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Brown & Riding announced the launch of its new national Agribusiness Practice, a specialty practice area delivering comprehensive insurance solutions for the entire agricultural supply chain. The practice is led by David Chipp, and supported by a team of product line specialists with deep technical expertise and market access, providing sophisticated coverage solutions for food and agricultural clients. The Agribusiness Practice helps retail agents deliver customized solutions for farm, food, and agriculture-oriented operations, including custom farming, dairies, nuts, and more; premises with various operations that have a public exposure, including liquor exposures; seed and grain processing mills; poultry and meat…

World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Cubriel Insurance Agency of Laredo, Texas on June 1, 2026. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Cubriel is a P&C agency with a business mix of commercial lines and personal lines. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla provided legal counsel to World on the transaction. Eduardo Romero, PLLC provided legal counsel to Cubriel on the transaction. No other advisors, diligence firms, or legal counsel were disclosed. Topics Mergers & Acquisitions Texas Was this article valuable? Yes No Here are more articles you may enjoy. Interested in Mergers? Get automatic alerts for…

A group of commercial fishers, fishing guides and seafood processors in southwest Louisiana is suing liquefied natural gas company Venture Global, claiming that dredging operations in preparation for the construction of a new terminal resulted in a sediment spill that killed millions of oysters and diminished catches of finfish, crabs and shrimp. Venture Global, which already operates a nearly $10 billion LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, is currently constructing a second, $30 billion terminal there. As part of the project, the company is enlarging a channel near Calcasieu Lake to allow tankers to access the planned terminal, called CP2.…

In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal court on Friday ruled that the Energy Department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan coal-fired power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date last year. Energy Secretary Chris Wright had said the 64-year-old J.H. Campbell Generating Plant was needed to ensure reliable electricity in the region, and he used emergency powers to keep it operating. Environmental groups and three states — Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota — went to court to try to overturn orders keeping the plant online. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…

The price of diesel is hitting record highs just when many U.S. farmers need it to power combines, tractors and other equipment to harvest two of the nation’s largest commodities, soybeans and corn. The spike adds to an already tough year for these farmers, who also faced higher costs for fertilizer, seeds and equipment. Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Sept. 4, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time as the six-month war with Iran disrupted the world’s flow of fuel. It has gone even higher since then, going for an average…

Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, set up by Iran to manage requests of passage in the Strait of Hormuz, published on Monday an updated list of 77 vessels “violating Iranian protocols for the Strait of Hormuz.” Concerns over global energy supply have deepened after the latest attacks around oil transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with prospects for peace in the Middle East looking as bleak as ever. Vessels listed will face restrictions on future passage including fines, detention or confiscation, said the body, adding that vessels cooperating with them will be added to…

Three U.S. lawmakers have called on the American government to blacklist a set of Indian IT firms over what they describe as “more than fifteen years of targeted espionage against U.S. citizens, businesses, and the lawyers representing them.” In a letter issued Sept. 9, Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Republican Representative Pat Harrigan, asked the Commerce Department to add BellTroX, CyberRoot, and Sunkissed Organic Farms Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as “Appin Technology Pvt. Ltd.”) and its subsidiaries, to the Commerce Department’s Entity List. Such a designation would cut them off from U.S. software, cloud infrastructure, and…

Chemours, DuPont and Corteva have reached a $455 million settlement with North Carolina and 11 local entities over PFAS contamination claims tied to Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant and other historical discharges. Lawsuits accusing major chemical companies of polluting U.S. drinking water with toxic PFAS chemicals — a group of pollutants referred to as “forever chemicals” — have led to settlements worth billions of dollars, including one struck by the three companies in New Jersey last year and a $450 million settlement in West Virginia this summer. Payments will be made over 15 years, beginning within 30 days of the agreement’s…

The New York City Health Department on September 13 ordered 10 cooling towers in the South Bronx to be cleaned and disinfected as the city continued its investigation into the latest community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease. As of September 12, nine people had been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease in connection with the South Bronx cluster. Three people remained hospitalized, four had been discharged and one person did not require hospitalization. One person has died, according to the city. All 10 cooling towers are located in ZIP codes 10451 and 10456 and are required to complete remediation by September 14. This…

The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles. It’s an idyllic setting in North Carolina’s Inner Banks, where fields of cotton, soybeans and corn stretch for miles, country roads wend through stands of pines and thousands of bird watchers converge to witness the spring migration. But it’s what’s underground that has drawn scientists and investors to this 23-square-mile (60-square-kilometer) tract: spongy, dense peat up to 15 feet (5 meters) deep. They’re here to…