A wide net cast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FBI has landed its final catch—prison time for the last of six Kentucky farmers and a warehouse manager found guilty of a long-running tobacco crop-insurance fraud scheme. Larry …
Last of 7 Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraudsters Sentenced to Prison Time Read More »
Target Corp., Whole Foods Market and Walmart Inc. will be added as defendants in lawsuits against baby formula maker ByHeart for selling a product potentially contaminated with spores that cause infant botulism. Bill Marler, a prominent foodborne-illness attorney who is …
Target, Walmart, Whole Foods Targeted in Botulism Suits Read More »
Brown University placed its campus police chief on administrative leave and the Trump administration announced an investigation into the school’s security measures after a shooting rampage this month that killed two students and injured nine others. The Education Department’s Office …
Brown University Faces US Probe Over Security After Deadly Shooting Read More »
Zurich Insurance Group has launched Zurich Program IQ to help multinational businesses operate with confidence in an increasingly complex risk environment. This new AI-powered tool has been designed to further enhance contract certainty of multinational insurance programs across multiple regions, …
Tech Update: Zurich Launches AI-Powered Tool to Boost Multinational Contract Certainty Read More »
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum deferred questions on Tuesday about the record of a passenger train that derailed over the weekend, killing 13 people and injuring 98 others, the latest in a series of accidents that have put pressure on her …
Mexico Train Derailment Piles Pressure on Sheinbaum Over Safety of Megaprojects Read More »
Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions kept rising in 2025 and country pledges to cut them are nowhere near where they need to be to avoid catastrophic climate change, but there were silver linings too. The world is decarbonizing faster than was …
Some Good Climate News to End the Year Read More »
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the threshold set in the 2015 Paris Agreement of …
2025 Was One of Three Hottest Years on Record: Researchers Read More »
China blasted Western criticism of its most intrusive drills ever around Taiwan as its armed forces appeared to wrap up the maneuvers. The Taiwan question was an “internal affair” and “no country is entitled to make irresponsible comments” about the …
China Lashes Out at Criticism as Taiwan Drills Seem to Wind Down Read More »
The average claim severity during the third quarter 2025 could turn out to be one of the highest quarterly amounts in recent history, however the quarter will produce the lowest claim volume in five years—continuing a trend of decreased catastrophe …
Severity Was Up, But Will Falling Claims Volume Impact the Profession? Read More »
As 2025 unfolded, Carrier Management readers gravitated toward features that explored the intersection of technology, economics, and strategy. From artificial intelligence transforming underwriting to litigation funding reshaping claims costs, and regulatory shifts redefining market dynamics, here are the 10 most-viewed …
AI, Litigation Funding and Market Currents: What CM Readers Cared About in 2025 Read More »
