Insurers; Novacore Launches Aerospace Segment
- Strong Underwriting, Investment Income Bolster P/C Income in 2025, Says Moody’s
- GAO: Wind Risk Linked to Larger Insurance Premium Jumps Than Wildfire
- Insurer Nationwide Operating Income Up 37% in 2025
- Deere Settles Right-to-Repair Lawsuit With $99 Million Fund, Repair Commitments
- Maker of Stanley Tumblers Prevails in Lawsuit Over Lead Scare
- Jones Day Law Firm Says Hackers Accessed Some Clients’ Data
- NHTSA Ends Probe Into Tesla Remote Driving Feature After Software Updates
- EPA, HHS to Monitor Drinking Water for Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals
- Old Republic Opens New Company for Specialty Property
- US Doubles Hormuz Reinsurance Guarantees to $40 Billion With New Partners
- CFPB Prepares Final Lending Rule to Narrow Civil Rights Protections
- FBI Calls Breach of Sensitive Agency Networks a ‘Major Incident’
- People Moves: Liberty Mutual Restructures Leadership of GRS, LMI
- Hands-Free Driving Systems Do Not Improve Safety, NTSB Says
- US Exempts Gulf of Mexico Drillers From Endangered Species Rules
- Hail a Growing Loss Driver on Rising Tide of Severe Convective Storms, Allianz Says
- People Moves: Shankland to Lead Markel Ocean Cargo, US; Verisk Hires Murphy to Lead Sales for Claims Solutions; Kalepa Appoints Howell as Head of Product
- Perplexity AI Machine Accused of Sharing Data With Meta, Google
- EPA Watchdog Finds Nation’s Most Toxic Sites Are Vulnerable to Flooding, Wildfires
- Viewpoint: Why Brokers Struggle to Navigate Data Complexity and What to Do About It
- Elon Musk Must Face Class Action Over Late Disclosure of Twitter Stake, Judge Rules
- North Korean Hackers Suspected in Axios Software Tool Breach
- Acrisure Completes Buy of MGA Vave From Canopius
- Dei Primus Holdings Launches LUCY, a Fully Autonomous Insurance Carrier
- NAIC Issues Nationwide Data Call to Homeowners Insurers
- US IPO Prospects in Limbo as War Dents Optimism Ahead of SpaceX
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