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Florida Surplus Lines’ HO Premiums Now Average About the Same as Admitted Market
The cost of a surplus-lines homeowners’ policy in Florida is now about the same as admitted-market HO policies, reflecting the growing trend for excess and surplus firms across the state and beyond, recent reports show. The Florida Surplus Lines Service …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 2:15 PM |
People Moves: Daughton Joins Lawley as Director of Sales Development
Lawley, headquartered in Buffalo, New York, hired John (Jed) Daughton to the newly created role of director of sales development. Daughton will lead the strategy behind Lawley’s sales growth in both property & casualty and employee benefits, building unified sales …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 2:09 PM |
High-Powered Dads Are Spending Less Time at Work, More on Childcare
For the first time in a generation, college-educated fathers are spending substantially more time on their homes and kids than they did just a few years ago, often cutting working hours to do it. Their changing behavior has revitalized a …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 2:07 PM |
California Suit Claims OpenAI Chatbot Gave Advice That Led to Fatal Overdose
The parents of a man who died of an accidental drug overdose last year sued OpenAI and its founder and CEO Sam Altman in a California court on Tuesday, alleging the man was coached to take a dangerous combination of …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 1:42 PM |
Tesla Authorized to Test Supervised Self-Driving Software in Belgium
Tesla has been authorized to test its supervised self-driving software on one car on the roads of Belgian region of Flanders as part of a the general authorization process, a spokesperson for regional minister Annick De Ridder said on Wednesday. …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 1:24 PM |
Alabama AG Announces Civil Probe of Southern Poverty Law Center
Alabama’s attorney general announced a civil investigation Monday into the Southern Poverty Law Center’s fundraising practices in the wake of a federal indictment against the organization. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he has sent a subpoena to the center …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 12:49 PM |
South Florida Police Officers Sue Actors, Say Details in ‘The Rip’ are Too Real
Two South Florida police officers claim Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s recent action thriller “The Rip” used too many real-life details in its fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers’ personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit. Jason …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 12:37 PM |
Can Trump’s New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency?
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote a memo last spring laying out how to kill the disaster agency. At the time, Cameron Hamilton was FEMA’s interim chief — a role that didn’t last long. …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 11:59 AM |
Typhoon Season in Northwest Pacific Seen Most Active in a Decade
Typhoon activity in the Northwest Pacific Ocean is expected to be the highest this year since 2015, according to commercial forecaster Tropical Storm Risk. The projection for 2026 is 25% above the historical average, driven by an emerging El Niño …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 7:29 AM |
Supply-Chain Stress That Peaked in COVID Heads Higher Again
The impact of the energy crisis on the global economy in recent months is showing up in gauges of supply-chain stress that flashed red during the pandemic, adding to reasons for central banks to be on guard for a recurrence …
POSTED MAY 13, 2026 5:44 AM |
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