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Strategic Insurance Considerations for Private Equity and Venture Capital Operations

Risk & Insurance

As the private equity and venture capital landscape evolves amid heightened regulatory demands and growing portfolio complexity, firms that embrace specialized, collaborative approaches to professional liability coverage are setting the standard f...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Protected: Timely Care Matters – Appointment Scheduling is Critical for Workers’ Compensation Injuri...

Risk & Insurance

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Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Casualty’s Imbalance Problem: Technology Lowers Some Risks, Society Raises Others

Risk & Insurance

The casualty story for 2026 isn’t frequency — it’s severity, powered by social volatility and third-party litigation funding. The post

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Navigating Holiday Hiring and Safety: Essential Tips for Retail Businesses

Risk & Insurance

As retailers prepare for the 2025 holiday rush, two priorities will make or break the season: bringing on reliable seasonal staff quickly and keeping employees and customers safe through peak traffic. The post

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Higginbotham Enters Indiana with Synergy Insurance

Insurance Journal

Higginbotham has acquired Mishawaka, Indiana-based Synergy Insurance, giving the firm its first footprint in the state. Synergy Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency providing services to businesses and individuals across northern Indian...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Higginbotham Enters Indiana with Synergy Insurance Acquisition

Insurance Journal

Higginbotham has acquired Mishawaka, Indiana-based Synergy Insurance, giving the firm its first footprint in the state. Synergy Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency providing services to businesses and individuals across northern Indian...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

The Latest Launches from Allstate, WTW, Whisker Labs

Carrier Management

The Latest Launches from Allstate, WTW, Whisker Labs Allstate launched Allsta...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Trump Ban on Wind Energy Projects Ruled Illegal by Federal Judge

Carrier Management

Trump Ban on Wind Energy Projects Ruled Illegal by Federal Judge Less than a year af...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Court Clerk in Murdaugh Trial Pleads Guilt to Showing Sealed Exhibits

Insurance Journal

The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court. Former Colleton …

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Court Clerk in Murdaugh Trial Pleads Guilty to Showing Sealed Exhibits

Insurance Journal

The former court clerk in South Carolina who helped out with the murder trial of attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges for showing sealed court exhibits to a photographer and lying about it in court. Former Colleton …

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Is a Mass. Auto Insurer Allowed to Refuse to Offer Coverage Due to Flood Warning?

Insurance Journal

Can an auto insurer in Massachusetts refuse to offer collision and comprehensive coverages during a flood warning despite a state law that makes it mandatory to offer such coverages? The industry and public are on the road to finding out. …

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Fitch flags Mexico as 2026 outlier in otherwise steady LATAM insurance landscape

Reinsurance News

Fitch Ratings, the credit rating agency, presents a broadly steady view of Latin America’s insurance sector for 2026, with most markets falling under a ‘neutral’ outlook, reflecting Fitch’s expectation of stable performance across the...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

People Moves: Howden Taps Former Gallagher Exec Strickland to Launch Space Insurance Practice; Liber...

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden and Liberty Speciality Markets. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Taps Former Gallagher Exec Strickland to Launch Space Insurance Practice Howden, the London-ba...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Sompo Hong Kong enhances underwriting team, Ophelia named Head of Property & Construction

Reinsurance News

Sompo Hong Kong, part of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has appointed Szeto Ophelia as Head of Property & Construction and Jessica Lai as Head of Mid-Corp & SME, enhancing its underwriting structure, effective January 1st, 2026. The ap...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Trump Giving Farmers Hit by China Trade War $12B in Aid

Insurance Journal

President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package Dec. 8 — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of …

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Munich Re targets €6.3bn profit in 2026 and ROE above 18% by end of 2030

Reinsurance News

Munich Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurance companies, expects its return on equity (ROE) to land above 18% and earnings per share to grow annually by over 8% on average by the end of 2030, with the Group pursuing and IFRS net profit o...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Settlement Approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to Pay Hundreds of Abuse Victims

Insurance Journal

he New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of negotiations. Richard Trahant, an attorney representing victims in the...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Hartford: 10-Year Analysis Shows Shifts in Common, Expensive Small-Business Claims

Insurance Journal

Liability risks for small businesses have shifted over the last decade, with fire and slip-and-falls becoming more expensive while water and freezing damage claims are now the most common type of claim. The Hartford analyzed more than one million sma...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Swiss Re and RIQ partner to accelerate AI-enabled risk solutions in UAE

Reinsurance News

Swiss Re and Reinsurance Intelligence Quotient (RIQ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and scale innovative capacity solutions, risk origination opportunities and AI-enabled capabilities across the UAE. RIQ, headquartered...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Markets/Coverages: MGA Navium Launches Consortium for Pre-Launch Satellite Risks

Insurance Journal

Navium Marine, the marine-focused specialty MGA operating through The Fidelis Partnership’s Pine Walk platform, announced the launch of the “Constellation Consortium,” which it described as “the largest satellite pre-launch co...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

FEMA Adds Another $33M for Helene Recovery in North Carolina

Insurance Journal

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced another $33 million in Hurricane Helene recovery projects in North Carolina, bringing the agency’s total spending on public assistance grants since the storm to more than $1 billion. The funding...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Acrisure to acquire underwriting MGA Vave from Canopius

Reinsurance News

Acrisure has agreed to acquire Vave, a tech-first underwriting Managing General Agent, from international specialty and P&C re/insurer Canopius Group. Vave, which uses data-driven, precision underwriting to deliver instantly bindable quotes on...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Michigan Reports Finds 2019 Auto Reform Reduced Insurance $357

Insurance Journal

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services this month released a report on the impact of the state’s 2019 auto insurance reform and found cost was reduced an average of $357 per vehicle. “In 2019, Democrats and Republican...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Reuters: Ben & Jerry’s Board Chair Won’t Resign as Pressure Mounts From Unilever Unit

Insurance Journal

The chair of Ben & Jerry’s independent board said she has no plans to resign as Unilever pressured her ahead of Monday’s public spinoff of its Magnum ice cream division, which will include the Vermont-based brand. Magnum, a longtime d...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Disney’s New Disability Access Policies Are Too Restrictive, Lawsuit Contends

Insurance Journal

Changes that Disney made to a popular program that lets qualifying disabled people skip long lines at its California and Florida theme parks are too restrictive, disabled fans contend in a federal lawsuit and shareholder proposal that seek to expand...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Verisk and KYND expand collaboration to strengthen cyber resilience

Reinsurance News

Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the global insurance industry, has expanded its strategic collaboration with KYND, a provider of cyber risk management services, to bring enhanced cyber risk intelligence to the insurance...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Workers’ Comp Market Reaches Critical Juncture as California’s Combined Ratio Hits 127%

Risk & Insurance

A decade of declining rates ends as medical inflation, litigation costs and reserve pressures reshape the industry landscape nationwide, Risk Placement Services reports. The post

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Texas Plan to Stop Parasitic Fly From Destroying Cattle Population Is Not Complete

Insurance Journal

As Mexican officials battle the spread of New World Screwworm, Texas officials are still working to finalize a response plan that would be enacted should the parasitic fly spread into the state. Texas lawmakers questioned state and federal officials...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

US Slaps New Charges on Ukrainian Over Russian Cyberattacks

Insurance Journal

The US Department of Justice unveiled additional charges against a Ukrainian woman accused of supporting Russian state-backed cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova, 33, was indicted on Tuesday over her alleged li...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025

Howden appoints industry veteran Strickland to lead new Space insurance practice

Reinsurance News

Insurance intermediary group Howden has announced Clive Strickland has joined the company to establish and lead its new dedicated Space insurance practice. An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in the sector, Strickland has a proven...

Posted: Dec 10, 2025