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Modernizing Claims: Competing Against AI-Powered Plaintiff Attorneys

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Posted: Dec 19, 2025

AI-powered payment integrity platform Codoxo raises $35M

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The company’s platform is being adopted by national health plans and focuses on improving payment accuracy.

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Canopy Connect & QRP Unite to Redefine the Future of Insurance Quoting

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Canopy Connect and QuinStreet Rating Platform (QRP) announced a new partnership and integration. Verified insurance data captured via the Canopy Connect intake experience now flows directly and seamlessly into QRP’s quoting and rating engine.

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

AIG, Amwins and Blackstone to launch Lloyd's Syndicate 2479

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [San Jose, CA] – [December 18, 2025] – Sureify, a life and annuity technology platform provider for carriers, has recently joined the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI), the...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Deceptive Self-Driving Claims Prompt California to Threaten Tesla With 30-Day Sales License Suspensi...

Carrier Management

Deceptive Self-Driving Claims Prompt California to Threaten Tesla With 30-Day Sales License Suspension...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Cannabis Businesses Face Hurdles Accessing Big Banks Despite Reclassification

Carrier Management

Cannabis Businesses Face Hurdles Accessing Big Banks Despite Reclassification U.S. President D...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Everest names Carter as Head of NA Re Claims as Parker takes over as Head of Intl. Re Claims

Reinsurance News

Global insurance and reinsurance company, Everest Group, has named Tim Carter as Head of North America Reinsurance Claims, and James Parker as Head of International Reinsurance Claims. Carter has been with Everest Reinsurance Company since March 2...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Cessna Jet Tied to Nascar Driver Greg Biffle Crashes in North Carolina

Insurance Journal

Former Nascar driver Greg Biffle and his family are believed to have died when their Cessna Citation corporate jet crashed just minutes after taking off from a regional airport in North Carolina. “Although the post-crash fire prevents us from r...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent

Insurance Journal

The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state and federal Ponzi scheme investigations, has been granted an insurance producer’s license in the state. Edwin Brant Frost V, who &#823...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Gallagher Re appoints Harrison Pepper Executive Director for Marine and Energy

Reinsurance News

Global reinsurance brokerage Gallagher Re has announced that Harrison Pepper will be joining its UK-Business as an Executive Director for Marine and Energy. Pepper is joining the company from rival broker Guy Carpenter, where he served as Senior V...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

People Moves: Marsh McLennan Appoints Mathews Digital Infrastructure Leader; Loop Hired to Lead AXA...

Insurance Journal

Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York City, appointed Mike Mathews as global digital infrastructure leader. Based in Boston, Mathews brings over 25 years of specialized industry experience to this newly created position, having worked with compan...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Marco completes acquisition of Dublin-based Benteler Re

Reinsurance News

European P&C insurance run-off group Marco Capital Holdings has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dublin-based Benteler Re from Benteler Group. Incorporated in January 2003, Benteler Re is a non-life insurance Captive in run-of...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

High Winds Battered Water-Logged Northwest, Cutting Power to Half-A-Million

Insurance Journal

High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho this week, killing one adult and critically injuring two children, knocking out power to thousands and compounding the damage already wrought by heavy rains and flood...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Marsh McLennan appoints Mathews as Global Digital Infrastructure Leader

Reinsurance News

Marsh McLennan has named Mike Mathews as its Global Digital Infrastructure Leader, where he will leverage the firm’s combined expertise in risk, capital, and advisory solutions to serve clients in the rapidly growing sector. Mathews joined M...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

S&P cites strengthened competitive position as Lancashire ratings upgraded to ‘A’

Reinsurance News

Bermuda-based global insurer and reinsurer, Lancashire Holdings Limited, has reported that rating agency S&P Global Ratings has lifted its long-term issuer credit and financial strength ratings on the firm’s core re/insurance operating s...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

11 Firefighters and 2 Others Injured After NC House Explosion and Fire

Insurance Journal

Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening injuries but were getting treat...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

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

Insurance Journal

Data center operators are fixated on the “five nines” — an expectation that they’ll keep the infrastructure behind financial markets, e-commerce and artificial intelligence running 99.999% of the time. So as news rippled out last mo...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

London Market faces pivotal moment for industry’s future: Guidewire’s McDonnell

Reinsurance News

As the global insurance industry enters 2026, the London Market is standing at a critical crossroads, with Lloyd’s of London under mounting pressure to redefine its strategic direction following significant leadership transitions – including...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Vantage Group to Be Acquired by Ackman-Backed Howard Hughes Holdings for $2.1B

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Vantage Group to Be Acquired by Ackman-Backed Howard H...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

AIG Partners With Amwins, Blackstone to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate Using Palantir

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AIG Partners With Amwins, Blackstone to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate Using Palantir American International Group (AIG)...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

More US Beef Plants May Close as Cattle Herds Keep Tightening

Insurance Journal

American beef plants are under threat as the number of cattle destined for their facilities stays far below historical levels, reflecting the smallest herd in more than half a century. Cattle placed in US feedlots, where animals are fed until …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Ben & Jerry’s Board Says More Directors Face Removal

Insurance Journal

Ben & Jerry’s independent board late on Wednesday said in a filing that its new corporate parent, the Magnum Ice Cream Company, is forcing three more directors to complete training and other requirements or face removal. Ben & Jerry&#82...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Kerr County Officials in Race to Build $5M Flood Warning System Before Next Texas Flood Season

Insurance Journal

With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the state to contribute …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

County Officials in Texas Race to Build $5M Warning System Before Next Flood Season

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With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the state to contribute …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Pazmino named EVP, Head of Marine, Chubb Overseas General Insurance

Reinsurance News

Xavier Pazmino has been appointed as Executive Vice President, Head of Marine, for Chubb Overseas General Insurance (COG), Chubb’s international general insurance operations, effective February 2026. Pazmino, who succeeds Andrew Williamson i...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

AI Threatens to Displace Workers, Bank of England’s Bailey Warns

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Artificial intelligence is likely to displace British workers even as it makes the country more productive, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said in his most stark warning yet on the technology’s impact. Bailey said on Friday that the UK...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

AM Best upgrades Arch on diversification and outperformance

Reinsurance News

AM Best has upgraded Arch Capital Group and its subsidiaries’ ratings, citing the firm’s strong operating performance and a proven track record of delivering superior underwriting results and investment returns, even during softer market condition...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Russia Is Trying to Overwhelm Europe With its Sabotage Campaign: Western Officials

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In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a passing freight …

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Pinkerton joins Previsico as Chief Technical Officer

Reinsurance News

Previsico, a flood forecasting and real-time flood risk intelligence platform provider, has appointed Mark Pinkerton as Chief Technical Officer (CTO). In his new role, Pinkerton will oversee the company’s global technology strategy, product develo...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

Primary casualty rates rise but reinsurance pricing remains flat: TD Cowen

Reinsurance News

TD Cowen, an investment bank and financial services firm, has shared key observations on the casualty market from recent meetings in Bermuda with reinsurance participants. According to analysts, primary casualty appears to still be successfully in...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025

British Regulator Cracks Down on Home, Travel Insurers

Insurance Journal

Britain’s financial watchdog on Thursday laid out its efforts to raise standards in the home and travel insurance market after a consumer group made a rare “super-complaint” against the regulator, accusing it of letting customers do...

Posted: Dec 19, 2025