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UnitedHealthcare Champions Industry Effort to Standardize Prior Authorization Requirements
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 25 -- UnitedHealth Group issued the following news release on April 24, 2026 :
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UnitedHealthcare Champions Industry Effort to Standardize Prior Authorization Requirements
Company expects more than 70% of prior authorization volume to be part of new standardized submission process by year end
Latest in continuing series of company actions to simplify and ease administrative requirements
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UnitedHealthcare today announced more than half of its prior authorization volume will be included in an industrywide effort to standardize submission requirements for electronic
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 25 -- UnitedHealth Group issued the following news release on April 24, 2026 :
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UnitedHealthcare Champions Industry Effort to Standardize Prior Authorization Requirements
Company expects more than 70% of prior authorization volume to be part of new standardized submission process by year end
Latest in continuing series of company actions to simplify and ease administrative requirements
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UnitedHealthcare today announced more than half of its prior authorization volume will be included in an industrywide effort to standardize submission requirements for electronicprior authorization, and that number will advance to more than 70% by the end of 2026. This step is the next phase of the company's ongoing efforts to modernize and simplify prior authorization for care providers and help patients more easily and quickly access safe, high quality, evidence based care, all while preserving important clinical safeguards.
This new UnitedHealthcare initiative reflects growing industry alignment around a standardized approach to electronic prior authorization submissions, shaped in large part by UnitedHealthcare's partnership and leadership with fellow health plans. The new standardized documentation process will apply across UnitedHealthcare's commercial, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid offerings. The company will be working aggressively to add more services, as well as further reduce prior authorization requirements and volumes over the next several months.
"Today's announcement is another step in our work to modernize health care, making prior authorization quicker, simpler and more efficient," said Tim Noel, CEO, UnitedHealthcare. "These changes help care providers and patients save time and money and set the stage for a more seamless electronic experience, and our work will continue as we pursue a modern, touchless authorization process."
Prior authorization is an important tool that helps ensure health care services and procedures are safe and based on sound clinical evidence. It can also help protect members from paying out-of-pocket for care they don't need.
UnitedHealthcare aims to improve prior authorization predictability, reduce rework and decrease the number of requests for additional information by standardizing and defining the information health plans require to support prior authorizations. These advances will not impact clinical policies or coverage determinations.
This effort advances the prior authorization commitments announced by the health plan industry in June 2025 and reflects UnitedHealthcare's longstanding leadership in modernizing and simplifying prior authorization, including:
* Reducing the number of services that require prior authorization;
* Expanding the first of its kind national Gold Card program ;
* Advancing digital tools that enable electronic submission, real time status tracking and faster decisions; and
* Announcing targeted prior authorization improvements to better support rural care providers and patients.
Last month, UnitedHealthcare publicly reported prior authorization metrics and published additional context to help care providers, members and the public better understand how the process works. Together, these efforts demonstrate the company's continued focus on modernizing administrative processes, improving experiences and helping people get the care they need.
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About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making the health system work better for everyone by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with physicians, care professionals, hospitals and other care facilities. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company.
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Original text: https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/newsroom/2026/2026-04-24-uhc-champions-industry-effort-to-standardize-prior-authorization-requirements.html
[Category: BizHealth Care]
Troutman Pepper Locke Maintains Strong Top 15 Standing for Q1 US M&A Activity
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 25 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Troutman Pepper Locke Maintains Strong Top 15 Standing for Q1 US M&A Activity
NEW YORK - Troutman Pepper Locke kicked off 2026 with solid results in LSEG's Q1 global league table rankings, sustaining its position as a top 15 firm for U.S. mid-market and small-cap M&A and maintaining a top 25 ranking for U.S. deals completed and announced.
"Our consistent year-over-year rankings are a direct result of the long-term relationships we've built with our clients and our team's reliable judgment, strong execution,
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ATLANTA, Georgia, April 25 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news:
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Troutman Pepper Locke Maintains Strong Top 15 Standing for Q1 US M&A Activity
NEW YORK - Troutman Pepper Locke kicked off 2026 with solid results in LSEG's Q1 global league table rankings, sustaining its position as a top 15 firm for U.S. mid-market and small-cap M&A and maintaining a top 25 ranking for U.S. deals completed and announced.
"Our consistent year-over-year rankings are a direct result of the long-term relationships we've built with our clients and our team's reliable judgment, strong execution,and deep understanding of the deal landscape," said David Ghegan, leader of Troutman Pepper Locke's Corporate Practice Group. "We view this recognition as a validation of our results-oriented approach and the value we strive to deliver in every transaction."
LSEG | Global Mid-Market Legal Advisory Review | Q1 2026
U.S. Target Mid-Market
#15 ranked firm
LSEG | Global M&A Small-Cap Legal Advisory | Q1 2026
U.S. Target Small-Cap
#13 ranked firm
LSEG | Global Legal Advisory Review | Q1 2026
U.S. Target Completed AG2 - Based on Number of Deals
#21 ranked firm
U.S. Target Announced AE2 - Based on Number of Deals
#21 ranked firm
Consistently recognized as a top-tier practice, Troutman Pepper Locke's corporate attorneys regularly handle strategic deals for Fortune 100 corporations and middle market transactions for private equity clients. Core areas of service include mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, capital markets transactions, and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, as well as general corporate counseling.
Troutman Pepper Locke
Troutman Pepper Locke helps clients solve complex legal challenges and achieve their business goals in an ever-changing global economy. With more than 1,600 attorneys in 30+ offices, the firm serves clients in all major industry sectors, with particular depth in energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, insurance and reinsurance, private equity, and real estate. Learn more at troutman.com.
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Original text here: https://www.troutman.com/insights/troutman-pepper-locke-maintains-strong-top-15-standing-for-q1-us-ma-activity/
[Category: BizLaw/Legal]
The Fashion Law Again Names K&L Gates a "Top US Law Firm For Retail Companies"
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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The Fashion Law Again Names K&L Gates a "Top US Law Firm For Retail Companies"
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has been recognized as a 2026 "Top US Law Firm for Retail Companies" by The Fashion Law. The list recognizes US-based law firms working across fashion law, luxury goods, and the wider retail/consumer products sector. Firms were evaluated on the scale and scope of their work, the services they provide, the strength of their client rosters, and their involvement in the fashion law community.
In
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release:
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The Fashion Law Again Names K&L Gates a "Top US Law Firm For Retail Companies"
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has been recognized as a 2026 "Top US Law Firm for Retail Companies" by The Fashion Law. The list recognizes US-based law firms working across fashion law, luxury goods, and the wider retail/consumer products sector. Firms were evaluated on the scale and scope of their work, the services they provide, the strength of their client rosters, and their involvement in the fashion law community.
Ina profile, The Fashion Law editors write that K&L Gates "maintains a global Consumer Goods & Services practice that brings together attorneys across its international offices to advise fashion and luxury clients" and "offers multidisciplinary counsel spanning intellectual property, regulatory compliance, real estate, M&A, technology, data protection, and international trade."
According to the editors, K&L Gates' "large practice group, deep engagement in the fashion law community through industry events and programming, and broad full-service capabilities position it as a leading fashion law firm."
Michael Murphy, a leader of K&L Gates' global Consumer Goods and Services industry group, said: "We're proud to be recognized as a leading law firm in the consumer goods and services space. The honor reflects our team's deep industry knowledge and our commitment to helping clients navigate an increasingly complex and fast-moving consumer landscape."
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K&L Gates is a globally integrated law firm trusted by sophisticated clients to deliver market leading legal counsel across jurisdictions and industries. Operating as one firm worldwide, K&L Gates combines deep local insight with seamless global coordination to address clients' most complex legal and business challenges. Guided by a relentless focus on client service, the firm delivers practical, high impact solutions with consistency, efficiency, and a clear emphasis on results.
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Original text here: https://www.klgates.com/The-Fashion-Law-Again-Names-KL-Gates-a-Top-US-Law-Firm-For-Retail-Companies-4-24-2026
[Category: BizLaw/Legal]
Nationwide Children's Hospital Ranked Top Hospital in Ohio on Forbes List of "Best Employers for Company Culture"
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25 -- Nationwide Children's Hospital issued the following news release:
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Nationwide Children's Hospital Ranked Top Hospital in Ohio on Forbes List of "Best Employers for Company Culture"
Nationwide Children's Hospital has once again been named one of "America's Best Employers for Company Culture" by Forbes.
Named to the second-annual national list of 600 companies, Nationwide Children's is ranked as the No. 1 company in Central Ohio, No. 1 hospital in Ohio and among the top 5 health care systems in the United States. The Forbes "America's Best Employers for Company
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25 -- Nationwide Children's Hospital issued the following news release:
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Nationwide Children's Hospital Ranked Top Hospital in Ohio on Forbes List of "Best Employers for Company Culture"
Nationwide Children's Hospital has once again been named one of "America's Best Employers for Company Culture" by Forbes.
Named to the second-annual national list of 600 companies, Nationwide Children's is ranked as the No. 1 company in Central Ohio, No. 1 hospital in Ohio and among the top 5 health care systems in the United States. The Forbes "America's Best Employers for CompanyCulture" list highlights organizations with the strongest workplace cultures as rated directly by employees.
"This recognition is only possible because of our amazing team--nearly 18,000 strong," said Tim Robinson, chief executive officer of Nationwide Children's Hospital. "For decades, our hospital has intentionally created a 'One Team' culture of collaboration and trust. And every day, our team lives that culture. They have a remarkable shared commitment to children's health, and this dedication is improving lives in our region and far beyond."
Overall, Nationwide Children's ranked 14th among the top 600 companies. America's Best Employers for Company Culture were chosen based on survey responses from more than 217,000 employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people in the U.S.
The evaluation was based on survey responses from employees who were asked to appraise their company's culture, responding to a variety of questions including whether employees were treated with fairness and respect, if they were passionate about the organization's services or products and whether they felt empowered to take initiative and develop new ideas. Additionally, survey analysts conducted research on each organization to assess culture-related best practices, including leadership team composition.
The complete list can be viewed on the Forbes website (https://www.forbes.com/lists/employers-culture/).
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About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report's 2025-26 list of "Best Children's Hospitals," Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of America's largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children's to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children's has a staff of more than 17,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.9 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
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Original text here: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/newsroom/news-releases/2026/04/forbes_culture_2026
[Category: BizHealth Care]
Lockton Unveils New Look at Future Global Headquarters
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 25 -- Lockton, an insurance broker, issued the following news on April 24, 2026:
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Lockton Unveils New Look at Future Global Headquarters
Lockton, the world's largest privately held, independent insurance brokerage, today revealed new renderings and design details of its future global headquarters in Leawood, Kansas. One of the largest build-to-suit office developments to break ground in the Midwest in the past five years, the project reflects a long-term investment in Lockton's people, growth, and future.
Designed as a next generation workplace, the headquarters
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 25 -- Lockton, an insurance broker, issued the following news on April 24, 2026:
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Lockton Unveils New Look at Future Global Headquarters
Lockton, the world's largest privately held, independent insurance brokerage, today revealed new renderings and design details of its future global headquarters in Leawood, Kansas. One of the largest build-to-suit office developments to break ground in the Midwest in the past five years, the project reflects a long-term investment in Lockton's people, growth, and future.
Designed as a next generation workplace, the headquartersreflects Lockton's confidence in its people, growth, and the enduring value of bringing teams together in person. The project will support collaboration, strengthen culture, and create meaningful space for Associates, clients, and partners as the firm continues to expand globally.
The Lockton headquarters will serve as the cornerstone of a premier mixed-use development encompassing over 30 acres, spearheaded by VanTrust Real Estate. This project will offer restaurants, a luxury hotel, retail space, childcare facilities, outdoor amenities, multifamily housing, and additional office accommodations. Ample parking will be provided, and a walkable environment will seamlessly integrate the workplace with the surrounding community.
Rooted in the Kansas City region, the headquarters draws directly from its surroundings, employing regional materials and thoughtful details that reflect the area's landscape and character.
A Modern Headquarters with Deep Local Roots
Locally-sourced limestone will feature prominently throughout the site, grounding Lockton's headquarters and the building itself in the company's Midwest heritage. Indoor and outdoor amenity spaces will be practical, welcoming, and flexible, supporting both day-to-day work and connection across teams.
The design is iconic and modern, with clean lines, warm materials, and human-scaled spaces, a nod to the era in which Lockton was founded 60 years ago. The result is a headquarters that feels timeless rather than trendy, honoring the firm's history while supporting its future.
"This headquarters is more than a new address. It's a future-focused destination designed to elevate how we serve clients and how we support our people," said Ron Lockton, Chairman and CEO of Lockton. "The design supports our growth, strengthens our culture, and gives us the environment to innovate and attract top talent for years to come."
A New Anchor for Leawood
The twelve-story tower will anchor the new development at State Line Road and College Boulevard, adjacent to the natural setting of Leawood City Park. At approximately 450,000 square feet, the building will serve as the centerpiece of the 34-acre project.
A second phase is planned for an additional office building of approximately 225,000 square feet.
Designed to Connect People and Place
A series of cascading limestone terraces steps naturally down the topography of the site, creating outdoor gathering spaces and an intimate setting for Lockton's retreat building--a smaller, separate structure integrated into the hillside. Direct links to Leawood City Park and nearby trails, along with a small on site park, further connect the headquarters to the community.
At the building entry, a deep bronze canopy leads into a light-filled lobby that opens directly to surrounding green space, reinforcing a sense of openness and community from the moment visitors arrive.
The tower will feature high-performance glass and warm, metal accents inspired by the colors of the Kansas prairie and sky, allowing the building's appearance to shift subtly throughout the day.
Looking Ahead
The headquarters project, first announced in December 2025, is scheduled to break ground this summer. Lockton expects to relocate to the new building in early 2030.
To read Lockton's original announcement about the development of our new world-class global headquarters, click here (https://global.lockton.com/us/en/news-insights/lockton-unveils-vision-for-world-class-global-headquarters-in-leawood).
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Original text here: https://global.lockton.com/us/en/news-insights/lockton-unveils-new-look-at-future-global-headquarters
[Category: BizInsurance]
Informa TechTarget to Present Customer Success Stories and AI Buyer Journey Solutions At Forrester's B2B Summit North America
NEWTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- TechTarget, a provider of data-driven marketing services to business-to-business technology vendors, issued the following news release on April 23, 2026:
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Informa TechTarget to Present Customer Success Stories and AI Buyer Journey Solutions At Forrester's B2B Summit North America 2026
B2B technology leaders Iron Mountain and Tanium to showcase powerful GTM transformations supported by partnership with Informa TechTarget
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Informa TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT), an indispensable partner for GTM success in the B2B Technology sector, today announced its plans
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NEWTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- TechTarget, a provider of data-driven marketing services to business-to-business technology vendors, issued the following news release on April 23, 2026:
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Informa TechTarget to Present Customer Success Stories and AI Buyer Journey Solutions At Forrester's B2B Summit North America 2026
B2B technology leaders Iron Mountain and Tanium to showcase powerful GTM transformations supported by partnership with Informa TechTarget
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Informa TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT), an indispensable partner for GTM success in the B2B Technology sector, today announced its plansfor this year's Forrester B2B Summit North America, which will take place April 26-29 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. As a Platinum sponsor of the summit, Informa TechTarget will have a significant presence throughout the event, showcasing its expertise in driving go-to-market (GTM) success for B2B marketers and solution sellers, as they address common challenges including the need for tighter marketing-sales alignment, expanding campaigns to engage new customer profiles and buying groups, and the increasingly self-directed, AI-guided buyer's journey.
"B2B Marketing is at an inflection point. As a B2B tech marketer for 20 years, I can confidently say there has never been a more important time for marketers to connect brand, content, intent, and demand across the entire go-to-market lifecycle, from product strategy to marketing to sales," said Staci M. Gullotta, Chief Marketing Officer of Informa TechTarget, who will speak at the event. "That's why I'm so excited to represent Informa TechTarget at this year's GTM-focused Forrester B2B Summit. With our unique combination of market intelligence, proprietary audiences, exclusive intent data, and brand-to-demand marketing solutions, Informa TechTarget is truly made for this moment. We partner with our customers to support them at any point of their GTM journey, leading with data-driven insights to improve strategies, bolster brand trust and authority, drive targeted engagement, and maximize pipeline and revenue."
Informa TechTarget's presence at Forrester's B2B Summit North America 2026 will include informative sessions with actionable takeaways, offsite events and activations with partners, and a booth in the B2B Summit Marketplace.
Informa TechTarget's B2B Summit Sessions
* If AI Picks the Winners, How Do You Get Chosen? (Monday, April 27, 2:50-3:00 PM): As AI search increases among buyers, companies need to understand--and account for--how their brands and content are being perceived by LLMs and AI answer engines. In this Spotlight Session, Informa TechTarget's Travis Gonzalez will outline transformative strategies and solutions to align B2B content with AI systems and ensure brand discoverability, authority and trust in the zero-click buyer journey.
* Transforming Cybersecurity Marketing, with Tanium (Monday, April 27, 4:30-5:00 PM): In conversation with Informa TechTarget's Annie Matthews, Katrina Ross, senior integrated marketing director at cybersecurity leader Tanium, will outline how Tanium better aligned its internal teams to enhance marketing results, and used precision data and integrated marketing tactics to drive meaningful revenue pipeline growth.
* From Records to Revenue, with Iron Mountain (Tuesday, April 28, 12:15-12:45 PM): In this session, Gullotta will interview Mark Wiragh, North American enterprise marketing director, about the company's GTM transformation story. He'll discuss how Iron Mountain, a longtime leader in physical records management, has evolved and expanded its GTM strategy to include new customers in the digital records marketplace.
Networking and Engagement Opportunities
* Your Indispensable Partner for B2B Go-to-Market Success (Marketplace Booth #300, April 26-29): Attendees are invited to learn about Informa TechTarget's comprehensive range of solutions and services spanning the full GTM journey, including: AI brand and content strategy, world-class Demand & ABM, trusted B2B tech and vertical audience brands, industry-leading proprietary buyer intent data, and the company's award-winning, full-scope content creation studio. To learn more or to schedule a time to engage with Informa TechTarget directly at Forrester B2B Summit, click here (https://events.informatechtarget.com/informatechtargetatforrester/).
* Explore the Cosmos: Party at the Planetarium with Informa TechTarget and NetLine (Monday, April 27, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM): Summit attendees are invited to the nearby Arizona Science Center to shift their perspectives with an immersive planetarium experience featuring hands-on activations, live illusions, and opportunities to connect with other attendees.
* Demandbase BaseLounge @ Blanco Cocina + Cantina: Informa TechTarget will once again be partnering with Demandbase at B2B Summit as a sponsor of BaseLounge, where we will be meeting with mutual customers for strategic, focused conversations on how to generate more pipeline and revenue from your GTM investments with Demandbase + Informa TechTarget. To learn more about this strategic partnership, visit here (https://www.informatechtarget.com/demandbase/).
"Forrester's B2B Summit North America is the premier event for B2B strategy, marketing, and sales leaders, and we're excited to have a prominent presence at this year's event," said Steve Niemiec, Chief Revenue Officer of Informa TechTarget. "This event is a unique opportunity to showcase the incredible work of our customer partners, Iron Mountain and Tanium, and to demonstrate how Informa TechTarget is helping businesses navigate the complexities of AI-driven buyer journeys. We look forward to sharing the stage with these industry leaders and engaging with attendees throughout the summit."
For more information about Informa TechTarget--including its targeted network of B2B tech and industry media; comprehensive suite of brand, demand and content solutions; and unique proprietary buyer intent data.
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About Informa TechTarget
Informa TechTarget informs, influences and connects the world's technology buyers and sellers, helping accelerate growth from R&D to ROI. With a vast reach of over 220 highly targeted digital properties and over 50 million permissioned first-party audience members, Informa TechTarget has a unique understanding of and insight into the technology market. Underpinned by those audiences and their intent data, we offer expert-led, data-driven, and digitally enabled services that deliver significant impact and measurable outcomes to our clients.
Informa TechTarget is headquartered in Boston, MA and has offices in 19 global locations.
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Original text: https://www.informatechtarget.com/press-release/informa-techtarget-to-present-customer-success-stories-and-ai-buyer-journey-solutions-at-forresters-b2b-summit-north-america-2026/
[Category: BizComputer Technology]
Incident Volume Falls as Organized Crime Reshapes Cargo Theft Landscape Through Impersonation and Targeted Commodity Selection
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 25 -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news:
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Incident Volume Falls as Organized Crime Reshapes Cargo Theft Landscape Through Impersonation and Targeted Commodity Selection
Verisk CargoNet, a Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) business and leader in cargo theft prevention and recovery, recorded 767 supply chain crime events across the United States and Canada in the first quarter of 2026, a 5.3 percent decrease from Q1 2025 and a 12.2 percent decline from Q4 2025. Despite fewer incidents, estimated losses reached $131.58 million, essentially
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JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, April 25 -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news:
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Incident Volume Falls as Organized Crime Reshapes Cargo Theft Landscape Through Impersonation and Targeted Commodity Selection
Verisk CargoNet, a Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) business and leader in cargo theft prevention and recovery, recorded 767 supply chain crime events across the United States and Canada in the first quarter of 2026, a 5.3 percent decrease from Q1 2025 and a 12.2 percent decline from Q4 2025. Despite fewer incidents, estimated losses reached $131.58 million, essentiallyunchanged from Q1 2025, and confirmed cargo theft reports rose by 41 incidents to 596 of 767 total events.
Verisk CargoNet's Q1 analysis points to a clear pattern: reduced activity from domestic criminal organizations, particularly in Texas and the Southeast, paired with sustained or growing activity by organized crime groups with a nexus in California and the New York City metropolitan area. This shift is reflected not only in where cargo theft is occurring, but in what is being stolen and how.
A Geographic Shift Driven by Organized Crime
Among the top eight states for cargo theft, most saw year over year declines--with two notable exceptions. California increased from 255 to 277 incidents, and New Jersey surged from 27 to 59, a 119 percent jump that continues the trend identified in Verisk CargoNet's Q3 2025 analysis. Both states are primary operating environments for organized crime networks, offering dense logistics infrastructure and proximity to major consumer markets.
Meanwhile, Texas declined from 102 to 80 incidents, a 22 percent drop. The types of opportunistic theft historically common in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston logistics corridors appear to be giving way to more targeted operations elsewhere in the country.
What's Being Stolen
Personal care and beauty products saw the quarter's sharpest increase, jumping from 18 events in Q1 2025 to 50--a rise of 178 percent, driven by cosmetics and fragrances, predominantly in the Northeast. Within food and beverage, which remained the top category at 144 events, the composition shifted: beverage theft declined while seafood targeting climbed sharply. Building materials fell from 21 events to 8, a category historically dominated by domestic groups operating seasonally in North Texas.
Categories such as building materials, apparel, and vehicle-related shipments declined year-over-year - goods that are bulkier, less standardized or more difficult to resell at scale.
"The overall drop in incident volume is encouraging, but the underlying data tells a more complex story," said Keith Lewis, vice president of operations at Verisk CargoNet. "We're watching transnational organized crime groups become the dominant force in the cargo theft landscape, with a clear preference for goods that move easily through online resale channels. The geography is following the criminals."
The Impersonation Playbook
The most significant tactical development in Q1 2026 is the maturation of impersonation based theft into a systematic, scalable criminal methodology. Anti fraud solutions deployed across the industry have been effective and that success is now driving the next wave of innovation by criminal networks seeking to evade those controls.
To bypass anti fraud tools, criminal networks have largely settled on impersonating legitimate motor carriers and logistics brokers. They accomplish this through two primary methods. The first is credential harvesting: advanced phishing campaigns and remote access trojans are used to compromise business email accounts, internet based phone systems, and the industry applications that carriers and brokers use to find shipments and verify their identity. With these credentials in hand, a criminal network can operate as the legitimate carrier, accepting tenders, communicating with logistics brokers, and redirecting loads under a trusted and seemingly verified identity.
The second method is outright acquisition of motor carrier businesses. Criminal networks are purchasing legitimate carriers through social media, peer to peer marketplaces, and specialized brokerage services. Despite warnings from regulators, these sales remain frequent and largely unregulated. Verisk CargoNet warns existing motor carriers that selling an operating authority to a criminal network, knowingly or unknowingly, may expose owners to civil and criminal liability.
"The anti fraud tools the industry has deployed are working, they're forcing criminals to invest more in elaborate schemes," said Lewis. "But the shift toward credential theft and carrier impersonation means the industry needs to think beyond tender phase controls. We need robust identity verification throughout the lifecycle of a shipment, from booking to delivery."
Verisk CargoNet expects impersonation-based fraud and the exploitation of legitimate carrier identities to remain central to cargo theft activity in the coming quarters. As anti-fraud controls continue to improve at the point of tender, criminal networks are likely to expand their focus to vulnerabilities across the full shipment lifecycle.
Current patterns suggest that organized groups will continue prioritizing high-value, easily redistributed goods while concentrating on activity in major logistics hubs that support rapid movement and resale.
Methodology
All comparisons use Verisk CargoNet's delayed reporting adjustment: Q1 2026 data updated through April 14, 2026, compared with Q4 2025 data updated through January 14, 2026, and Q1 2025 data updated through April 14, 2025.
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About Verisk
Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) is a leading strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry. It empowers clients to strengthen operating efficiency, improve underwriting and claims outcomes, combat fraud and make informed decisions about global risks, including climate change, catastrophic events, sustainability and political issues. Through advanced data analytics, software, scientific research and deep industry knowledge, Verisk helps build global resilience for individuals, communities and businesses. With teams across more than 20 countries, Verisk consistently earns certification by Great Place to Work. For more, visit Verisk.com and the Verisk Newsroom.
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Original text here: https://www.verisk.com/company/newsroom/incident-volume-falls-as-organized-crime-reshapes-cargo-theft-landscape-through-impersonation-and-targeted-commodity-selection/
[Category: BizConsulting]
