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AI Is the Biggest Mover on Allianz Risk Barometer; Cyber Takes Top Spot for Fifth Year

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AI Is the Biggest Mover on Allianz Risk Barometer; Cyber Takes Top Spot for Fifth Yea...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

YuLife appoints Tal Gilbert as CEO

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Gilbert previously served as CEO of Vitality US.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Encova promotes Casey Jordan to EVP, CIO

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Jordan joined Encova in 2006.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Pie Insurance appoints Andrew Spencer VP of Insurance Product & Pricing

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Spencer brings more than 15 years of experience across small commercial and middle market insurance.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Skyward Group expands life sciences offering globally

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This initiative marks the first strategic collaboration between Skyward Specialty and Apollo since the acquisition closed earlier this month.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

SIAA partners with Progressive

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This collaboration expands access for SIAA member agencies to both personal and commercial lines solutions.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Great American Insurance Group partners with Faye

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Great American has selected Faye to support its entrance into the travel insurance market.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Aon expands Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program to $2.5 billion

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DCLP is a multi-line insurance solution designed to support data center projects from construction through ongoing operations.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Morgan Partners Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor to CalcFocus in their Investment from Pamlico...

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CalcFocus is a leading provider of cloud-native policy administration and illustration solutions to the individual and group life, health, and annuity insurance markets.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Circuit announces investment from Lloyd’s

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Circuit is a digital asset recovery startup.

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Verizon Users Report Service Outage Affecting Thousands

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Verizon Communications Inc. is suffering a widespread service outage, with thousands of users reporting lack of cell service on Wednesday afternoon. Verizon, the largest US wireless provider, said it was aware of the issue and trying to resolve the p...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Improved P&C insurance Q3‘25 underwriting results driven by US personal lines: AM Best

Reinsurance News

Despite a turbulent 2025 start, marked by devastating California wildfires and multiple severe convective storms, the US property & casualty (P&C) insurance industry successfully recovered through the third quarter, driven largely by susta...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

$17M Recovered in California’s Organized Retail Theft Crackdown Last Year

Carrier Management

$17M Recovered in California’s Organized Retail Theft Crackdown Last Year More than 270,000 stol...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

NY Governor Proposes Crackdown on Fraud to Reduce Auto Insurance Costs

Carrier Management

NY Governor Proposes Crackdown on Fraud to Reduce Auto Insurance Costs New York Governor Hochul's...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

WV Program That Helped Tackle Abandoned Buildings is Running Out of Money

Insurance Journal

From their home on Charleston’s, West Virginia’s West Side, Tina and Matt Glaspey watched the house on the corner of First Avenue and Fitzgerald Street go downhill fast. A family with a young daughter left because they didn’t feel s...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

OnRe & Rhodium Re in $150m partnership to expand ONyc underwriting distribution

Reinsurance News

Global property and specialty reinsurer tokenized with ONyc, OnRe, has collaborated with Dubai-based managing general agent, Rhodium Re, to combine its capital base with Rhodium’s underwriting presence, providing OnRe with direct access to u...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Global Parametrics brings parametric protection to rural women farmers across India

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Global Parametrics, part of the CelsiusPro Group, has partnered with Frontier Markets, a rural social commerce platform, to launch a gender-smart parametric insurance solution across India. This product has been specifically designed to protect sm...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

CrowdStrike Defeats Shareholder Lawsuit Over Huge Software Outage

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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 Mi...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Education Institutions Face Persistent Enrollment and Safety Pressures, New Risk Reports Show

Risk & Insurance

United Educators surveys reveal most pressing risks among K-12 and higher education sectors. The post Educa...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Wattanaumphaipong joins Great American Insurance’s Singapore branch

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Great American Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer, has announced the appointment of Nattakorn Wattanaumphaipong as Senior Director, Technical Underwriting for its Singapore Branch. In his new role, Wattanaumphaipong will oversee tech...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

PIC concludes £213m full buy-in for Siemens Healthineers UK benefit scheme

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Specialist insurer PIC has completed a £213 million full buy-in with the Trustees of The Siemens Healthineers Benefits Scheme in the United Kingdom, securing the benefits of 703 pensioners and 967 deferred members and dependants. Siemens Healthine...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

FBI Says Arson Suspect Targeted Mississippi Synagogue That Was Bombed in 1967

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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: Jan 14, 2026

Baldwin Group Acquires Illinois’ Obie

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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...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Business Moves: ALKEME Expands in US With Addition of 5 Agencies

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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 capab...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

People Moves: Roggenbaum Named Amerisure Vice President of Strategic Growth

Insurance Journal

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 p...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Allianz Re appoints Florian Steiner as Head of Capital and Legacy Solutions

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Allianz Reinsurance, part of global insurer Allianz, has appointed Florian Steiner as Head of Capital and Legacy Solutions. In his new role, Steiner will oversee capital management and legacy and run-off activities for Allianz Re across Property &...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Kansas Man Sentenced to Probation for Insurance and Identity Fraud

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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...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Hawaii Supreme Court Reinforces High Bar for Challenging Workers’ Comp Claims

Risk & Insurance

Ruling underscores that employers must present specific, well-founded evidence from qualified experts to rebut presumption of compensability. The post

Posted: Jan 14, 2026