Missing the Best & Worst Days in the Stock Market
A reader asks: I have a question about reconciling two very famous market parables. Ben, your story of “Bob, the World’s Worst Market Timer” perfectly illustrates the power of…
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E&S Property Market Shifts Buying Power To Insureds In 2026
Abundant capacity and disciplined underwriting are giving buyers greater leverage over pricing and structure, though risk differentiation increasingly determines outcomes, according to Risk Placement Services. Abundant capital and intensifying…
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Starbucks Defeats Shareholder Suit Over US, China Sales Drops
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Starbucks of defrauding shareholders by intentionally concealing declining sales in the United States and China, its largest markets. U.S. District Judge John…
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The $23B Inflection Point: How America’s Fire Insurance Market Rewrote the Rules
REFERENCES AND SOURCES [1] NAIC Exhibit of Premiums and Losses (Statutory Page 14), LINE_NO 1 (Fire), 2019–2024, all 50 US states. Direct premiums written, direct premiums earned,…
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Texas Contractor Fined $343K Following Excavation Collapse
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation concluded that a Houston utility construction company exposed employees to safety hazards after an excavation collapse hospitalized a worker. The department’s Occupational Safety…
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Commercial P&C Rate Growth Flattens To Softest Levels Since 2017, Alera Group Finds
Average premium growth slowed to just 0.2% in the first half of 2026, signaling an end to the hard market, according to Alera Group. Average overall premium growth across…
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Misuse of Driver-Assistance Systems Biggest Risk to Road Safety, Survey Finds
Motorists’ misuse of driver-assistance technology and drivers being distracted by in-vehicle features, rather than mechanical problems, are the biggest risks for road safety, according to a survey of transport…
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India Bars Seafarers From Hormuz Voyages After Attacks
India has directed ship owners, ship managers and recruitment agencies to stop deploying the country’s seafarers on vessels going through the Strait of Hormuz following an upsurge in attacks….
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Florida Supreme Court Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage for Workplace Assault Victims
Court rules employees can receive benefits for third-party attacks if job duties or work environment increased their risk, rejecting narrow focus on specific task being performed at time of…
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Data Breach at India’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant
Ransomware group World Leaks has posted on the dark web a huge cache of files related to India’s largest nuclear plant, including purported blueprints of parts of its facilities…
