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Chicago/Leipzig – September 11, 2026 -- CME Group has agreed to take over the European Energy Exchange's dairy derivatives business, marking its first entry into the European dairy market and adding to a U.S. dairy franchise where volumes have risen 73% over five years.

EEX will phase out its dairy indices by the end of 2027

Under the agreement, EEX intends to transition the suite of indices underpinning its existing dairy futures contracts to CME Group before the end of 2027, including the European butter and skimmed milk powder indices. CME Group plans to launch its own European dairy indices, futures and options following the transition. EEX said dairy futures trading will remain available for existing listed maturities during the transition, with no immediate changes to the setup of the pan-European butter and WECI indices.

Föhren – September 11, 2026 -- Machinery, tools, cabling and building materials worth millions of euros disappear from German construction sites every year, with unsecured storage areas, containers and sites staffed by rotating crews among the most frequent targets.

Stolen equipment triggers costs that exceed the theft itself

"A stolen excavator costs money, but a halted construction project often costs many times more. That is exactly what many companies underestimate," said Carsten Simons, managing director of LivEye GmbH. Missing machinery halts planned work, while stolen cabling or components force crews to redo completed tasks, pushing back subsequent trades and delivery deadlines.

Chicago – September 09, 2026 -- CME Group's FX futures and options open interest climbed to a record 4,410,167 contracts on September 4, 2026, eclipsing the prior high of 4,269,622 contracts set on June 11, 2026.

Large open interest holders reach all-time high of 1,446

The number of large open interest holders in FX futures hit an all-time high of 1,446, according to the CFTC's Commitment of Traders report dated August 25, 2026.

Asset managers surpass $200 billion in FX futures notional exposure

Asset managers exceeded $200 billion in FX futures notional open interest for the first time, marking a new threshold for buy-side participation in the market.

Tallahassee, Fla. – September 08, 2026 -- Kin Insurance has signed a multi-year deal to place its logo on jerseys across 18 Florida State University varsity sports programs, marking the first jersey patch sponsorship in FSU Athletics history.

Patch debuts September 7 against SMU before expanding league-wide

The Kin logo appears first on FSU football uniforms during the September 7 matchup against SMU, then extends across 17 additional programs including women's basketball, baseball, softball, women's soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, swimming and diving, cross country, track and field, beach volleyball, golf and tennis. The agreement runs four years, starting with the 2026-27 season.

Richmond, Va. – September 08, 2026 -- Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL), has entered a strategic collaboration with Midwest General Insurance Agency, LLC, an Acrisure subsidiary, to expand workers compensation insurance offerings in California.

Markel Targets California Small Business Workers Comp Growth

Midwest, a full-service managing general agency (MGA) with more than 20 years of experience in California workers compensation, specializes in the small workers compensation sector and provides online quoting for agency partners. The agency has built turnkey capabilities spanning marketing, underwriting, policy issuance, claims, and loss control.

Hamburg – September 08, 2026 -- Germany recorded 33 large corporate insolvencies among companies with annual revenue above €50 million in the first half of 2026, a 10% increase over the same period last year, according to credit insurer Allianz Trade. The figure extends a record run that saw 94 large insolvencies in Germany in 2025, itself up 8% from 87 cases in 2024 and the highest total since Allianz Trade began tracking large-scale corporate failures in 2015.

Rochester – September 08, 2026 -- Rochester businesses handling high-value inventory, large cash volumes, or overnight operations are increasingly evaluating armed security as a distinct risk-management tool rather than a default service, according to insights from Corey Wild, Security Expert at Armor Security and Protection Inc., published in a HelloNation feature.

High-value inventory drives armed security demand at jewelry stores and distribution centers

Wild notes that jewelry stores, electronics suppliers, pharmaceutical facilities, and distribution centers face elevated theft risk because they hold merchandise with quick resale value. A visible, trained armed presence at these sites is positioned as a deterrent during peak seasons and late operating hours.

Frankfurt am Main – September 07, 2026 -- Germany is the only major European banking market where non-performing loans (NPLs) are rising again, with the stock of bad debt at German banks climbing 87% between 2019 and 2025, according to a new BearingPoint study covering 216 European banks over a 13-year period.

The increase runs counter to the broader European trend: most markets across the continent continued to reduce problem loans over the same period, even as the sector-wide average NPL ratio fell to 1.9%.

San Francisco – September 07, 2026 -- empirik.ai emerged from stealth with $21 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, S32, Canapi Ventures and Alumni Ventures, launching what it calls the industry's first AI agent for infrastructure change.

Funding backs an AI agent built to close the gap between fast code and slow infrastructure review

The capital will expand empirik.ai's Autonomous Infrastructure Engineer, a system designed to let enterprises understand engineering intent, compute infrastructure impact deterministically, and execute complex changes without manual change-review bottlenecks. The company argues that as AI coding agents accelerate software production, infrastructure governance has remained manual and reactive, reliant on human-speed review boards and ticket queues, creating operational risk of severe production failures.

Novato, Calif. – September 05, 2026 -- Sentric Specialty has entered an exclusive strategic relationship with Neumann Advisory Services, LLC (NAS) to pair specialty insurance coverage with hands-on product safety consulting for food and beverage manufacturers.

Sentric policyholders gain exclusive access to NAS's regulatory and recall expertise

Under the arrangement, eligible Sentric Specialty policyholders will receive direct access to NAS's advisory services covering product safety, regulatory compliance, food safety, recall preparedness, crisis management and enterprise risk reduction. The relationship is structured to support clients both before and after a product safety incident, rather than only after a claim is filed.