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Florida-based Neptune Reports $11.5M Q3 Profit After IPO
Two months after its successful initial public offering that raised more than $368 million, Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. reported a lucrative third quarter, despite a slight dip in net income. Q3 Net income for the St. Petersburg, Florida-based private flood …
POSTED NOVEMBER 17, 2025 6:02 AM |
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say Government Is Suffocating The ‘Working Man’
Lisa Emery loves to talk about her “boys.” With each word, the respiratory therapist’s face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn’t take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, …
POSTED NOVEMBER 17, 2025 6:00 AM |
NTSB to Decide Probable Cause of Baltimore’s Key Bridge Collapse This Week
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public board meeting this week to determine the probable cause of the contact of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge and subsequent bridge collapse. NTSB’s board is expected to …
POSTED NOVEMBER 17, 2025 6:00 AM |
Arizona Workers’ Comp Rates Fall for a 12th Straight Year
Workers’ compensation rates in Arizona are set to go down 6.7% next year. The Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions reviewed the annual National Council on Compensation Insurance rate filing for a 6.7% reduction in workers’ comp rates, which …
POSTED NOVEMBER 17, 2025 6:00 AM |
NYC Council Committee Rejects Ban on Central Park Horse Carriages
Central Park’s iconic horse-drawn carriages will trot on, for now. A proposal to ban the popular tourist attractions that have been fixtures in Central Park for more than 150 years failed to clear a key New York City Council committee …
POSTED NOVEMBER 17, 2025 6:00 AM |
IJ Q&A: Fortegra on the Growth Path for MGAs
At the recent Target Markets Annual Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, a gathering of 2,000 MGAs, program administrators and carrier executives, Insurance Journal sat down with Abbie Taylor, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Jacksonville, Florida-based Fortegra. Here is …
POSTED NOVEMBER 14, 2025 4:48 PM |
California Revokes 17,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said. The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump …
POSTED NOVEMBER 14, 2025 4:25 PM |
All 14 Victims Identified in UPS Cargo Plane Crash in Louisville
A grandfather and his young granddaughter. An electrician with two young children. A woman standing in line at a scrap metal business. They were among the 14 people who died in the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville …
POSTED NOVEMBER 14, 2025 4:01 PM |
Coal Miners’ Respirator Claims Barred by Statute of Limitations, WV Supreme Court Finds
A group of coal miners with lung disease waited too late to sue 3M Corp. and other respirator manufacturers and suppliers, the Supreme Court of West Virginia said this month in upholding lower courts’ findings that the statute of limitation …
POSTED NOVEMBER 14, 2025 3:44 PM |
Former Lloyd’s CEO Neal Will Not Join AIG; Hancock to Be General Insurance CEO
John Neal’s tenure at American International Group (AIG) is over before it began. The former CEO of Lloyd’s of London and AIG reached a “mutual agreement” that he would not join the company due to “personal circumstances,” according to a …
POSTED NOVEMBER 14, 2025 2:02 PM |
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