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December 5, 2025California Resources Reports Oil Fluid Spill in Monterey County
A pipeline owned by California Resources Corporation subsidiary Aera Energy spilled 96 barrels of produced fluid — a mixture of oil and water — early Friday morning at an oil field in Monterey County in California’s Central Coast. The spill …

December 5, 2025South Dakota Legislators Plan Bills to Help Residents in Fight Over Limestone Mine
Three lawmakers who represent Piedmont, South Dakota, hope to change weak state mining laws that allowed a proposed limestone mine to be sited without notification or input by any local officials or residents. The plan by Simon Contractors to begin … …

December 5, 2025People Moves: RiverStone International Appoints Pritchard as UK CEO
RiverStone International Appoints Pritchard as UK CEO RiverStone International Holdings, the legacy acquisition company, announced the appointment of Charlotte Pritchard as UK CEO, effective January 5, subject to regulatory approval. Pritchard succee …

December 5, 2025Acrisure CEO Greg Williams Makes $400M Commitment to Michigan State University
Acrisure co-founder CEO Greg Williams is giving back to his alma mater in a major way. Michigan State University announced Williams and his wife are committing $401 million to the university, with most of the donation going towards the school’s …

December 5, 2025Business Moves: MGA Nirvana Buys Arena From Ryan Specialty; Ryan Acquires Canada MGU SSRU; Bridgehaven Buys SureStone; Gallagher Re to Buy S. Africa’s Resilea
Specialty MGA Nirvana Acquires Arena From Ryan Specialty Specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nirvana announced the acquisition of Arena NV from Ryan Specialty. Financial terms of the deal, which was announced today, were not disclosed. Arena is a …

December 5, 2025Longtime WTW Cyber Risk Leader Heads to Marsh
Marsh this week announced it has hired Tom Srail its cyber analytics and digital infrastructure leader for the U.S. and Canada. Srail had spend the last 21 years with WTW, mostly recently as executive vice president of its global cyber …

December 5, 2025PE Firms EQT, PAI Among Bidders for €2 Billion Insurance Broker Global
Private equity firms EQT AB, PAI Partners and Stone Point have been shortlisted in the bidding for German insurance brokerage Global Group, people familiar with the matter said. Global Group, which is backed by buyout firm Castik Capital, could fetch …

December 5, 2025Agency Probes Reports Waymo Self-Driving Cars Illegally Passed School Buses in Texas
A U.S. agency said on Thursday it has asked Waymo to answer more questions after Texas officials said the Alphabet GOOGL.O unit’s self-driving vehicles had illegally passed school buses 19 times in recorded incidents since the start of the school … …

December 5, 2025New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for ‘Illegal’ Copying of Content
The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, claiming that the artificial intelligence startup was copying, distributing and displaying millions of its articles without permission. The startup has become a target of multiple le …

December 5, 2025AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Nazareth Mutual
AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb+” (Good) of Nazareth Mutual Insurance Co., based …