Interior Department Proposes Amendments to O&G Licensing Rules
On March 5, 2026, the Dept. of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a…
Beazley profit falls in final results before Zurich takeover
Zurich’s $10.9 billion bet on specialty The results arrive against the backdrop of a blockbuster takeover agreed on March 2,…
Federal Healthcare Preview for the Week of March 9, 2026
Setting up the month ahead It will likely be a slow healthcare week in Washington, DC. The House is out…
Church Mutual wins appeal in $1.7 million replacement cost dispute
Later in December, the engineering firm delivered its estimate. It was higher than Church Mutual’s last figure but still well…
CIT Suspends Order Broadly Directing IEEPA Refunds
Key Takeaways The CIT has suspended its March 4 IEEPA refund order (as amended on March 5) to allow CBP…
New York bill would force insurers to reveal telematics pricing secrets
On fairness, the legislation is explicit. Insurers and vendors would be barred from discriminating on the basis of race, color,…
2026 ViVE Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Sheppard’s Digital Health & Innovation Team attended the 2026 ViVE Conference in Los Angeles where healthcare innovation was on full…
Court rules USAA on the hook for PIP as Esurance runs dry
Tanner’s car was insured through Esurance Property and Casualty Insurance Company, with a $250,000 limit on personal protection insurance, or…
Shifting to CalPrivacy Structural Compliance and Auditing
Privacy compliance has entered a new phase—one defined not only by high-profile enforcement actions but by the growing expectation that…
Major event response activated as Middle East crisis rattles insurers
Marine insurers are nonetheless canceling some war-risk policies, with rates in affected areas potentially rising as much as 50%. Mahesh…
Shanghai Huangpu Court Holds AI Prompts Not Copyrightable
In recent decision (2025) 沪0101 民初14775 号, the Shanghai Huangpu District People’s Court held that prompts fed into a generative…
Carriers stuck in ‘pilot purgatory’ as AI fails to graduate – Sedgwick
Trust, oversight, and regulation Sedgwick stressed that AI should sharpen human expertise in property claims rather than replace it, especially…