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Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

UK Financial Services Firms Sharpen Staff Scrutiny as New Misconduct Regime Looms

Financial firms in Britain are sharpening their focus on employee conduct, with some weeding out staff suspected of misconduct such as harassment and bullying ahead of new rules designed to curb an industry lawmakers have called a hotbed of abuse …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

Ohio-Based Toy Manufacturer Sued for Discrimination and Retaliation

Step2 Company, LLC, a toy and plastic products manufacturer with plants in Northern Ohio, violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to a pregnant employee with disabilities and firing her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged …

Insurance Journal | July 19, 2026

Federal Appeals Court Rules New Jersey’s Assault Weapons Ban Is Unconstitutional

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional. This is the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state ban on …

Insurance Journal | July 18, 2026

Iran Renews Attacks on Gulf States After Another Night of US strikes

Iran launched more attacks on Washington’s Gulf allies on Saturday after a seventh straight night of U.S. strikes targeting Iranian military sites including logistics facilities, escalating the war one week after a ceasefire fell apart. Kuwait came under sustained attack, …

Insurance Journal | July 17, 2026

New Flooding Haunts Texas Hill Country a Year After Historic Disaster

Soyla Reyna stood outside Calvary Temple Church, taking a momentary respite from hours of manning the flood displacement shelter at her home church in Kerrville on Thursday. “A lot of it was unbelievable,” she said as the rain outside the …

Insurance Journal | July 10, 2026

Company Ordered to Remove Thousands of Wind Turbine Blades in Texas

A Texas district court this week issued a temporary injunction against a wind turbine recycling company that has stockpiled thousands of wind turbine blades at two facilities in Sweetwater. The temporary injunction orders Global Fiberglass Solutions to immediately cease accepting …

Insurance Journal | July 10, 2026

Business Moves: MGA Fusion Specialty Acquired by UK Asset Manager Arrow Global; Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Canada’s Wilson M. Beck Insurance Services

MGA Fusion Specialty Acquired by Asset Manager Arrow Global Arrow Global Group (Arrow), a UK-based investment manager specializing in private credit and real estate, announced its subsidiary Arrow Global Insurance (AGI) has acquired Fusion Specialty Group, a specialist managing general …

Insurance Journal | July 10, 2026

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Kansas-Based Med James

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its U.S. wholesale brokerage, binding authority and programs division, Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS), has acquired Overland Park, Kansas-based Med James, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Med James is a …

Insurance Journal | July 10, 2026

Dedicated Volunteers in Nashville Relay Calm, Straight-Talk Info During Dtorms

Anyone who has watched an episode of “9-1-1: Nashville” could be forgiven for thinking the city is constantly beset by tornadoes that turn outdoor concerts into scenes of carnage and blow scooter-riding tourists onto the tops of water towers. That …

Insurance Journal | July 10, 2026

DOL Proposes $3.5M in Fines for Safety Violations at Texas Chemical Facility

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed more than $3.5 million in fines against three companies after federal inspectors determined they failed to protect workers during post-emergency response cleanup after a chemical spill at the BWC Terminals industrial facility in …