February 17, 2026Popcorn Machine Catches Fire at Oklahoma Basketball Game
Oklahoma men’s basketball’s offense wasn’t the only thing that caught fire in the Sooners’ game on Saturday, Feb. 14. A popcorn machine caught fire at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman during the first half of OU’s game against Georgia, sending … …

February 17, 2026Pinpoint Predictive Secures Approval in Ohio and Georgia
Pinpoint Predictive, a risk assessment platform for property and casualty insurers, announced that its rating models have been approved for use in Ohio and Georgia, bringing its total number of approved states to nine. Insurers operating in Ohio and …

February 17, 2026Houston Companies to Pay $200K to Workers Fired for Asbestos Concern
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered two Houston, Texas-based construction companies and their owners to reinstate and compensate two workers who were fired for raising asbestos concerns during repair of a hotel after Hurricane Beryl. The departm …

February 17, 2026Texas AG Sues Factory After Residents Complain About Noxious Odors
Texas’ top lawyer is taking a manufacturing company to court, saying its Bastrop plant smells like “boiling blood, and even death” and is making life miserable for people as far as 10 miles away. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a …

February 17, 2026Severe Drought Prompts Burn Bans, Water Usage Restrictions in South Florida
South Florida water managers are sounding the alarm as the worst drought in a quarter-century has left parts of the state critically short of groundwater and reservoir supplies. “Without conservation, water supplies over the remainder of the dry seas …

February 17, 2026People Moves: Finys Names Theme as CCSO
Finys, aprovider of insurance software solutions for property and casualty carriers, announced that Emeka Iheme has joined the company as Chief Customer Success Officer (CCSO). Iheme brings more than 20 years of experience leading professional servic …

February 17, 2026Bayer to Make $10.5 Billion Push to Settle Roundup Cases
Bayer AG is preparing to announce a $10.5 billion settlement push to resolve current and future cancer lawsuits over its top-selling Roundup weedkiller, according to people familiar with the plan. The German conglomerate is set to propose a $7.5 bill …

February 17, 2026Tapco Underwriters MGA Rebrands as CRC Tapco
Tapco Underwriters, a North Carolina-based managing general agent, has new livery and a new name, 17 years after it was acquired by CRC Insurance Services. The MGA will now be known as CRC Tapco and will continue to focus on …

February 17, 20263 Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting at High School Hockey Arena in Rhode Island
Rhode Island officials said that three people, including the suspected gunman, are dead, and three others were injured in a shooting during a high school hockey game at a Pawtucket arena on Monday afternoon. Police said the shooting appears to …

February 17, 2026World’s Growing Civil Unrest Has an Insurance Sting
A category of insurance risk that hardly existed a little over a decade ago has morphed into a meaningful source of losses for the industry. Claims tied to SRCC — strikes, riots and civil commotion — are emerging as a …