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Researchers say a sweeping hacking campaign targeting devices made by Fortinet has led to compromises across the internet, with evidence of password theft at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in more than 15 countries. Most of the affected devices were in the United States, India, and Taiwan, according to Hudson Rock, a firm that tracks cybercrime. Hudson Rock described the scale of the spy campaign as “staggering.” “The scale of this breach touches nearly every sector of the global economy, sparing no industry,” it said in a blog post published on Wednesday. The firm said that some 75,000 Fortinet…

Global insurance broker World Insurance Associates reported that it recently bought the business of Wolpert Insurance Agency of Worcester, Massachusetts. Terms of the October 1, 2025 transaction were not disclosed. Wolpert was established in 1956. It is known for its transportation specialty including trucking and transportation insurance, limousine insurance, and bobtail insurance. It also sells personal and commercial lines insurance throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Mike Wolpert and Robert Mucci are principals of the agency. “We strive to develop solid relationships with our customers, and we believe this is one of the fundamental reasons many of our clients stay with…

California homeowners pay 41% below the national average for homeowners insurance, a study from LendingTree shows. LendingTree’s State of Home Insurance: 2026 report, which is based on rates publicly sourced from insurer filings, shows California homeowners paid an average of $1,413 annually for home insurance compared with the national average of $2,395. However, homeowners insurance rates in California have risen 53.7% since 2020, the report shows. Related: Zurich Files Growth Plan Under California Sustainable Insurance Strategy Colorado had the largest cumulative increase in home insurance rates, with costs rising 100.8% from 2020 to 2025. That’s more than double the rise…

Fortegra Group, the Jacksonville-based parent company of specialty insurers, named Anthony Katz, a longtime actuary, as senior vice president for reserving. Rattner Katz will lead Fortegra’s team of actuaries, overseeing reserving, credit insurance, statistical reporting and compliance with the new IFRS 17 accounting standard, the company said. The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation developed the rule to standardize how insurers measure and disclose obligations, replacing a patchwork of state-based accounting measures. Katz has 30 years of experience in the actuarial space, including time with ToaRe, EverestRe, Arch Insurance, Ernst & Young and ACE. He recently has been a consulting actuary.…

Specialty insurer RSUI announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Phillip McCrorie will step down as CEO at year-end 2026, concluding a career spanning nearly 40 years in the insurance industry. He will remain RSUI’s executive chairman through the first quarter of 2027 to ensure a seamless leadership transition. McCrorie joined RSUI in 2003 as chief financial officer. He was elected to the Board of Directors in 2004, joined the Executive Leadership Team in 2012, was named president in 2019, and has served as chairman and CEO since 2022. RSUI said that, under his leadership, the company “has achieved exceptional…

Three Saudi-flagged supertankers carrying 6 million barrels of crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a deal with Iran to end the war that has disrupted global energy supplies. But in Lebanon, where more than a million people are displaced by the fighting, Israeli forces launched fresh airstrikes on Thursday morning, raising doubt about how far Trump will go to force his wartime allies to halt an offensive he has now pledged to end. Trump put his signature on Wednesday on the “memorandum of understanding” to end the war, as did…

Zurich Insurance Group’s proposed £8.1 billion (US$10.8 billion) acquisition of Lloyd’s insurer Beazley plc has received approval from Australia’s regulatory watchdog. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced on June 17 that the acquisition “may be put into effect” because it is “unlikely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition in any market.” Zurich also is awaiting approval from the UK regulators (the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority) as well as Lloyd’s of London, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and the European Union’s competition watchdog, which received a filing for merger approval from…

Alphabet self-driving unit Waymo is recalling nearly 3,900 robotaxis in the U.S. because a software issue could cause the vehicles to enter a closed freeway construction zone and continue driving. It is the second recall by Waymo in just over a month. The latest recall, filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), stems from more than a dozen incidents since early April in California and Arizona in which Waymo autonomous vehicles (AVs) did not recognize and drove past ramp closure signs into pre-planned freeway construction zones and freeway lanes with active construction work. The company initially imposed freeway…

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of assassinating a health insurance executive in a carefully executed plot, could have a hard time convincing jurors at his murder trial that he suffered a mental health breakdown, legal experts said. Mangione is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Midtown in December 2024. Defense lawyers indicated on Wednesday that Mangione plans to mount a type of legal defense that allows jurors to downgrade murder charges to manslaughter if they believe a defendant lost control of their actions due to an “extreme emotional disturbance.” But allegations that Mangione meticulously…

A Bulgaria-based company sold controversial surveillance technology to governments in countries with records of repression, enabling authorities to track mobile phones and eavesdrop on private communications, according to documents obtained by Human Rights Watch. The surveillance firm Circles offered tools capable of spying on phone calls, messages and internet activity, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Thursday. The documents — a trove of Bulgarian export records covering sales by Circles between 2018 and 2023 — show that the Bulgarian government approved Circles transactions with law enforcement and intelligence agencies in countries including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jordan,…