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Verizon Users Report Service Outage Affecting Thousands

Insurance Journal

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

Reinsurance News

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

Insurance Journal

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

Reinsurance News

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

Reinsurance News

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

Insurance Journal

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

Insurance Journal

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

Insurance Journal

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

Reinsurance News

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

Insurance Journal

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

Deadly Fire at Assisted Living Facility Prompts Massachusetts Safety Reforms

Insurance Journal

Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increased inspections and better access to records following a fire last year that killed 10 residents, the governor announced Monday. The recommendations, d...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Texts Show Texas Officials’ Confusion About Campers’ Fate Amid Flood

Insurance Journal

The first 911 call from the historic Camp Mystic on the Guadalupe River came in at 3:57 a.m., when a caller told the dispatcher she was stranded on a hill and cabins around her were filling with water. Around the …

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Main Break Leaves Many El Paso, Texas Residents Without Water

Insurance Journal

More than 100,000 residents in the Texas border city of El Paso were left with little to no water after a main break over the weekend, and it was expected to take till midweek for operations to return to normal, …

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Experian: AI Agents Could Overtake Human Error as Major Cause of Data Breaches

Carrier Management

Experian: AI Agents Could Overtake Human Error as Maj...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

APCIA Backs Federal Bill to Require Litigation Funding Disclosure

Carrier Management

APCIA Backs Federal Bill to Require Litigation Funding Disclosure The American Prope...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

$182M Settlement Reached in Deadly 2015 New York Commuter Train Crash

Carrier Management

$182M Settlement Reached in Deadly 2015 New York Commuter Train Crash A more than $182 million settleme...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Hiscox strengthens delegated authority and alternative risk solutions with new division

Reinsurance News

Hiscox London Market is strengthening its position in the delegated authority and alternative risk sectors with the launch of a new division, Hiscox Portfolio Solutions. The division will consist of four distinct but complementary teams: Alternati...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Nick Line joins CFC as Chief Underwriting Officer

Reinsurance News

Specialist insurance provider, CFC has announced the appointment of Nick Line as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), taking over the role from Matt Taylor, who has served as interim CUO since February 2025. A former CUO at Markel International, Line...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

People Moves: AXA XL Reinsurance Promotes Longbottom and Pedro; Matthias Appointed Global Head of Zu...

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Zurich Insurance Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Promotes Longbottom and Pedro AXA XL Reinsurance announced it has promoted...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results

Insurance Journal

In separate reports last week, AM Best and Morgan Stanley analyzed P/C insurance industry expense ratios, with one reporting a 2.4-point drop over the past decade and the other projecting another potential 2.0-point decline by 2030. While both report...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026

Cyber tops global business risks as AI surges: Allianz Risk Barometer 2026

Reinsurance News

Allianz Risk, part of the Allianz Group and a provider of insurance solutions and risk consulting for commercial and corporate clients, has published the Allianz Risk Barometer 2026, outlining the most significant risks expected to affect business...

Posted: Jan 14, 2026