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Orion180 Expands in Salt Lake City
Orion180 Insurance is opening a new service center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The office will serve as a hub for customer experience, inside sales, claims intake and technology support operations. The expansion is Orion180’s third major facility. Orion180 chose …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 2:26 PM |
Waymo Recalls Robotaxis After Vehicle Drove on a Flooded Road
Waymo is recalling thousands of robotaxis to fix a software issue that could cause the autonomous vehicles to drive on flooded roads. The recall affects 3,791 vehicles equipped with the company’s fifth- and sixth-generation automated-driving system, according to documents posted …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 1:48 PM |
Nearly 7M Cars Have Unfixed Backup Camera Recalls: CARFAX
Recalls related to backup cameras have risen sharply, up by more than a million since the start of the year, according to CARFAX data. Nearly 7 million vehicles on U.S. roads have unfixed recalls on their backup camera system, which …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 1:38 PM |
Brown & Brown Wins Temporary Injunction Against Howden
Brown & Brown late last week received a measured victory when a Minnesota judge granted the broker a temporary restraining order against rival broker Howden US, who stands accused of taking hundreds of employees from Brown & Brown. According to …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 12:54 PM |
Family of FSU Mass Shooting Victim Sues OpenAI
The family of a man killed in a 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in a U.S. court, claiming the shooter was aided by ChatGPT in planning the attack. The family of Tiru …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 12:25 PM |
NJ High Court Blocks Double Recovery of Future PIP Medical Benefits
New Jersey car accident victims cannot recover future medical expenses in a personal injury trial if the expenses do not exceed the state’s $250,000 no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) coverage limit, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in a …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 11:54 AM |
Munich Re Flags Up to €2.5 Billion Private Credit Exposure
Munich Re said it has investments of as much as €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in private credit, an asset class that has been facing fund redemptions and scrutiny of underwriting standards. Private credit “is about 1% of the asset portfolio …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 11:38 AM |
Uncertainty Over Hantavirus Spread Complicates Efforts to Contain Cruise Ship Outbreak
Passengers from the Hondius cruise ship are being repatriated under a patchwork of measures that reflect uncertainty over how this strain of hantavirus spreads, complicating efforts to contain the deadly outbreak. Some passengers are being placed in biocontainment units, notably …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 11:11 AM |
Viewpoint: Here’s How to Bring Cross-Border Growth, Regional Systems Under Control
Cross-border insurance programs are both commercially attractive and operationally demanding. Acquiring new businesses, adding geographies, teams, products, lines of business, and partners is a real opportunity for growth. But most insurance platforms are traditionally optimized for local taxes, language, currency, …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 10:43 AM |
Worst Start to Wildfire Season Raises Alarm as El Niño Threatens
Record-breaking heat and drought have fueled the world’s worst ever start to a wildfire year, as climate change and a developing El Niño threaten to push extreme weather to new heights. Over the first four months of this year, more …
POSTED MAY 12, 2026 8:08 AM |
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