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September 18, 2025Researchers Uncover 140-Year-Old Shipwreck at Bottom of Lake Michigan
After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a “ghost ship” that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the Wisconsin coastline. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin …

September 18, 2025CSB Issues Update on Fatal Explosion at Nebraska Biofuels Facility
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) provided an update this week on the agency’s ongoing investigation into the fatal July 29, 2025 explosion and fire at the Horizon Biofuels facility in Fremont, Nebraska. The incident resul …

September 18, 2025People Moves: Sompo Appoints Quane as CEO, International Markets; The Fidelis Partnership Announces 7 Senior Promotions in Bermuda
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo and The Fidelis Partnership. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Appoints Quane as CEO, International Markets Sompo, a leading global provider of commercial and con …

September 18, 2025Howden Acquiring Entertainment Broker Gravitas in California
Howden is acquiring Gravitas Insurance Agency LLC, a Los Angeles-based retail brokerage specializing in contingency insurance for music, sports and live events. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions, follows Howden’s other recent …

September 18, 2025Beacon Hill Associates Rebrands to SPG Environmental
Beacon Hill Associates, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, will now operate as SPG Environmental under Specialty Program Group’s unified division, SPG Wholesale. SPG Environmental will still provide superior expertise, established carrier par …

September 18, 2025Appeals Court Stems Oakes Farms’ Free Speech Claim Over Lost School Contract
The owner of Florida-based Oakes Farms, known for his political views and conspiracy theories, has no legitimate legal claim against a Florida school district that terminated the farm’s food-supply contract over COVID-19 concerns, a federal appeals c …

September 18, 2025Billionaire Ross Lures ServiceNow for South Florida Expansion
ServiceNow Inc. is expanding to West Palm Beach, Florida, opening a location for several hundred employees in a planned office tower being developed by billionaire Stephen Ross, the famed New York real estate magnate who broke from Related Cos. last …

September 18, 2025Where Are the Hurricanes This Season as the Atlantic Remains Quiet
Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane season. “Where the heck are the Atlantic #hurricanes?” Philip Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University, wrote recen …

September 18, 2025Stein Wants $13.5B From Congress for NC Hurricane Helene Recovery
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Monday requested $13.5 billion more from Congress in recovery aid for Hurricane Helene almost a year after the historic storm, saying additional help is needed from Washington to address record amounts of damage and …

September 18, 2025Radian to Acquire Lloyd’s Syndicate Inigo for $1.7B in Specialty Insurance Push
Radian Group said on Thursday it would buy UK-based Inigo for $1.7 billion as the U.S. mortgage insurer seeks to transform into a global multi-line specialty insurer. The company’s expansion into the Lloyd’s global specialty market follows a strategi …