Most Founders Leave 6 Figures on the Table When They Sell. Here’s Why.
Entrepreneur
Below the $8 million mark, no banker is in the room telling you what your business is actually worth — but the levers that decide it are knowable, and most of them can be pulled years before a buyer ever calls. more…
404 Media Scores Leaked Document Detailing The Dozens Of Surveillance Tools ICE Has Access To
Techdirt
The always-invaluable 404 Media has scored another minor coup. We all know ICE is heavily invested in surveillance tech, ranging from its purchases of cell location data from data brokers to throwing money at Clearview AI, the most notorious of facial recogni… more…
Freight Hero raises $5 million for broker back offices
Yahoo Entertainment
Field Ventures led the seed round. Freight Hero charges brokers a flat fee per load and says AI agents handle more than 90% of customer load touches, with hu... more…
Broker Liability: $604M Judgment Signals New Era of Risk in Trucking
Yahoo Entertainment
SummaryView Transcript The trucking industry is bracing for a wave of “nuclear judgments” following a massive $604 million verdict against an operating trans... more…
Brown & Brown Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
MarketBeat
Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) reported second-quarter revenue of $1.7 billion, up 30.4% from a year earlier, as acquisition activity and higher contingent commiss... more…
Willis Towers Watson Public Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
MarketBeat
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) reported second-quarter 2026 organic revenue growth of 5%, adjusted operating margin expansion of 100 basis points a... more…
More 9/11 families urge defiant Mamdani to stay home for 25th memorial ceremony: Here are their stories
New York Post
Tens of thousands of people have signed a Change.org petition urging Mayor Zohran Mamdani to sit out this year's 9/11 memorial ceremony at Ground Zero, including family members of those slain in New York City's day of infamy. more…
'Ghost brokers': Warning over scam car insurance ads
RTE
Gardaí, insurance companies and the consumer watchdog have warned the public about the risks of buying car insurance through social media. more…
Climate Change Weekly # 586— Wind Trash Is a Problem on and Offshore
Wattsupwiththat.com
Waste, a problem endemic to industrial wind and solar facilities, is piling up or being scattered all over. In this essay I will leave aside discussions of the waste created in the mining, refining, manufacturing, and construction processes in the production … more…
C.H. Robinson Faces $604 Million Verdict: What Vicarious Liability and Negligent Hiring Mean for Brokers After Montgomery and Home Depot
Yahoo Entertainment
(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) A Dallas County jury... more…
CBIZ to Be Spun Off, Backed by Private Equity, After $5B Grant Thornton Deal
Insurance Journal
Grant Thornton’s US arm has agreed to buy rival CBIZ Inc. in a deal that could reach $5 billion, making it one of the largest professional services acquisitions in recent years. After the deal closes in the fourth quarter this … more…
You don’t need to be an expert to hire one. You need a tunaman
Fortune
What remodeling my house taught me about trusting a stranger with your money. more…
Treasury Disrupts Iranian Regime's Strait of Hormuz Extortion Network
Globalsecurity.org
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking further action against the Iranian regime's desperate efforts to monetize the Strait of Hormuz and prop up the nation's failing economy. OFAC is designating two fir… more…
Weekend reading: Buckle up for self-driving portfolios
Monevator.com
I(SA) robot, plus the week's best money and investing reads…
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Hardship threatens personal pension plan, 92% of accounts dormant
Vanguard
Many traders and artisans also expressed ignorance of the scheme or how it works, even as the National Pension Commission, PenCom, pledged to expand awareness
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NAICOM, NIA back Lagos Building Insurance Scheme
The Punch
NAICOM and NIA endorse the new Lagos Building Insurance Scheme, providing regulatory support and emphasizing its role in protecting lives and property agai
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TrxNow Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Auto Help Line, Launching Tiered Roadside and Protection Packages for Independent Insurance Agencies and Brokers
PRNewswire
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TrxNow is proud to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Auto Help Line of America (AHL). To mark five decades of dependable service, we are rolling out an updated suite of comprehensive protection packages speci… more…
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Announces Regular Third Quarter Dividend
PRNewswire
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of seventy cents ($0.70) per share on the Common Stock of the Company, payable on September 18, 2026 to Stockholders of… more…
Cinven and La Caisse to jointly acquire leading specialty MGA platform, Optio
PRNewswire
MONTRÉAL and LONDON, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- International private equity firm, Cinven, together with global investment group, La Caisse (formerly CDPQ), today announce that they have reached an agreement to acquire Optio Group ('Optio' or 'the Company'… more…
Lemonade Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
PRNewswire
Company Also Announces CFO Transition Plan; Tim Bixby, CFO, to Join Lemonade Board of Directors at Year End; Nick Stead, SVP Finance, to be Appointed Chief Financial Officer NEW YORK, July 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lemonade, Inc. (NYSE: LMND) today reported it… more…
EnerCom Announces SM Energy as a Keynote Speaker at the 31st EnerCom Denver - The Energy Investment Conference, on August 19, 2026, in Denver, Colorado
PRNewswire
Investors are encouraged to register for EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference, featuring a broad group of public and private energy companies Sponsorship opportunities are available for companies seeking to increase their market presence DENVER, … more…
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
PRNewswire
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. Management will host a webcast conference call to discuss these results on Thursday, July 30, … more…
SBI Life Insurance registers New Business Premium of ₹8,908 crores for the period ended on 30th June, 2026
BusinessLine
SBI Life Insurance registers New Business Premium of ₹8,908 crores for the period ended on 30th June, 2026 more…
Broker earnings stay under pressure in Q1 as derivatives trading slows
The Times of India
Most listed brokers saw earnings pressure in the June quarter. Trading activity in equity derivatives slowed, and gold and silver rallies reversed. Motilal Oswal Financial Services revenue surged eighty-eight percent during this period. Angel One and Anand Ra… more…
There Is No Oil Price
Substack.com
The Oil Primer, Midstream. Everything between the wellhead and the engine, who owns it, and where the war's money really landed. more…
Verisk Acquires McKenzie Intelligence Services to Enhance Catastrophic Event Preparation and Response
GlobeNewswire
Acquisition brings real-time geospatial and event response intelligence into the heart of the global (re)insurance workflow Acquisition brings real-time geospatial and event response intelligence into the heart of the global (re)insurance workflow more…
Integra Insurance Solutions and Congregational Insurance Solutions Select Hadron as UK Underwriting Partner
GlobeNewswire
Hadron partners with Integra and Congregational on a 4-year, £500M UK capacity deal spanning home and church insurance programs.... more…
US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Firms Taking Bitcoin for Hormuz Passage
Decrypt
OFAC sanctioned two Iranian firms including Hormuz Safe, which “accepts payment in Bitcoin and other digital assets.” more…
VALUE LINE, INC. ANNOUNCES HIGHER FISCAL YEAR 2026 EARNINGS
GlobeNewswire
NEW YORK, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Value Line, Inc., (NASDAQ: VALU) reported results for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026. During the... more…
Alerus Financial Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2026 Net Income of $20.9 Million
GlobeNewswire
MINNEAPOLIS, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alerus Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: ALRS), or the Company, reported net income of $20.9 million for the second quarter of 2026, or $0.81 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $23.0 million, or $0.… more…
LPL Financial Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results
GlobeNewswire
Key Financial Results Net income was $379 million, translating to diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of $4.74, up 39% from a year ago Adjusted EPS*... more…
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation Reports Second Quarter Financial Results
GlobeNewswire
BEDMINSTER, N.J., July 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) (the "Company") announces its second quarter 2026 financial results. more…
Shell Plc 2nd and half year Quarter 2026 Unaudited Results
GlobeNewswire
SHELL PLC2nd QUARTER 2026 AND HALF YEAR UNAUDITED RESULTS SUMMARY OF UNAUDITED RESULTSQuarters$ million Half... more…
Swiggy trims losses; IT’s comeback rally
The Times of India
Swiggy delivered improved Q1 earnings with a narrower loss and higher revenue. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5. more…
Freight Hero Lands $5M to Prove Freight Brokerage Needs Fewer Tools, More Outcomes
PRNewswire
Betting on AI services over software, Freight Hero executes brokers' back-office work with AI Agents, backed by human Heroes DURHAM, N.C., July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Freight Hero, an AI company that fully manages freight brokers' back-office operations, ha… more…
The Momentum Crash: Is It Over?
Realinvestmentadvice.com
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People
Insurance Journal
National Corporate & Specialty insurer HDI Global (HDI), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Amy Shinkman as credit and political risk lead at HDI Global US. Based in Washington, D.C., Shrinkman has over 25 years of experience in global credit and … more…
StatCan: Economy grew 0.3% in May
BNNBloomberg.ca
Statistics Canada says the economy expanded 0.3 per cent in May, topping the agency’s initial expectations for real gross domestic product growth in the month. more…
Juniper Research Group — Legislative Bulletin: H.R. 3962, Speaker Pelosi’s Government Takeover of Health Care
Juniperresearchgroup.com
On October 29, 2009, Speaker Pelosi and the House Democrat leadership introduced H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The legislation combines provisions in earlier versions approved by the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Comme… more…
DPDP + ABDM health AI assistant: India 2026 guide
Ecorpit.com
ChatGPT Health connects US medical records but skips India. A build guide for a health-records AI assistant that meets DPDP Act 2023 rules and plugs into ABDM's 93.95 crore ABHA network. more…