Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Estee Lauder Sues Walmart Over Alleged Counterfeit Fragrances

Estee Lauder sued Walmart in California federal court on Monday, accusing the retail giant of selling knockoffs of Estee Lauder fragrance and skin care brands including Clinique, Tom Ford and Le Labo. Estee Lauder said in the lawsuit that Walmart …


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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

South Korea Crypto Exchange Bithumb Says System Flaws Led to $40 Billion Error

South Korea’s Bithumb said on Wednesday that serious flaws had left the crypto exchange’s internal system susceptible to potential sabotage and failed to prevent an erroneous transfer of more than $40 billion in assets last week. The country’s second-largest virtual …


South Korea Crypto Exchange Bithumb Says System Flaws Led to $40 Billion Error
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Climate Change and Budget Cuts Fueled South American Blazes

Human-induced climate change, along with land-use shifts and budget cuts, likely worsened recent wildfires in Argentina and Chile that are threatening some of the world’s oldest trees, an analysis has found. These regions are now receiving 20% to 25% less …


Climate Change and Budget Cuts Fueled South American Blazes
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Canadian Airlines Suspend Cuba Flights as Island Set to Run Out of Jet Fuel

Canadian airlines on Monday suspended flights to Cuba, which warned it was running out of jet fuel, as the U.S. tightens its grip on the communist-run nation’s oil supply by blocking shipments from Venezuela. Air Canada, the country’s biggest carrier, …


Canadian Airlines Suspend Cuba Flights as Island Set to Run Out of Jet Fuel
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Acorn Owners Said to Weigh Options for £1 Billion UK Cab Insurer

The owners of British specialist motor and home insurer Acorn Group are exploring strategic options including selling a controlling stake in the company, according to people familiar with the matter. The London black cab insurer’s shareholders, which include Inflexion Private …


Acorn Owners Said to Weigh Options for £1 Billion UK Cab Insurer
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Viewpoint: Why Unified Data, Not More Data, Will Decide Insurance’s Next Winners

The role of data across the insurance value chain has evolved noticeably. What was once used primarily for retrospective reporting is now becoming a source of real-time intelligence that shapes daily decision-making. This shift is being driven by three forces: …


Viewpoint: Why Unified Data, Not More Data, Will Decide Insurance’s Next Winners
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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A 10-Year Wait for Autonomous Vehicles to Impact Insurers, Says Fitch

Fitch Ratings said it does not expect autonomous vehicles (AVs) to “have any meaningful impact” on insurers in the next decade. Therefore, impacts to credit ratings will be modest. However, over time, the technology “will indelibly alter” the landscapes of …


A 10-Year Wait for Autonomous Vehicles to Impact Insurers, Says Fitch
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Category: National News
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Trump to Rescind Climate Change Finding Key to Auto Emissions Rules

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to formalize on Thursday a move to overturn the Obama-era legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules, which will lead to the repeal of vehicle emissions rules, the White House said on Tuesday. White House …


Trump to Rescind Climate Change Finding Key to Auto Emissions Rules
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Category: National News
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Injured Employee Loses Evidence Spoliation Bid Over Video Erased by Employer

A Virginia public school employee must proceed with his workers’ compensation claim appeal without the evidence of a video he believes shows how and when he was injured at work. His employer, the Newport News Public Schools, erased the video …


Injured Employee Loses Evidence Spoliation Bid Over Video Erased by Employer
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Category: East News
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Maryland Traffic Fatalities Declined 18% in 2025

The state of Maryland made progress in 2025 toward safer roads, with traffic fatalities falling by approximately 18% statewide, according to preliminary data. Motor vehicle crash deaths declined from 582 in 2024 to 480 in 2025, marking the first time …


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Category: East News
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People Moves: Hinterland Names Krozy CUO, Harding VP Commercial Package and Property

Hinterland Insurance appointed Evan Krozy as the company’s chief underwriting officer and Kristine Harding as executive vice president, commercial package and property, reporting to Krozy. Krozy has more than 25 years of insurance experience, including commercial lines underwriting, specialty lines, …


People Moves: Hinterland Names Krozy CUO, Harding VP Commercial Package and Property
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

AIG Underwriting Income Up 48% in Q4 on North America Commercial

Fourth quarter 2025 underwriting income in American International Group’s (AIG) General Insurance segment increased 48% compared with the prior year, to $670 million. The unit, which includes North America commercial, International commercial, and global personal—recorded $125 million in catastrophe-related charges …


AIG Underwriting Income Up 48% in Q4 on North America Commercial
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Description: Fourth quarter 2025 underwriting income in American International Group’s (AIG) General Insurance segment increased 48% compared with the prior year, to $670 million. The unit, which includes North America commercial, International commercial, and global personal—recorded $125 million in catastrophe-related charges …
Full content: Fourth quarter 2025 underwriting income in American International Group’s (AIG) General Insurance segment increased 48% compared with the prior year, to $670 million. The unit, which includes North America commercial, International commercial, and global personal—recorded $125 million in catastrophe-related charges …
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Category: National News
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:22:41 +0000
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EPA Identifies Spilled Chemical Compound That Affected 260 Cars in Kansas

The EPA has identified the chemical compound spilled in Garnett, Kansas, on Dec. 31, 2025. Recent laboratory analysis corroborates EPA’s preliminary field screening results with a “high level of confidence” that the corrosive substance was sodium aluminate, the agency said. …


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Description: The EPA has identified the chemical compound spilled in Garnett, Kansas, on Dec. 31, 2025. Recent laboratory analysis corroborates EPA’s preliminary field screening results with a “high level of confidence” that the corrosive substance was sodium aluminate, the agency said. …
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Category: Midwest News
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Rejection of Texas Law Blacklisting ‘Woke’ Firms Could Challenge Other Anti-ESG Laws

A Texas judge’s move to strike down a state law blacklisting “woke” financial firms, including BlackRock and HSBC, that used environmental, social or governance factors in investment decisions will likely drive a broader push to repeal so-called “anti-ESG” laws in …


Rejection of Texas Law Blacklisting ‘Woke’ Firms Could Challenge Other Anti-ESG Laws
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Liberty Mutual to Partner With Net-Zero Focused PE Firm Ara

Liberty Mutual Group Inc.’s asset-management arm agreed to back Ara Partners’ infrastructure and energy strategies, in the latest partnership between an insurer and an alternative investment firm. The collaboration includes an anchor commitment to Ara’s new energy fund as well …


Liberty Mutual to Partner With Net-Zero Focused PE Firm Ara
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SC Wind Mitigation Grant Program Now Open for New Applications

South Carolina’s Safe Home Mitigation Program today, Feb. 10, began accepting applications for a new round of funding for resiliency grants. The program, which provides up to $6,000 in matching grants and up to $7,500 in non-matching grants, received additional …


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Trump Threatens to Block Detroit-Canada Bridge in New Row

President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of a new bridge that connects Michigan and Ontario until the US was given compensation and ownership of half of it, saying he’d start negotiations immediately. “I will not allow this bridge …


Trump Threatens to Block Detroit-Canada Bridge in New Row
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Category: Midwest News
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Louisiana Restaurants to Pay $34K in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Shreveport, Louisiana-based Minden Seafood, LLC, and Dorcheat Seafood, LLC, operators of restaurants Minden Seafood and Dorcheat Seafood and Grill, will pay a former employee $34,000 in back pay and emotional distress damages to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by …


Louisiana Restaurants to Pay $34K in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
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Greece and Malta Hesitate Over EU’s Russia Oil Services Ban

Greece and Malta have emerged as the main obstacle to a European Union proposal to replace a Russian oil price cap with a ban on the services needed to ship the fuel. The two southern European countries raised concerns about …


Greece and Malta Hesitate Over EU’s Russia Oil Services Ban
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Six Charged in $1.7M Damage Claims Scheme With Florida Government

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, who quickly showed his cards on wasteful and fraudulent spending at the local level, has now announced a crackdown inside his own and other state government departments, related to fraudulent insurance claims. CFO Blaise Ingoglia said …


Six Charged in $1.7M Damage Claims Scheme With Florida Government
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Category: Southeast News
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AIG Completes Purchase of Minority Stakes in Re/Insurer Convex and PE Firm Onex

American International Group announced on Friday it has completed the acquisitions of strategic minority ownership stakes in Convex Group Ltd., a privately held, global specialty re/insurer, and Onex Corp., a publicly traded global asset manager. AIG acquired an approximately 35% …


AIG Completes Purchase of Minority Stakes in Re/Insurer Convex and PE Firm Onex
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Probe Begins Into Maine Pulp Facility Chemical Release That Killed Intern, Injured 9

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release that occurred on January 27, 2026, at the Woodland Pulp facility in Baileyville, Maine. The incident at the pulp production facility resulted …


Probe Begins Into Maine Pulp Facility Chemical Release That Killed Intern, Injured 9
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Risky Future Series: AI Tools for Aerial, Geospatial Intelligence ‘Demo Day’ on Feb. 11

Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for Aerial and Geospatial Intelligence” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for carriers, MGAs, claims professionals, underwriters, risk managers and more. Focused on advanced property …


Risky Future Series: AI Tools for Aerial, Geospatial Intelligence ‘Demo Day’ on Feb. 11
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Labor Board Gives Up Oversight of Musk’s SpaceX

The US labor board is abandoning a yearslong legal battle against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signaling it will steer clear of future cases against the company. Two years after issuing a complaint accusing the aerospace firm of firing eight engineers …


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Majority of Striking New York Nurses Announce Tentative Deal With Hospitals

Two-thirds of nurses who walked out of major hospitals in New York City a month ago have reached preliminary agreements with their employers and may end the strike this week, the union representing 15,000 striking nurses said on Monday. The …


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Insurify Starts App With ChatGPT to Allow Consumers to Shop for Insurance

Online insurance agent Insurify said it has launched a ChatGPT app to allow consumers to compare and shop for insurance. Insurify said the app is the first insurance app in OpenAI’s directory. “Shopping for car insurance has traditionally been time-consuming, …


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Insurance Broker Stocks Sink as AI App Sparks Disruption Fears

US insurance broker stocks were pummeled Monday as the launch of an artificial intelligence tool from privately held online insurance shopping platform Insurify sparked fears about the industry facing disruption. The S&P 500 Insurance index closed down 3.9%, in its …


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Singapore Says Cyber Espionage Group Targeted Telco Infrastructure

Singapore’s four telecom companies, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba Telecom, were targeted by cyber espionage group UNC3886 in attacks last year, Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency said on Monday. The agency said the hackers were able to penetrate and gain access …


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S. Korea Blames Coupang Data Breach on Management Failure, Not Sophisticated Attack

South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack, and urged the e-commerce giant to fix vulnerabilities in its security systems. Announcing the first findings of a government-led probe, …


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Markets/Coverages: MGA Helix Launches London Property Offering With PartnerRe

Helix Underwriting Partners Bermuda, the multi-line independent managing general agent, announced the launch of its London property offering, Helix International, which has been trading since the start of the year, in partnership with PartnerRe Insurance Programs. The program provides capacity …


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