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The Rhine River’s water levels risk dropping to an unprecedented low as heat waves grip Europe, creating a bottleneck for the delivery of coal and fuels inland while raising shipping costs. Water levels at Kaub, a key chokepoint for shipments heading to southern Germany and Switzerland, have already fallen to 28 centimeters, the lowest since 2018, according to German federal data. Forecasts show the barge clearance level could decline even more this week, potentially reaching 24 centimeters on Friday, which would be the lowest in data going back to 1990. The river, which snakes roughly 800 miles (1,290 kilometers) from…

This article is part of a sponsored series by Fulcrum. The data is in the system. The work is still in email. Here is why that gap persists and what actually closes it. Most brokerages running a well-configured AMS have the same experience. The system holds years of policy data, client history, and account detail. It is genuinely valuable. And yet when a renewal is due, the account manager is still pulling information from emails, chasing down attachments, and coordinating with a vendor for a proposal or a policy check. The AMS has everything needed to do the work. The…

NFP, an Aon company and property/casualty broker and benefits consultant headquartered in New York City, named Fran Chamberlain as senior vice president, risk capital. Chamberlain will manage relationships with new and existing clients and lead operational and strategic initiatives for upstate New York. Chamberlain most recently worked as senior manager of training and development at Acrisure, overseeing employee development and operations for her region. Prior to this, Chamberlain served at CLG Insurance in the Albany area for nearly 20 years in several roles. Based in Albany, she will report to Paul Costantino, regional managing director. Topics New York Was this…

The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Monroe woman has been arrested for fraudulently obtaining insurance benefits following a residential fire. Tashira S. Glover, 42, allegedly submitted a homeowners insurance claim on Jan. 13, 2026 for damage caused by a house fire in Ouachita Parish. In March the LDI received a referral of the claim and investigated the matter with the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The agencies determined the fire had occurred several months before the homeowners insurance policy took effect. Glover was taken into custody on July 21, 2026, and was booked into the Ouachita Parish Correctional Center…

Afroman sued one of the Ohio sheriff’s deputies who brought a defamation case against him that revolved around lewd social media posts and videos, some of which used footage of a raid on the rapper’s property to mock them. The outlandish rapper, whose real name is Joseph Foreman, said then-Adams County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brian Newland’s filing of a “frivolous” lawsuit wrongly caused him to incur attorney fees and suffer emotional distress, according to the malicious prosecution case filed Monday in Adams County Common Pleas Court. “The claims asserted by Defendant against Plaintiff in the prior lawsuit were not warranted under…

Kin launched two new coverages for California homeowners — condo (HO6) insurance and a flood insurance add-on to Kin home insurance policies. The condo policies are designed to account for wildfire mitigation steps a homeowner has already taken — including defensible-space clearance, and fire and water protective devices — as part of how coverage is evaluated. The flood coverage, an endorsement on an existing homeowners policy, does not require a 30-day wait before coverage takes effect. For flood-related water damage, the endorsement applies the same dwelling and personal property limits as the underlying home policy, rather than the reduced sublimits…

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $613,037 in back wages for 46 workers after a federal investigation found a Minnesota restaurant failed to pay minimum and overtime wages as required by law. Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated four of the employer’s nine Minnesota locations, and found that Rehman LLC, IN LLC, IQ LLC, and MOON LLC – all operating as NY Gyro – failed to maintain records of hours worked, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s record keeping provisions. In addition, the employer violated wage laws when it paid workers straight-time pay for…

Northwest Arkansas Hospitals, LLC will pay more than $100,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a former male employee after a jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sex discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Northwest Arkansas Hospitals, LLC, doing business as Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville, violated federal law when it allowed two doctors to subject a male surgical technician to discrimination because of his sex. The EEOC presented evidence at trial showing that in 2022, two female obstetricians in the labor and delivery unit prohibited a surgical technician…

U.S. produce supplier Taylor Farms complained to White House and Food and Drug Administration officials about the government’s inspection process earlier this month, a source familiar with the meeting said on Monday, as Michigan reported a spike in cases of a parasitic disease tied to the company’s lettuce from Mexico. Consumers have been on edge for weeks about whether it is safe to eat lettuce served at restaurants and elsewhere due to uncertainty over what products may be making people sick with cyclosporiasis, an intestinal disease that can cause explosive diarrhea. Questions persist, and many people have avoided fresh produce…

Liability insurance policies for transportation network companies (TNC) in New Jersey must include personal injury protection (PIP) benefits for uninsured pedestrians injured by a TNC vehicle, New Jersey appellate court has ruled. Liberty Mutual denied an uninsured pedestrian coverage after he was injured by a driver for Lyft, a TNC or ride-hailing company that Liberty Mutual insured under a liability policy. The insurer said its Lyft policy did not include PIP benefits and it was not required to offer them under the state’s Transportation Network Company Safety and Regulatory Act, An Atlantic County trial court rejected Liberty Mutual’s reading of…