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Orion180 Insurance has launched its FLEX homeowners insurance coverage in Colorado. FLEX Home Insurance is designed to give homeowners greater control over how they protect their property, allowing them to tailor coverage to fit their individual risk tolerance and budget. The product is powered by a hail and wildfire risk model built specifically for Colorado. The company’s underwriting and rating engine evaluates individual property characteristics to reflect actual risk exposure. Coverage A limits are available from $300,000 up to $2 million. Policyholders can select optional perils including wind, hail, tornado, and named storm coverage, as well as a variety of…

One person was killed and another injured in a fire at a mobile home in Woodstock, New Hampshire. According to officials, around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2026, members of the Woodstock Fire Department responded to Scenic View Drive after a 911 caller reported a home was on fire. When firefighters arrived, they found a single-wide mobile home actively on fire. Firefighters then learned that a neighbor had pulled an adult female from the home but was unable to rescue an adult male due to the growing fire. The female was transported by medical helicopter to a Boston-area hospital with…

Higginbotham, now ranked as the 16th-largest independent brokerage chain, has expanded into South Carolina with the acquisition of the well-known Turbeville Insurance Agency. Turbeville, founded in 1991 by William L. “Bill” Turbeville Jr., has 60 employees, with offices in Columbia, Lexington, Beaufort and Charleston, the companies said in a news release this week. It’s Higginbotham’s first foray into South Carolina, which Higginbotham considers to be one of the fastest-growing states. “A South Carolina presence has been our goal for a long time, and we didn’t want to tiptoe into it,” said Rusty Reid, chairman and CEO of Higginbotham. “Bill Turbeville…

The Trump administration on Wednesday reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the federal government to resolve enforcement claims against a manufacturer of harmful chemicals known as PFAS. Under the agreement, filed in federal court in West Virginia, Chemours will pay a civil penalty of $22.5 million for alleged violations and spend $90 million over 15 years to mitigate PFAS discharges in three states: West Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey. Chemours, a spin-off…

French oil major TotalEnergies must disclose the climate risks linked to emissions from its oil and gas products and set out plans to mitigate them, a Paris court ruled on Thursday. The ruling is a partial victory for climate change NGOs seeking to apply France’s 2017 corporate duty of vigilance law to climate change. However, the court stopped short of ordering specific measures such as limiting overseas exploration and production or setting binding emissions reduction targets. Climate litigation against oil majors has produced mixed results in recent years. A landmark Dutch ruling ordering Shell SHEL.L to cut emissions was later…

France’s navy seized another tanker it said was linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet” on Thursday, underscoring the escalation this year in European efforts to enforce sanctions and squeeze one of Moscow’s main revenue streams. Nine suspected shadow fleet tankers, vessels shipping oil and gas to skirt Western sanctions, have now been seized across Europe since the start of 2026, including four by France. Britain seized an oil tanker in the English Channel on June 14. Another three suspected shadow fleet tankers have been inspected as part of a European naval mission in the Mediterranean, a Western military source said. “We…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed on June 25 to end a government requirement for manual brake pedals in self-driving vehicles, a move that would make it easier to deploy such vehicles on U.S. roads. The proposal would not apply to vehicles with human driver controls and NHTSA said it would not drop braking performance requirements, including strict stopping distance standards for self-driving vehicles. It is one of a number of changes proposed by the agency to facilitate the roll-out of self-driving vehicles. NHTSA is in the process of developing safety performance tests for self-driving vehicles as part of…

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) now says the data taken from its information technology systems by hackers earlier this month has been published online by those responsible. In a short note on it’s website, NAIC said it is “actively working with an external cybersecurity partner to compare the scope and type of data the group posted with our own analysis.” Updates will be posted when available, the NAIC said. According to multiple online resources, the ShinyHunters ransomware group claimed responsibility for the NAIC breach, and allegedly stole 3.1 terabytes of data. The group said it had technology provided…

A ship was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after several freighters turned around while attempting to cross the vital waterway, developments that may undermine what had been a rapid reopening of the energy chokepoint. The unidentified cargo ship was hit on its side and sustained damage to the bridge while it was sailing to the southeast of Oman, UK Maritime Trade Operations said. UKMTO, which liaises between merchant shipping and the military, advised vessels to “transit with caution.” If Iran is found to be behind the incident, which UKMTO classified as an attack,…

London’s efforts to deal with rising temperatures come at a considerable financial cost that will require the city to turn to private investors for help, the mayor of the UK capital said. Instead of being a “future threat,” extreme heat is now “a growing reality for Londoners,” the office of London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement on Thursday. It’s already clear that even short bursts of high temperatures can leave a major dent in the city’s finances. Heat waves in 2022 — the year Londoners first experienced 40C — cost £1.5 billion ($2 billion), the mayor’s office said…