Employee burnout reached a boiling point this summer, with half of the global workforce struggling with exhaustion and disengagement from their work, according to research from Boston Consulting Group.

When Hurricane Helene barreled ashore last week, it caused devastating flooding across the southeastern U.S., including in the Shore Acres area of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. And Crocs — so many mismatched Crocs.

Staying compliant with NAIC requirements can feel like a race against time, since guidance updates come on a quarterly cadence and require businesses to move quickly to make reporting adjustments — often within the same quarter.

AccuWeather has increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene in the U.S. to between $225 billion and $250 billion.

Sixty-five percent believe costs would be $5,000 or less, the data showed, and 20% think they'd recover in under a month. Meanwhile, six in ten small businesses believe their non-cyber insurance provides coverage for breaches, ransomware incidents and other digital loss events.

The U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its 2023-24 term in June 2024, handing down a number of long-awaited rulings. In the insurance space, no decision was more highly-anticipated than that issued in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Company.