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mea Platform secures $50m growth investment from SEP

Reinsurance News

mea Platform, an AI-driven insurance technology company, has announced a $50 million minority growth equity investment from SEP, a prominent investor in enterprise technology. Founded in 2021, mea focuses on applying artificial intelligence to the...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Jane Cheng named VP, Client Solutions, Protection at Pacific Life Re

Reinsurance News

Pacific Life Re, a provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, has appointed Jane Cheng as Vice President, Client Solutions, Protection. In this role, she will lead the Global Client Solutions team, encompassing Business Proposition, Global E...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Larger pension pots drive record 2025 for individual annuity premiums: ABI

Reinsurance News

Larger pension pots helped push total premiums paid into individual annuities up 4% to £7.4 billion in 2025, marking the highest annual level since pension freedoms were introduced in 2014, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). T...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

New Era of Agency Productivity

Insurance Journal

Wishing you a great start to 2026! We had a banner year for EZLynx, winning eight major technology awards and, most importantly, delivering major product changes that empower agencies and reclaim lost time. As we step into 2026, we’re building...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

AXA XL adds Thomas Saive as Head of Underwriting Motor, APAC & Europe

Reinsurance News

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, has appointed Thomas Saive as Head of Underwriting Motor, Asia Pacific (APAC) & Europe, effective March 1st, 2026. In his new role, Saive will oversee the motor insurance underwriting str...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Brown & Brown names Dorothea Henderson as Chief Information Technology Officer

Reinsurance News

Brown & Brown, Inc., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that Dorothea Henderson has been appointed as its Chief Information Technology Officer. In this role, she will direct the company’s enterprise technology strategy...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Colin Wildey promoted to Chief Risk Officer for Markel International

Reinsurance News

Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., has promoted Colin Wildey to Chief Risk Officer for Markel International, subject to regulatory approval. Wildey, who has served as Head of Risk at Markel International since 2022...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Catastrophe bonds continued shift into mainstream reinsurance at 1.1: Howden

Reinsurance News

Through 2025 and into the January 1, 2026 reinsurance renewals, catastrophe bonds firmly established themselves as a core component of clients’ risk management frameworks, according to Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA). HCMA noted that...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Canopius expands Natural Resources team with Nicholas Whettem & Namrata Soni

Reinsurance News

Canopius Group, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced the additions of Nicholas Whettem and Namrata Soni to its newly created Natural Resources team. The re/insurer recently restructured its underwriting capabilities with the fo...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Beacon Mutual CEO Spero to Retire in 2027; Vitale Named Successor

Insurance Journal

Rhode Island-based Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. reported that President and Chief Executive Officer Brian J. Spero will retire effective March 31, 2027, after more than 18 years of service to the company. Amy C. Vitale, Esq., executive vice president...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

UK Eyes Rapid Ban on Social Media for Under 16s, Curbs to AI Chatbots

Insurance Journal

Britain could bring in an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 as early as this year and close a loophole that left some AI chatbots outside safety rules, as part of government efforts to respond more quickly …

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Jury Finds Johnson & Johnson Liable for Cancer in Latest Talc Trial

Insurance Journal

A jury in Pennsylvania state court on Friday awarded $250,000 to the family of a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson alleging its talc-based baby powder was to blame for her ovarian cancer. The jury in the Philadelphia Court of …

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Preparing for an AI Native Future

Insurance Journal

Artificial intelligence is becoming a core competency for insurers that want to stay competitive in the face of geopolitical volatility, shifting claims patterns, persistent cost pressures and rising customer expectations. But to unlock AI’s fu...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

French Prosecutor Opens Probe Into Baby Milk Brands Over Contamination

Insurance Journal

The Paris public prosecutor has opened five investigations into baby milk brands distributed by Nestle, Lactalis, Danone, Babybio and La Marque en moins after contamination with toxin cereulide, it said on Friday [Feb. 13]. Cereulide, which can cause...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

São Paulo Battles Drought and Floods Together in Climate Paradox

Insurance Journal

São Paulo, one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas housing 21 million people, is living through its largest climate-induced stress test in more than a decade as deadly flash floods collide with a severe drought. Water in the region’...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Rampant AI Demand for Memory Is Fueling a Growing Chip Crisis

Insurance Journal

A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corporate plans and inflate price tags on …

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

UK Legal Funder Stung by Car Finance Saga Is Raising Cash Again

Insurance Journal

A UK litigation funder is seeking fresh capital less than six months after it liquidated a key fund, the latest twist for a firm that’s navigated a bumpy year. Katch Investment Group is raising new money for its open-ended Katch …

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

State Farm Adjuster’s Opinion Does Not Override Policy Exclusion in MS Sewage Backup

Insurance Journal

Insureds cannot rely on the word of an insurance adjuster—even one hired by the insurer—to show that a homeowners’ policy covers sewage backup, a federal appeals court said in a case that underscored the sanctity of policy exclusions but also &...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

OSHA Flags Safety Issues That ‘Exposed’ Workers to Explosion at US Steel Plant

Insurance Journal

A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead said it found a series of incomplete, outdated or inadequate procedures and practices that “exposed” employees to the e...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Catastrophe-Bond Risk Premia Drop to Rates Last Seen in 2022

Insurance Journal

Investors in catastrophe bonds are seeing a decline in risk premia to levels not seen since before Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, as a surge in fresh capital drives down potential returns. That’s according to an analysis by reinsurer &#8230...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

People Moves: Hub Names Hetrick VP, Private Client Risk Advisor; WSRB Chief Newman to Retire

Insurance Journal

HUB International Hires Hetrick as VP, Private Client Risk Advisor Hub International Limited named Brandon Hetrick vice president, private client risk advisor in Newport Beach, California. Hetrick has 25 years of insurance experience. Before joining...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

ALKEME Insurance Inks $27M Naming Rights Deal for Arizona Basketball Arena

Insurance Journal

ALKEME Insurance has signed a $27.7 million naming rights partnership with the Arizona Athletics and Arizona Sports Enterprises to rename the McKale Center at the McKale Center at ALKEME Arena. The parties are calling the 15-year agreement the larges...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

NYPD Official Charged With Taking Bribes From Firm Selling ‘Panic Button’ to Schools

Insurance Journal

A former high-ranking official in the New York Police Department has been charged with accepting $35,000 in cash, luxury travel perks and other bribes from a Florida businessman seeking to sell panic buttons to the city’s public schools and pol...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Talbot names Bickmore Head of Political Risk, Goodliffe Head of Public Agencies

Reinsurance News

Talbot Underwriting, an international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, part of AIG, has promoted Andrew Bickmore to Head of Political Risk, and George Goodliffe to Head of Public Agencies. Bickmore has been part of Talbot for close to...

Posted: Feb 17, 2026

Inszone acquires Dallas commercial property agency

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The agency’s team will remain in place and continue operating from Dallas.

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Brown & Brown names Dori Henderson CIO

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Henderson joins from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Zurich names Blain Waterford Head of Travel for Australia and New Zealand

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The appointment follows Zurich’s expansion in travel insurance through the acquisitions of Cover-More in 2017 and AIG’s Travel Guard business in 2024.

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Gallagher completes integration of Woodruff Sawyer

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The Woodruff Sawyer team, led by Andy Barrengos, operates within Gallagher’s U.S. retail property and casualty brokerage operations under the leadership of Peter Doyle.

Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Ardonagh acquires majority stake in Hong Kong broker RMIB

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The addition strengthens the group’s regional capabilities in employee benefits and specialist risk advisory.

Posted: Feb 16, 2026