Full content: Insurance agency mergers & acquisitions in the first three months of 2026 were down 6% compared with the same period last year. It was the 10th consecutive quarter of deal volume below the long-term trend line but, investment banking and …

Full content: A former ransomware negotiator has pleaded guilty to charges he helped a ransomware group extort tens of millions of dollars from companies. Angelo Martino, 41, of Land O’Lakes, Florida, worked for a cyber incident response company as a ransomware negotiator …

Full content: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued New York on Friday, accusing the state of invading its authority to regulate prediction markets by filing lawsuits accusing Coinbase Financial Markets COIN.O and Gemini Titan GEMI.O of promoting gambling. In a complaint …

Full content: Alliant Insurance Services named Michael J. Cusack president of Alliant Property & Casualty. Cusack previously served as head of Alliant Specialty, responsible for overseeing 16 industry verticals and expanding Alliant’s specialty business across the U.S. Cusack has more than 35 …

Full content: Large chunks of ice rammed into homes along Michigan’s Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt left many homes flooded and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems. Photos and video posted to social …

Full content: Texas is planning new rules to speed up its response to so-called zombie oil wells after the number of sites leaking toxic wastewater increased more than 50% this year. Oil companies in the largest US crude-producing state are pumping so …

Full content: More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding, with New York and New Orleans standing out, according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever of …

Full content: As Bayer AG tries to draw a line under costly Roundup herbicide litigation in the US this year, shareholders are using its annual general meeting to make clear that the stakes are higher than ever — including for Chief Executive …

Full content: Major corporations are pushing back against a possible tightening of emissions reporting standards that would have implications for the clean energy transition in years to come. More than 60 companies — including Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., General Motors Co., FedEx …

Full content: Georgia-based Marketplace 4 Insurance announced the acquisition of Swann Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Columbia, Maryland. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition of Swann will expand M4I’s footprint in the Mid-Atlantic region. All Swann employees will join …

Full content: Paresh Raja, the founder of collapsed mortgage firm Market Financial Solutions Ltd., is facing a £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion) lawsuit in the UK from creditors alleging he breached his fiduciary duties. Raja, who is already subject to a worldwide freeze …

Full content: The Bank of England and other financial services representatives on Wednesday said the sector was prepared for developments around Anthropic’s Mythos artificial intelligence model and other emerging frontier AI models. Mythos is viewed by cybersecurity experts as posing significant challenges …

Full content: Iran’s use of a swarm of small, fast boats to seize two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz could undermine suggestions U.S. forces have disabled its naval threat and reveals the challenges facing reopening one of the world’s most …

Full content: Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 170,169 vehicles in the U.S. due to loss of drive power, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on April 23. The recall affects multiple models including Range Rover, Discovery, Range Rover Sport, Defender, …