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Supreme Court to Weigh Case Over Race and School Admissions
Insurance Journal | October 20, 2026
Supreme Court to Weigh Case Over Race and School Admissions
The US Supreme Court agreed to consider making it easier to challenge public school admissions policies as racially discriminatory in a fresh test of educational diversity efforts. The justices said Monday they will consider reviving a lawsuit that claims Maryland’s …
California Adds Voluntary Review Before Insurers File Rate Applications
Insurance Journal | October 19, 2026
California Adds Voluntary Review Before Insurers File Rate Applications
Insurers seeking personal and commercial lines rate changes in California can go through a voluntary review process that makes the California Department of Insurance’s initial rate analysis public before they formally file rate applications. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on …
Industry Panel Highlights Challenges in Selling Cyber Insurance to SMEs
Insurance Journal | October 19, 2026
Industry Panel Highlights Challenges in Selling Cyber Insurance to SMEs
Small- and mid-sized businesses hear and read the same news everyone else does. Awareness of cyber risk isn’t the problem. But after years of insurers market trying to crack this nut, these businesses aren’t buying the right coverage. The disconnect …
A Repair Estimate Is Not Necessarily a Notice of Bad Faith in Louisiana
Insurance Journal | October 19, 2026
A Repair Estimate Is Not Necessarily a Notice of Bad Faith in Louisiana
A Louisiana property insurer receives a contractor’s estimate for far more than it paid after a hurricane. Sixty days pass. The insured files suit and seeks bad faith penalties. Did the estimate start the cure period under Louisiana’s Act 3? …
BNSF Railway Sued for Firing Employee Because of Their Disability
Insurance Journal | October 19, 2026
BNSF Railway Sued for Firing Employee Because of Their Disability
BNSF Railway Company violated federal law when it fired an employee because of his disability after he requested a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the employee, who has …
PVC Pipes Swept Away by Helene Still Dominate Cleanup of NC River
Insurance Journal | October 9, 2026
PVC Pipes Swept Away by Helene Still Dominate Cleanup of NC River
They’re piled on river banks, lodged in uprooted trees, embedded in sediment and jammed under logs. Many are tangled in mounds of debris up to two stories high. Two years after Hurricane Helene leveled forests, bulldozed houses and filled western …
Trump’s Executive Order on Dyed Diesel Provides Little Relief for Farmers and Truckers
Insurance Journal | October 9, 2026
Trump’s Executive Order on Dyed Diesel Provides Little Relief for Farmers and Truckers
Farmers, truckers and economists say a move to cut taxes on diesel will provide little relief from record-high fuel prices that have soared since the U.S. attacked Iran months ago. Industry groups said they appreciate President Donald Trump’s executive order …
Texas Reports Homeowners and Auto Rate Decreases
Insurance Journal | October 9, 2026
Texas Reports Homeowners and Auto Rate Decreases
Homeowners insurance rates are beginning to come down in Texas, according to the most recent data from the state insurance department. Since the start of July, insurance companies have filed an average 4.3% rate decrease on homeowners policies. ASI Lloyds, …
San Antonio Car Dealerships to Pay $430K In Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Insurance Journal | October 9, 2026
San Antonio Car Dealerships to Pay $430K In Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Benson Enterprises, Inc., the operator of automotive dealerships including Ingram Park Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in San Antonio, will pay $430,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex-based harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity …
Florida Commissioner Suspends A-Cap’s Atlantic Coast Life Over Surplus Issues
Insurance Journal | October 1, 2026
Florida Commissioner Suspends A-Cap’s Atlantic Coast Life Over Surplus Issues
Two weeks after South Carolina’s insurance regulator took steps to place Atlantic Coast Life Insurance into rehabilitation, another state’s commissioner has suspended the company amid concerns about its finances. “In making the decision to suspend Atlantic Coast’s COA (certificate of …