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Applied Underwriters Golf Invitational Nets Record-Breaking $15.2 Million for Charities

Insurance Journal

The Applied Underwriters Invitational said its annual golf competition raised a record-breaking $15.2 million for charities across the nation. The record exceeds last year’s $14 million, and boosts Applied Invitational’s 38-year total to...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Munich Re’s HSB Managing Director Terry Dyson to retire in March

Reinsurance News

HSB (UK & Ireland), a provider of engineering insurance and inspection services, has announced that Terry Dyson, the Managing Director, has decided to retire at the end of March 2026. Dyson has an insurance industry career spanning four decade...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Big ‘I’ CEO Symington Named Among Top Lobbyists for 2025

Insurance Journal

The Hill, a prominent Washington, D.C.-based political newspaper, named Charles Symington, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”), among the top trade association lobbyists in the nation&#...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Suit Against OpenAI and Microsoft Blames ChatGPT for Murder-Suicide

Insurance Journal

OpenAI and its investor Microsoft Corp. were sued over a Connecticut murder-suicide in the latest case to blame the popular ChatGPT chatbot for dangerous psychological manipulation of users. The lawsuit turns on the actions of a 56-year-old man who l...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Oaktree and Lane42-backed Avocet Partners launches, to acquire EMC Life

Reinsurance News

Avocet Partners, a new insurance-focused investment and operating platform, has launched backed by $500 million of committed equity capital from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Lane42 Investment Partners, LLC. Led by an exper...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Probe Finds Officers Violated Policies in Pursuit That Killed Recruit

Insurance Journal

An internal affairs investigation into the actions of Rutland, Vermont police in a motor-vehicle pursuit that resulted in the death of a young officer was “preventable” if police had followed proper procedures, recent court documents show...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

People Moves: Penn National Insurance Announces Leadership Changes for 2026

Insurance Journal

Penn National Insurance, headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is making changes to its leadership team effective in early 2026. After over 30 years with the company, including more than five as president and CEO, Robert Brandon will transition...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

Toxic Water From Texas Oil Production Is Set to Be Treated and Pumped Into Rivers

Insurance Journal

Texas is about to deploy a potential solution to the oil industry’s toxic wastewater problem — but it’s a move that carries environmental risks of its own. State regulators are working to issue permits that would let four companies, inclu...

Posted: Dec 12, 2025

OpenAI Warns New Models Pose ‘High’ Cybersecurity Risk

Carrier Management

OpenAI Warns New Models Pose ‘High’ Cybersecurity Risk OpenAI on Wednesday warned that its upcoming ar...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Amica COO Murphy Retires After 45 Years

Carrier Management

Amica COO Murphy Ret...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Industry Trade Associations Throw More Support Behind FEMA Reform

Carrier Management

Industry Trade Associations Throw More Support Behind FEMA Reform The American Property Casualty Insurance Associat...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

OpenAI And Microsoft Sued Over Murder-Suicide Blamed on ChatGPT

Carrier Management

OpenAI And Microsoft Sued Over Murder-Suicide Blamed on ChatGPT OpenAI and its investor Microsoft C...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Truckers Who Fail English Tests Are Pulled Off Roads in Crackdown

Carrier Management

Truckers Who Fail English Tests Are Pulled Off Roads in Crackdown Truck d...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

What to Expect in 2026: U.S. P/C Results More Like 2024

Carrier Management

What to Expect in 2026: U.S. P/C Results More Like 2024 With premium...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Beneva plans to speed up digital auto insurance launch

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The move is part of Beneva’s plan to offer a fully digital policy experience, from purchase to changes to cancellations.

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Penn National Insurance announces leadership succession

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John Foster will assume the CEO role following Brandon's retirement on July 1, 2026.

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Charles Taylor’s Christopher Schaefer: Technology Should Free Adjusters to Focus on What Matters

Risk & Insurance

Schaefer says AI won't replace adjusters, it will enable them to focus on compassion, empathy, and meaningful recovery outcomes. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Charles Taylor’s Christopher Schaffer: Technology Should Free Adjusters to Focus on What Matters

Risk & Insurance

Schaffer says AI won't replace adjusters, it will enable them to focus on compassion, empathy, and meaningful recovery outcomes. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Judge Orders Trump to End National Guard Troop Deployment in LA

Insurance Journal

The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ordered Wednesday in an emphatic ruling. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco gran...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

CorVel’s Sarah Scott: AI Will Give Adjusters Back Their Most Valuable Commodity—Time

Risk & Insurance

EVP Scott discusses how AI automation in 2026 will give claims adjusters back time to focus on the human side of workers' compensation. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

To Draw in Fresh Talent, Workers’ Comp Needs to Tell a Better Story, says Irina Simpson

Risk & Insurance

Irina Simpson discusses preparing the industry for mental health claims, an aging workforce, and the talent crisis through AI-enabled platforms and aggressive recruitment of digital natives. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Retirement Readiness Improves, But Long-Term Concerns Remain

Rough Notes

Better support needed for workers changing jobs “Even when the new employer automatically enrolls the new employee, the plan features of the old employer may not line up with the new one.” —Kelly Hahn Head, Retirement Research Vanguard By Thomas A. M...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Empatha’s Darrell Bruga on How Psychosocial Factors Drive 50% of Return-to-Work Outcomes

Risk & Insurance

CEO Darrell Bruga explains why psychosocial factors account for 50% of delayed RTW outcomes and which strategies are positively impacting workers' comp results. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Women Are Now Leaning Out in the Workplace

Carrier Management

Women Are Now Leaning Out in the Workplace After years spent leaning in to get ahead at work, prof...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Realistic Ways to Maintain Health Habits During the Holidays

Carrier Management

Realistic Ways to Maintain Health Habits During the Holidays Between tr...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Fewer Workers Quitting Their Jobs

Carrier Management

Fewer Workers Quitting Their Jobs Job openings in the U.S. increased marg...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Theo Awards 2025: In Conversation with The Save Mart Companies

Risk & Insurance

At National Comp 2025, Save Mart's Rosie Partida reveals the strategy that transformed a workers' comp program—and the safety culture for 12,000 employees. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

The Fidelis Partnership Transfers European Headquarters to Dublin From Brussels

Insurance Journal

The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), the Bermuda-headquartered managing general underwriter, announced it has transferred its primary European entity from Brussels to Dublin, effective December 1, 2025. The move establishes Dublin as the hub through which...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Theo Awards 2025: In Conversation with NEFEC, NYCURMG and the School District of Philadelphia

Risk & Insurance

Three Theo-Award-winning educational organizations came together at National Comp to share their workers' comp transformation journey. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

UConn, Georgia Tech Students Win ACORD Challenge Using AI Tools in Pet Insurance

Insurance Journal

The insurance industry data standards organization ACORD announced today that University of Connecticut graduate student Manasa Ramaka has won the ACORD Student Challenge 2025, a national competition that asks university students to leverage cutting-...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

From Claims to Prevention: How Smart Sensors Are Transforming Home Insurance

Risk & Insurance

Thanks to increasingly affordable smart sensors and connected home technology, insurers can now help policyholders prevent many of the most costly and disruptive types of damage before they occur. The post

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

Geopolitical alignment essential in new era of tariff deals: Willis

Reinsurance News

Geopolitical alignment has now become essential for internationally exposed firms’ risk management strategies amid a new trade paradigm, Willis, a WTW business, argues in its latest Political Risk Index. The global trade landscape has been fundame...

Posted: Dec 11, 2025