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document.write('<div id="ijnewsfeed_holdspace" style="position:relative;width:300px;height:120px;z-index:1;overflow: hidden;"><ul><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/national/2026/04/16/866191.htm" style="" target="_top">Markets/Coverages: Allstate Offers Free ID Theft Protection; NFP Starts US Flood Practice</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - April 16, 2026</div><div>Allstate said it is starting to provide its customers with identity theft protection at no additional cost This added value expands recovery from physical damage to homes and cars to include digital protection as peak storm season approaches...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/national/2026/04/16/866064.htm" style="" target="_top">AI Use in Cybersecurity Could Show Holes in Short Term, Says Fitch</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - April 16, 2026</div><div>U.S. cyber insurers in 2025 reversed a couple of years of decline in direct written premiums to post growth of 11% but, according to Fitch Ratings, there are some underwriting concerns brought on by developments with artificial intelligence...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/national/2026/04/16/866163.htm" style="" target="_top">Toxic Gas-Emitting Plants Get Pollution Reprieve Under Trump</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - April 16, 2026</div><div>After teacher Janet Rau learned that a carcinogenic gas was being released from an industrial plant near her school in 2019, she started a campaign for more oversight...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/national/2026/04/16/866152.htm" style="" target="_top">Zantac Suits Tossed by Delaware Judge for Flawed Cancer Link</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">National - April 16, 2026</div><div>A Delaware judge threw out lawsuits seeking to link the heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, freeing makers of the product from facing trials in the state over the cases...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/east/2026/04/16/866203.htm" style="" target="_top">NYC Heat Builds as Midwest Faces Bigger Storm Threat</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - April 16, 2026</div><div>While New York and the East Coast bake under an early-season heat spell, the Great Plains, Midwest and parts of the Northeast were pounded by wind and hail Wednesday and face a larger threat Friday...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/east/2026/04/16/865999.htm" style="" target="_top">Mustard Maker Caught Pumping Pollutants Into River for Years and Lying About It</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - April 16, 2026</div><div>The Old Dutch Mustard Co., a mustard and vinegar manufacturing company, and its owner were sentenced last Friday in federal court for knowingly discharging acidic water into the Souhegan River that runs through southern New Hampshire...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/east/2026/04/16/865926.htm" style="" target="_top">Maryland Secures $2.2 Million Lead Paint Settlement From Tower Owner and Contractor</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - April 16, 2026</div><div>The owner of a Baltimore broadcast tower and its painting contractor will pay $2.2 million to the state of Maryland for allowing lead paint chips and debris to spread across surrounding neighborhoods, contaminating parks, playground and daycare locations...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/east/2026/04/16/865796.htm" style="" target="_top">On Second Thought, Maryland Won\'t Expand P/C Claims History Rule</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">East - April 16, 2026</div><div>The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) has withdrawn a proposal opposed by insurers that would have expanded to commercial lines a provision requiring insurers to disclose if they consider claims history when canceling or refusing to renew coverage...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/midwest/2026/04/16/866237.htm" style="" target="_top">Inszone Acquires Kansas\' Insurance Resources Group</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - April 16, 2026</div><div>Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Insurance Resources Group, Inc. Located in Olathe, Kansas, this acquisition adds an experienced and versatile team to the expanding Inszone organization...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/midwest/2026/04/16/866219.htm" style="" target="_top">Severe Storms Damage Communities From the Plains to the Midwest</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - April 16, 2026</div><div>A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again in the coming days...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/east/2026/04/16/866203.htm" style="" target="_top">NYC Heat Builds as Midwest Faces Bigger Storm Threat</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - April 16, 2026</div><div>While New York and the East Coast bake under an early-season heat spell, the Great Plains, Midwest and parts of the Northeast were pounded by wind and hail Wednesday and face a larger threat Friday...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/midwest/2026/04/15/866038.htm" style="" target="_top">Rainfall Across Northern Michigan Heightens Concerns of Flooding, Dam Overflows</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Midwest - April 15, 2026</div><div>Crews were working Monday to restore power to a closed hydroelectric station in northern Michigan as heavy rain threatens to cause a dam to overflow...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southeast/2026/04/16/866087.htm" style="" target="_top">With Falling Private Re Prices, Should Florida Let Insurers Buy Less From the Cat Fund?</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - April 16, 2026</div><div>For years, a segment of the Florida property insurance industry had lobbied for more access to the lower-cost reinsurance offered by the state-sanctioned Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund--mainly through a lowered retention, or deductible, level...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southeast/2026/04/16/866067.htm" style="" target="_top">With Compromise Expected, North Carolina Delays 68% Dwelling Rate Hike Hearing</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - April 16, 2026</div><div>Citing progress on a potential compromise with the insurance industry\'s rate bureau, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has rescheduled a hearing on proposed dwelling insurance rate increases from May 4 to July 6...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southeast/2026/04/16/865986.htm" style="" target="_top">Wildfire Mitigation Designation Program Now Available in Florida</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - April 16, 2026</div><div>An insurance industry-supported wildfire mitigation designation program has been expanded into 10 additional high-risk states with Florida being one...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southeast/2026/04/16/866098.htm" style="" target="_top">Florida Surgeon Faces Manslaughter Charge for Allegedly Removing Wrong Organ</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southeast - April 16, 2026</div><div>A grand jury indicted a Florida doctor on a manslaughter charge for allegedly removing a patient\'s liver instead of his spleen during a 2024 surgery...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southcentral/2026/04/16/866254.htm" style="" target="_top">Texas Summer Camp Faces Scrutiny Over Failure to Report Deaths</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - April 16, 2026</div><div>The medical officer for the Texas summer camp where 27 girls were killed in a flood last year testified Tuesday she still has not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency that regulates camps and is reviewing its application to reopen this summer...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southcentral/2026/04/16/866197.htm" style="" target="_top">Texas Sees Power Demand Quadrupling by 2032 on Data Center Boom</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - April 16, 2026</div><div>The Texas grid operator warned power demand may quadruple from recent record levels by 2032 to feed booming data-center expansion and population growth, an increase that would require the equivalent of almost 300 new nuclear reactors...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southcentral/2026/04/15/866048.htm" style="" target="_top">Texas Restaurant Ordered to Pay $77K in Back Wages</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - April 15, 2026</div><div>The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $77,523 in back wages for 12 workers employed by an Austin, Texas restaurant that failed to pay overtime wages required under federal law...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/southcentral/2026/04/15/866041.htm" style="" target="_top">Camp Mystic Faces Scrutiny Over Lack of Evacuation Plan in Wake of Fatal Flood</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">Southcentral - April 15, 2026</div><div>The director of the Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed by a devastating flood in 2025 testified Monday he did not see official warnings issued the day before the storm hit, that staff had no meetings about the pending danger and that they did not make the call to evacuate until it was too late...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/west/2026/04/16/866176.htm" style="" target="_top">Grange Insurance Association Rebranding as Granwest Insurance</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - April 16, 2026</div><div>Seattle, Washington-based Grange Insurance Association will rebrand as Granwest Insurance. The new name reflects both the organization\'s agricultural roots and its focus on the communities it serves...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/west/2026/04/16/865291.htm" style="" target="_top">California Wants to Fund Green Jet Fuel -- By Raiding Your Road Repair Budget</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - April 16, 2026</div><div>California Gov. Gavin Newsom is advancing a plan that could funnel hundreds of millions in road dollars to a struggling oil refinery--pitching it as a cleaner jet fuel initiative...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/west/2026/04/16/866092.htm" style="" target="_top">Kingstone Expanding into California on an E&S Basis</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - April 16, 2026</div><div>Kingstone Companies Inc. is expanding into the California homeowners insurance market on an excess and surplus lines basis, the company announced...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/west/2026/04/15/865983.htm" style="" target="_top">California Attorney General, DAs Warn About E-Bike Safety and Legal Requirements</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">West - April 15, 2026</div><div>California law officials are warning people about the safety dangers and legal requirements of electric bicycles, also known as e-bikes California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, and San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe issued a consumer alert to remind people of safety laws regarding the sale and use of e-bikes...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/international/2026/04/16/866179.htm" style="" target="_top">People Moves: Tokio Marine Kiln Promotes Spencer and Burgess to Lead Fine Art & Specie; HDI Global Taps Beblo From Everest as Global Head of Property Underwriting</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - April 16, 2026</div><div>This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Tokio Marine Kiln and HDI Global. A summary of these new hires follows here...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/international/2026/04/16/866150.htm" style="" target="_top">Sanctioned Russian Oil Ships Using Fake Insurance, Ukraine Says</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - April 16, 2026</div><div> A number of Russian shadow fleet tankers are transporting oil with insurance certificates from a company that doesn\'t exist as it\'s described in the documents, according to an intelligence assessment from Ukraine...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/international/2026/04/16/866129.htm" style="" target="_top">US and Iran Weigh Truce Extension With Hormuz Still Shuttered</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - April 16, 2026</div><div>The US and Iran are considering a two-week ceasefire extension to allow more time to negotiate a peace deal, according to a person familiar with the matter, reducing the risk of renewed fighting despite an intensifying standoff over the Strait of Hormuz...</li><li style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;font-size:13;"><div><a href=" /news/international/2026/04/16/866118.htm" style="" target="_top">Sweden Sees Russia Intensifying Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure</a></div><div style="font-size:smaller;">International - April 16, 2026</div><div>Russia\'s intelligence services are now seeking to damage European infrastructure with cyber attacks rather than merely overwhelm websites with excess traffic, Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said...</li></ul></div>');
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