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Brokerage Acrisure has filed a federal lawsuit, accusing a former employee of using employees and intellectual property to peel away at least 50 clients to a company he started–named after one Acrisure acquired in 2016. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based global broker said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan that Adam DeVone is “actively infringing upon” Acrisure trademarks and is “breaching voluntarily assumed contractual obligations to Acrisure.” In October 2016, Acrisure bought Benefits Exchange Alliance Inc. from founder and chairman DeVone and other owners. The acquisition included all trademark rights and brandings, including…

Platinum Specialty Underwriters, a specialty underwriting platform announced the addition of two experienced property insurance leaders, Bryan McGarry and Adam Berger, to support the continued growth and expansion of its property capabilities with program launch later this summer. McGarry joins Platinum Specialty Underwriters as managing director, Platinum Property Program, while Berger joins as commercial property program chief underwriting officer. Together, they will lead the development, underwriting strategy, and distribution of Platinum’s growing property program portfolio. These strategic hires underscore Platinum’s commitment to expanding its specialty underwriting platform and delivering innovative property solutions to retail agents and brokers nationwide. McGarry has…

Siding with SpaceX and the General Land Office, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that environmental groups did not have a right to sue to preserve public access to a beach that has been closed during rocket launches. The unanimous ruling said a trial judge properly dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning the groups could not refile it with changes. The dispute began in 2021 when then environmental group SaveRGV sued the Texas General Land Office, Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and Cameron County, arguing Boca Chica Beach and State Highway 4 — the only access road — had been improperly…

The business jet barreled cockeyed down the dark highway, knocking down one light pole after another, an orange glow of sparks trailing it. From a distance, Ivan Franco thought it must be a car. But as he approached in his tow truck, he saw it was a plane — broken in half, its fuselage resting on its side, bright fire beginning to rise above. He stopped and rifled through the rescue kit his company keeps in the truck, grabbing a sledgehammer as well as three fire extinguishers, which he handed off to police officers. “At that moment, you don’t think…

Ohio’s law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week. The decision comes as a blow to NetChoice, which has won court victories against identical digital identification laws in other states, including Arkansas, Louisiana and Georgia. The trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies said the Ohio decision went against “clear national consensus” and that it intended to keep fighting. “An unconstitutional law protects no one, and we remain focused on ensuring the First Amendment…

In the weeks following the implosion of a massive tank at a Washington paper mill that killed 11 workers and spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemicals–believed to be the deadliest industrial accident in state history–managers of similar operations have been dialing up their insurance brokers to find out how well they’re protected. It took days to recover all the bodies of missing workers who died in the May 26 blast at the Nippon Dynawave site in Longview. In addition to the workers killed, seven other workers and a firefighter were injured by burns from the chemical known as…

AM Best rating analysts have revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) of Juniata Mutual Insurance Co. in McAlisterville, Pennsylvania. AM Best said the revision of the outlooks reflects “pressure on JMIC’s operating performance assessment, driven by elevated underwriting losses over the most recent three-year period and though the first quarter of 2026.” The insurer’s underwriting profitability has been impacted by frequent and severe large losses in addition to inflation and rising reinsurance costs, according to the AM Best notice, and while…

A property management company is paying $7 million for what the California Attorney General calls an “algorithmic rent alignment scheme.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta worked on the settlement as part of a coalition of nine attorneys general with LivCor LLC, one of the property management companies named as a defendant in Bonta’s ongoing antitrust lawsuit against software company RealPage. The settlement resolves allegations that LivCor used RealPage’s revenue management system to align rental prices with competing landlords by illegally sharing and gathering confidential pricing information. According to the lawsuit, this conduct interfered with the competitive process and enabled landlords…

The U.S. West and Gulf Coast are set to broil this summer while the rest of the nation may face dreary and cool days — thanks in part to El Niño. The U.S. Climate Prediction Center sees the western and southern U.S. hot through July 10, with the Upper Great Lakes region and parts of the Northeast set for below-normal temperatures. The forecast owes much of its pattern to conditions across the Pacific Ocean, including the emergence of El Niño. The US declared the phenomenon underway last week, with conditions gathering strength and raising risks of heat waves, severe drops…

The death of a young tourist who jumped from a runaway horse carriage in Central Park has intensified calls to ban the old-time attraction from one of New York City’s most recognizable destinations. Romanch Mahajan, 18, died after he got off of the four-wheeled carriage as its horse sprinted through the park without the driver. He is believed to be the first person to die in a horse carriage accident since they were introduced in Central Park more than 150 years ago, according to the labor union representing the industry and the Central Park Conservancy, which manages the 843-acre (341-hectare)…