Fight Over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Moves to Appeals Court December 31, 2025 By Peter Blumberg The US Chamber of Commerce is appealing a federal court’s refusal to block the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on applications...
[Video] Wildfires, Lawsuits, AI, and M&A: A Look Back at Insurance in 2025 December 31, 2025 Insurance Journal recaps the biggest stories of 2025—across all of our regions—from record-breaking wildfires and climate losses to broker mega-deals,...
Cloudy Future for Bourbon Has Jim Beam Closing Distillery for a Year December 31, 2025 By Jeffrey Collins Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as...
Alabama DOI Expands Policy Cancellation, Nonrenewal Prohibitions December 31, 2025 Property insurers in Alabama will no longer be able to cancel or non-renew policies because of natural disasters or because...
Report: California Comp Combined Ratio for 2024 Highest in 20-Plus Years December 31, 2025 After three consecutive accident years with relatively stable loss ratios, the projected loss and allocated loss adjustment expense ratio for...
Hawaii Hopes New Laws Will Quiet Illegal Fireworks After Deadly New Year’s Eve Blast December 31, 2025 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts...
Virginia Offshore Wind Developer Sues Over Trump Order Halting Projects December 31, 2025 NORFOLK, Va—The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order...
People Moves: Erie Insurance Names Morrison and Ackerman Branch Managers in Virginia December 31, 2025 Erie Insurance (ERIE), headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, named Todd Morrison and Chad Ackerman as branch managers for the company’s Roanoke...
Climate Cost Report Underway Even as Vermont’s Climate Law Faces Lawsuits December 31, 2025 By AUSTYN GAFFNEY /VTDigger For Sue Minter, Vermont’s newly appointed climate superfund specialist, the floods started early. Back in 2011, when Tropical Storm Irene...
New Laws Impacting California Drivers in 2026 December 31, 2025 New laws affecting California drivers set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026, include stricter laws for drunk driving,...