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Estonia’s government said with “full confidence” that Russian special services commissioned an August arson attack against a defense manufacturing facility in Tallinn. “The arson attack on Milrem in Estonia on the night of 15 August was an act of sabotage,” Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said in a press release on Tuesday. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a statement he would summon Moscow’s chargé d’affaires in Tallinn and seek to pressure the Kremlin by tightening sanctions and further restricting Russian citizens’ travel to Europe. Read more: Russia’s Attacks on Europe Are Getting More Brazen and More Dangerous Estonian…

Global broker World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of American Insurance Agency (“American Insurance”) of Hingham, Massachusetts on June 1, 2026. American Insurance, founded in 1991, specializes in construction, manufacturing, hospitality, restaurants, real estate, auto services, energy, entertainment and amusement, special events sectors, as well as skating and sports facilities. James J. Farren, owner, American Insurance Agency. said joining World will expand the products and services the agency can offer its clients. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla provided legal counsel to World on the transaction. Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP provided legal counsel to American Insurance.…

California property insurance shopping has changed its order of operations. Five years ago, a homeowner or small-business owner who called an independent agency often expected a comparison of several carriers and a conversation about price. Today, the first question is often whether a carrier will make an offer at all. That distinction affects both clients and agencies. A nonrenewal or a premium jump can prompt an urgent call, but a quick quote is not necessarily a quick placement. Eligibility rules, inspection results and the scope of coverage all must be resolved before price becomes a meaningful comparison. The work also…

The Diocese of Buffalo, New York, has reached a settlement in which insurers will contribute $177 million to a fund to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse. The insurers’ contribution is in addition to the diocese’s $150 million, bringing the victims’ fund to a total of $327 million. The diocese has asked the judge in federal Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York to approve the settlement. The diocese and more than 20 insurers including Continental, Employers and National Union have engaged in negotiations through mediation since the diocese filed Chapter 11 six years ago in order to…

U.S. prosecutors in California have seized millions of dollars from bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets tied to a Montana payments company reportedly linked to Tether. Owners of Capstone, which acted as a money services business, misrepresented the business as an information technology company to banks including Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase when opening accounts, federal prosecutors said in a civil forfeiture filing. Related: JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley Fight Suits Over Role in Buyout Deals Capstone, registered for business in Montana, processed numerous payments on behalf of two crypto companies through an agreement with a bank in Dominica, prosecutors said in a…

A decision by the Georgia Supreme Court this month may have opened the door to more subrogation claims against law enforcement agencies that cause damage to property during non-emergency police procedures. In a case involving helicopter rotor-wash damage to a licensed hemp grower’s crop, the justices overturned years of precedent and a lower appellate court’s decision that had given almost blanket immunity to police actions. The high court opinion found that for non-urgent situations, the law does not automatically grant immunity from claims. Goodman “The practical significance is a Georgia subrogation claim should no longer be dismissed solely because the…

Florida’s insurance commissioner on Monday ordered an unlicensed risk retention group and its principals to cease operating, two months after the owners were charged in connection with collecting thousands of dollars in premiums and keeping the money. Christopher Jason Brossett, of Destin, Florida, was arrested in June and charged with theft while operating a company known as Hydrogen Deep, doing business as The Wave Risk Retention Group. A month later, authorities charged Destin insurance agent Brady Allen Howard, age 59, with representing the group, according to the Office of Insurance Regulation order, dated Aug. 28. The duo collected more than…

The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network. But what happens when the hackers aren’t human? That’s the question at the center of a public policy debate roiling Silicon Valley and Washington following disclosures by leading tech companies that their artificial intelligence models went rogue and hacked into other organizations. The attacks have generated calls even from within the industry for greater oversight and regulation, spurred congressional inquiries and raised questions about whether a years-old legal framework designed to punish criminal hackers is sufficient in an era of autonomous…

Slips, trips and falls are a leading cause of injuries and fatalities in the United States. As a result, the cost of these mostly avoidable tragedies results in significant personal and financial loss. To best manage claims, it is essential to understand why slip, trip and fall incidents occur, and then identify how to help property owners proactively address them in an attempt to prevent the incident and how to properly manage a claim when they do happen. The Facts More than 8 million fall injuries are reported each year to emergency rooms, according to the Centers for Disease Control…

A $357 million hack of crypto exchange Bitget on Thursday was likely carried out by North Korea-linked hackers, pushing the nation-state’s haul from digital-asset thefts above $1 billion this year, according to analytics firm Elliptic Enterprises Ltd. The Bitget exploit showed similarities to previous attacks attributed to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including how the stolen crypto was moved and laundered, Elliptic said in a blog post on Friday. Some of the funds were also connected to addresses tied to earlier hacks, including the record-setting $1.5 billion exploit of crypto exchange Bybit last year, Elliptic said. “Early indications in…