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Daniel Ilg started out in the freight brokerage industry at 14 years old, learning from his dad how to match trucking companies with loads of goods that needed to move around the country. About two decades later, now running the business his father started, Ilg is more worried than ever that choosing one wrong trucker could put it at risk. A US Supreme Court decision in May changed the stakes for freight brokers like Ilg, opening them to lawsuits if a driver for a contracted carrier gets into a collision. The ruling leaves plenty of uncertainty about when a broker…

Climate change could cost London as much as £36 billion ($50 billion) a year by the 2050s, the Mayor of London’s office said in a report.Lost working hours, disruption to businesses and damage to infrastructure caused by extreme weather in a warmer climate are likely to reduce the capital’s GDP over the coming decades, according to the report, published by the mayor and the city’s councils. Businesses need to adapt to climate change, the report said, by adjusting working hours, allowing employees to work from home and relaxing dress codes and uniform rules. The city’s authorities will prioritize protecting and…

China Evergrande Group’s founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, bringing an end to one of the most dramatic rise and fall stories in China’s corporate history.The disgraced property tycoon, once Asia’s second richest man, had turned Evergrande into a poster child of corporate excess during China’s long real estate boom. But after his empire came crashing down following a 2021 default, he was caught in a dragnet of official investigations that ultimately caused his downfall. Hui was sentenced alongside 56 others involved in Evergrande, including his sons Xu Zhijian and Xu Tenghe. His assets will…

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. As an independent agent, you wear a lot of hats. The last thing you need is a management system that adds more work instead of taking it off your plate. Customer expectations are rising, competition is increasing, and the agencies that win over the next decade will be the ones that use technology to work smarter, move faster, and deliver better experiences. A modern agency management system is the foundation for that shift. It brings quoting, servicing, and everything in between into one platform, helping your team operate more efficiently…

This article is part of a sponsored series by Cotality. Loyal, content customers are worth their weight in gold, literally; acquiring a new customer costs five to 25 times more than retaining an existing one, according to Harvard Business Review. Executive teams pour millions into customer experience initiatives, sophisticated mobile portals, and polished branding campaigns to protect their renewal base. Yet, when disaster strikes, policyholders don’t care about the sleek app landing page they use to file or track a claim. They just want a competent professional there to help. The moment of truth in property and casualty insurance remains…

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited said Jim Rhyner has been appointed head of North America financial lines, programs, and Canada. Rhyner will take the role on Aug. 31 and report to Head of North America Mike McKenna. He will work out of the company’s Short Hills, NJ.. office. Rhyner joins AXIS from The Hartford, where he most recently served as global head of financial lines with previous leadership roles across Navigators, Chubb, Avreco, and AIG. He succeeds John Van Decker, following a planned leadership transition with Van Decker retiring from AXIS following a career that spanned more than four decades, including…

Newswise — A new report documenting California’s rapidly growing silicosis epidemic among quartz countertop workers underscores the urgent need for a national effort focused on stronger surveillance, earlier diagnosis and policy interventions to protect workers from a preventable yet often fatal occupational lung disease. The report, co-authored by David Michaels, professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and former assistant secretary of labor for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and experts from the California Department of Public Health and two California universities identified 592…

Average commercial insurance premiums decreased across all account sizes for the first time since 2017 during the first quarter. The trend continued for the second quarter. During Q2 2026, The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB)’s market survey found premiums decreased an average of 2% across all accounts. Related: ‘Decisive Sign of a Softened Market’: Premiums Decrease Across All Accounts Large account premiums fell by 3.7% following a 2.7% decrease last quarter. Medium account decreases held steady at 1.9%, and small accounts decreased slightly, by an average of 0.5%. Commercial property premiums dropped the most – 6.3% – during…

The decade-long war between the third-party litigation funding sector and the commercial insurance industry reached a turning point when North Carolina became the first state to ban commercial litigation funding on June 22. While some legal and business publications framed the law as the start of a nationwide domino effect, that momentum has failed to materialize. Instead, most states are choosing to build guardrails rather than insurmountable walls. Recent statutes target mandatory transparency, prohibit funder control over strategy and cap investor payouts. According to data compiled by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 20 states have enacted laws regulating the industry,…

Progressive insurance, already one of the most-recognized U.S. insurance brands, will gain more exposure this fall with its logo placement on 13 college football fields, including the fields at Ole Miss, Georgia, Oregon, USC, Boise State, Colorado State, Iowa, Kansas State, Purdue, SMU, Syracuse, Texas Tech and Wake Forest. Terms of the deals were not disclosed, but news sites have reported that the going rate for corporate logos on major college football fields is about $3.5 million a year, with some schools commanding as much as $15 million, Bloomberg News and Sports Business Journal have reported. “As we look for…