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CrowdStrike Defeats Shareholder Lawsuit Over Huge Software Outage
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by CrowdStrike shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing its inadequate software testing and quality assurance procedures, before a July 2024 outage crashed more than 8 million Microsoft Windows-based computers worldwide. …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 4:09 PM |
FBI Says Arson Suspect Targeted Mississippi Synagogue That Was Bombed in 1967
A suspect in an arson fire at a synagogue that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan decades ago admitted to targeting the historic institution because it’s a Jewish house of worship and confessed what he had done to his …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:33 PM |
Baldwin Group Acquires Illinois’ Obie
Florida-based global insurance broker The Baldwin Group announced it has completed the acquisition of Creisoft, Inc. and its subsidiaries, collectively known as Obie, a Chicago-based embedded insurance distribution business specializing in insurance solutions for landlords and real estate investors. Obie …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:31 PM |
Business Moves: ALKEME Expands in US With Addition of 5 Agencies
Brokerage ALKEME Insurance said it has acquired five agencies over the last quarter to enhance its property/casualty offerings while expanding its employee benefits capabilities across the United States. “With strong property and casualty capabilities in Indiana, New Jersey, California and …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:30 PM |
People Moves: Roggenbaum Named Amerisure Vice President of Strategic Growth
Amerisure, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, named Doug Roggenbaum vice president of strategic growth. Roggenbaum brings nearly four decades of experience with Amerisure, having joined the organization in 1987. He was named regional vice president in 2003 and most recently …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:26 PM |
Kansas Man Sentenced to Probation for Insurance and Identity Fraud
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Sedgwick county man has been sentenced to 24 months of probation for insurance and identity fraud. Marquez Gails, age 43, pleaded guilty on January 9, 2026, in Sedgwick County District Court to one …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:16 PM |
Deadly Fire at Assisted Living Facility Prompts Massachusetts Safety Reforms
Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increased inspections and better access to records following a fire last year that killed 10 residents, the governor announced Monday. The recommendations, detailed in a report from …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:11 PM |
Texts Show Texas Officials’ Confusion About Campers’ Fate Amid Flood
The first 911 call from the historic Camp Mystic on the Guadalupe River came in at 3:57 a.m., when a caller told the dispatcher she was stranded on a hill and cabins around her were filling with water. Around the …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:07 PM |
Main Break Leaves Many El Paso, Texas Residents Without Water
More than 100,000 residents in the Texas border city of El Paso were left with little to no water after a main break over the weekend, and it was expected to take till midweek for operations to return to normal, …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 3:00 PM |
People Moves: AXA XL Reinsurance Promotes Longbottom and Pedro; Matthias Appointed Global Head of Zurich Resilience Solutions, Succeeding De Nil
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Zurich Insurance Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Promotes Longbottom and Pedro AXA XL Reinsurance announced it has promoted Julian Longbottom …
POSTED JANUARY 14, 2026 2:30 PM |
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