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In 2022, Ty and Leslie Eggemeyer received a notice in the mail that would shape the next four years of their lives. Their nearly 4,000-acre wildlife resort in Lampasas County — featuring everything from giraffes to wildebeests and gazelles — was along the route of a planned pipeline project proposing to connect the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast. Matterhorn Express, a pipeline entity majority-owned by the Austin-based infrastructure company WhiteWater Midstream, would transport Permian Basin gas 580 miles to the Houston area using the powers of eminent domain to sail through thousands of acres of private property. On Artemis…

Carriers making takeout offers for Florida Citizens Property Insurance policies have often run into a question: What exactly constitutes “comparable coverage?” That has posed some issues in Citizens’ personal lines clearinghouse platform, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents’ Dave Newell said in blog post. (And new issues about comparable policies may arise in the commercial-lines clearinghouse that is set to be created later this year.) Citizens this month offered a bulletin that may help. The bulletin notes that effective today, June 26, policies placed through Citizens’ EXLynx clearinghouse will not be considered comparable unless the policies offer replacement value for…

The death toll from twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela rose to at least 589 with nearly 3,000 more injured, as rescue teams desperately clear away rubble to reach trapped victims. The powerful 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck within a minute of each other on Wednesday evening, toppling buildings and severely damaging the country’s main international airport. People across the country were frantically searching for missing relatives, with social media filling with photographs and appeals for information. Venezuela’s political opposition has set up a set up a website to track missing people in parallel to government efforts and it shows that…

Tesla Inc. has quietly resolved a lawsuit stemming from a fatal 2023 crash that precipitated a defect investigation into the carmaker’s automated-driving technology. The collision involved 71-year-old Johna Story, who had stepped out of her vehicle on an Arizona highway to help direct traffic around cars that had already crashed due to blinding sun glare. Moments later, she was struck at high speed by a Tesla Model Y SUV using the company’s so-called Full Self-Driving system. Story’s death — one of 40,901 on US roads that year — was the first known pedestrian fatality linked to Tesla’s automation technology. The…

Insurance and reinsurance executives speaking at a recent industry conference said there were few surprises during midyear 2026 reinsurance renewals—with past overreactions on price hikes explaining this year’s declines. “The question that’s going to be super relevant is: Where are we a year from now?” asked Jim Williamson, president and chief executive officer of insurer and reinsurer Everest Group Ltd., during the S&P Global Ratings 42nd Annual Insurance Conference earlier this month. “Do we see, which I’m hopeful we will, a discipline that creates a bit of a floor?” Williamson asked, going one step beyond answering a question about the…

A lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines used to power adata center for Elon Musk’s company xAI Corp. and its AI assistant Grok has become an unexpected test for the US government’s authority over air pollution. The US Department of Justice sought to join the case last week, citing national security reasons for allowing the turbines in Mississippi to power a hulking data center complex in nearby Memphis. The NAACP had sued over alleged pollution violations. The federal government moving to intervene in the case could mark an expansion ofexecutive authority. If the US government decides to allow a company to…

New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze rents for roughly one million stabilized apartments, handing Mayor Zohran Mamdani a major political victory and delivering on a central promise that launched him to City Hall. The board voted 7-1 to pass the freeze, which applies to both one- and two-year leases. It is the first time that rents for longer-term rental agreements have been frozen. Mamdani has repeatedly called for a freeze, arguing that stabilized tenants are facing rising costs for food, transportation and other necessities even as wages fail to keep pace. The vote follows months of debate…

A fire was extinguished in a process unit pump room at Monroe Energy’s 190,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, the company said in a statement. The exact cause of the fire is unclear at this time, the company said, adding the incident will be fully investigated. An employee sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported offsite for medical treatment, according to the statement. The Trainer refinery, located southwest of Philadelphia, is owned by Monroe Energy, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. The plant produces jet fuel and other transportation fuels including gasoline and diesel. The fire occurred while the…

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at W.R. Berkley Corp.’s Berkley Specialty London and Ariel Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Berkley Promotes Enright as President of Berkley Specialty London, Succeeding Hastings W. R. Berkley announced the appointment of John Enright as president of Berkley Specialty London and chief executive officer of W. R. Berkley Syndicate Management Ltd., the Lloyd’s managing agent for W. R. Berkley Syndicate 1967, effective July 1, 2026, subject to regulatory approval. He succeeds James Hastings, who will continue to serve in a corporate role at Berkley and support the transition.…

Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 Security Technology has developed what it calls a domestic answer to Anthropic’s Mythos, it said on Wednesday, casting the U.S. model as a strategic cyber capability that China could not afford to lack. Mythos, previewed in April, is a system that detects software vulnerabilities, but cybersecurity ⁠experts have warned that it could supercharge cyberattacks. The U.S. this month ordered Anthropic to suspend exports of a less powerful version of the program, citing national security concerns. Speaking at the ISC.AI 2026 cybersecurity conference in Beijing, 360 founder Zhou Hongyi unveiled two AI security tools under the banner…