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Ameriflex partners with Aflac

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Ameriflex will serve as Aflac’s administrative partner for CDH services in the public sector market.

Posted: Dec 25, 2025

RiverStone International names Charlotte Pritchard UK CEO

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RiverStone is an acquirer and reinsurer of legacy and discontinued insurance business.

Posted: Dec 25, 2025

My Brown raises $11.5 million to expand pet insurance offering

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Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance participated in the round.

Posted: Dec 25, 2025

Advance raises $7.3 million seed round

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Aflac emphasized that the incident did not involve ransomware and that its systems remained operational throughout.

Posted: Dec 25, 2025

XPT Specialty expands personal lines team

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Joseph Corrado joins XPT Specialty from Morstan General Agency.

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Tesla’s insurance operation is growing up

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A glimpse into Tesla’s approach to offering data-driven insurance solutions for both Tesla and non-Tesla vehicle owners.

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Irregular Safety Inspections Found as Building Fires Rise in Hawaii

Carrier Management

Irregular Safety Inspections Found as Building Fires Rise in Hawaii Regular inspections of hotels and o...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Foreign Made Drones Will Be Banned in the U.S.

Carrier Management

Foreign Made Drones Will Be Banned in the U.S. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced on Mo...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

U.S. Traffic Safety Improves, While Global Congestion Surges: Report

Carrier Management

U.S. Traffic Safety Improves, While Global Congestion Surges: Report Congestion and traffic delays con...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

People Moves: Gallagher Taps EY’s Hughes as Tax Specialist in Private Equity/M&A Team

Insurance Journal

Gallagher Taps Hughes From EY as Tax Specialist in Private Equity and M&A Practice Gallagher announced the UK appointment of specialist corporate M&A tax adviser Tom Hughes as director of Tax Insurance to its EMEA-wide Private Equity and M&#3...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

EU Faces Renewed US Ire After ESG Cutbacks Fail to Calm Tensions

Insurance Journal

The European Union’s ESG framework — a shadow of its former self after a year of deep cuts — is drawing renewed threats from the US. At issue is the so-called extraterritoriality of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the &#823...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Reinsurers face pressure on growing top-line and maintaining margin in 2026: Autonomous

Reinsurance News

After several years of outperformance, European reinsurers’ momentum has stalled, with analysts warning that sustaining top-line growth and margins will be increasingly challenging in 2026 amid a softening pricing cycle, according to a recent repo...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Louvre Tightens Security After $102M Jewel Heist, Installs Bars on Infamous Window

Insurance Journal

A freight lift rose up on its crane Tuesday toward the Louvre Museum — but this time it wasn’t jewel thieves. It was workers installing security bars on the window used to break into the Paris landmark’s Apollo Gallery in …

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Brown&Brown Files Suit Over Alleged Howden Poaching of 200+ Employees

Insurance Journal

Reports that Howden US, part of the London-based insurance brokerage, had lured away more than 200 employees from Brown & Brown Insurance have left industry leaders worried that poaching seems to be the new business model for some companies. And...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Brown & Brown Files Suit Over Alleged Howden Poaching of 200+ Employees

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Reports that Howden US, part of the London-based insurance brokerage, had lured away more than 200 employees from Brown & Brown Insurance have left industry leaders worried that poaching seems to be the new business model for some companies. And...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Southern California in ‘Great Danger’ From Christmas Flooding

Insurance Journal

Residents of Southern California were bracing Wednesday for a powerful winter storm forecast to bring dangerous flooding as well as rock and mudslides to the region, threatening property and snarling holiday travel plans. Peak rainfall in parts of th...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

The Best Climate Adaptation Methods Are Surprisingly Simple

Insurance Journal

As the effects of a hotter planet rack up more damages and health issues for people in exposed regions, the conversation around climate change is shifting from how to curb it to how to adapt to it. A new report …

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Judge Rejects Business Group’s Challenge to Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

Insurance Journal

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge by the largest U.S. business lobby group to President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, saying it fell under his broad powers to regulate immigratio...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Brown University Police Chief Placed on Leave After Fatal Shooting

Insurance Journal

Brown University’s president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies after a gunman killed two students and injured nine others earlier this month. Questions surrounding Bro...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Gammon appointed Head of Marine & Aviation, AXIS Global Markets

Reinsurance News

Lee Gammon has been promoted to the newly created position of Head of Marine & Aviation of AXIS Global Markets, the global insurance and reinsurance operations of AXIS Capital, effective January 1, 2026. Gammon has been with the company since...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Missouri Faces Legal Battle with China Over Pandemic Compensation

Insurance Journal

Missouri’s top prosecutor said China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said in a news release that...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Zombie Ship Shows US Targeting Darkest Corner of Oil Fleet

Insurance Journal

A 27-year-old crude tanker that was supposedly scrapped in 2021 is due to reach Venezuela late this week, according to ship-tracking data, in the latest example of how the South American country keeps its embattled oil industry alive. The tanker &#82...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Areawide Insurance Advisors Joins Leavitt Group Texas Select

Insurance Journal

Areawide Insurance Advisors has joined Leavitt Group Texas Select, strengthening the agency’s presence in the Bryan and College Station area with the added resources of Leavitt Group, a national brokerage. Mike Kilgore, owner of Areawide Insura...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Discerning Coverage Nuances for Contractors

Risk & Insurance

Understanding the coverage gaps between general liability, professional liability, and pollution policies can help contractors avoid costly surprises when claims arise. The post

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

South Texas Homebuilders Warn ICE Arrests Have Upended Industry

Insurance Journal

One morning in mid-November, Mario Guerrero, the executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, was checking a group chat when a video of federal agents detaining people from a construction site popped up. He watched the video of Immigra...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Explosion at Nursing Home in Pennsylvania Kills Two, Injures Others

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An explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home that caused the building to collapse and took the lives of two people and injured about 20 others is under investigation. The explosion occurred at Bristol Health & Rehab Center in Bristol Township &#82...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Mexican Navy Plane on Medical Mission Crashes in Texas, Killing At Least 5

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A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing at least five people and setting off a search in waters along the Texas coast, officials said. Four of the people aboard …

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

US Steel Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination at Minnesota Mine

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U.S. Steel, a multinational steel and iron mining company, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. Acc...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Globe Life establishes Bermuda reinsurance affiliate

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Globe Life Inc., a US-domiciled holding company specialising in life and supplemental health insurance, has announced the formation and licensing of Globe Life Re Ltd. as a Bermuda Class C insurer to provide reinsurance support for insurance busin...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

State Farm cuts Tennessee auto rates

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The cumulative cuts are expected to deliver approximately $200 in average annual savings per vehicle.

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Beneva named official partner of UCI Road World Championships Montréal 2026

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The championships will take place from September 20 to 27, 2026.

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Hargreaves Lansdown bets on Keystone to rebuild its workplace platform

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The partnership centers on Keystone’s cloud native platform, which HL will use to modernize employer administration and broaden workplace savings access.

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Slide forecasts $400 million in 2025 net income

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Slide, which currently operates in two states—Florida and South Carolina—plans to enter New Jersey on April 1, 2026.

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

SiriusPoint to acquire Assist America through IMG Unit

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This marks Confianza’s third disclosed Regulation D equity raise, following prior offerings of $1.2 million in 2020 and $2.5 million in 2022.

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Georgia Regulators Approve Huge Electric Generation Increase for Data Centers

Insurance Journal

Georgia’s only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that the plan is needed to meet projected demand from data centers. It would be one of the biggest build-outs in …

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Howden advises K2 on launch of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1954

Reinsurance News

Howden Capital Markets & Advisory and Howden Capital Solutions will serve as financial advisors to MGA platform K2 Insurance Services as it launches Syndicate 1954 for the 2026 YOA, in partnership with Dale Underwriting Partners, the trading n...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

A 10-Hour Data Center Outage Is Testing the Ambitions of KKR, GIP

Carrier Management

A 10-Hour Data Center Outage Is Testing the Ambitions of KKR, GIP Data center operators are fixated...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Massachusetts Approves Reorganizations, Mergers for Andover Companies

Insurance Journal

Massachusetts regulatory officials have approved a plan of reorganizations and mergers for two domestic mutual insurers, Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co. The plan calls for a reorganization of each mutual as...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Freedom to buy outstanding shares of Concert

Reinsurance News

The shareholders of Concert Group Holdings, Inc., a specialised insurance holding company known for providing tailored solutions to programme insurance markets, have agreed to allow founding shareholder Freedom Underwriters LLC (Freedom) to purcha...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

People Moves: Great Bay Insurance Group Makes Leadership Changes

Insurance Journal

The Great Bay Insurance Group, headquartered in West Atlantic City, New Jersey, named Brian S. Schleider executive vice president and chief financial officer. Schleider joined the group in March 2020 as chief financial officer. He has 35 years of ind...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Cyber risk to grow more systemic in 2026 as digital dependencies deepen: Coalition

Reinsurance News

According to executives at Coalition, cyber risk in 2026 will be defined less by isolated breaches and more by hidden interdependencies that drive correlated, systemic loss, forcing re/insurers to demand deeper technical clarity, stronger underwri...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025

Zurich North America enhances underwriting efficiency with Convr AI

Reinsurance News

Zurich North America, the commercial property and casualty insurer, is expanding its relationship with Convr AI to improve underwriting efficiency and better serve its customers through Convr’s AI-powered underwriting workbench. Founded in 2...

Posted: Dec 24, 2025