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Bamboo Insurance expands portfolio with new HO-6 Condominium policy

Reinsurance News

Bamboo Insurance, a technology-enabled managing general underwriter (MGU), has introduced a new Condominium Unit-Owners (HO-6) insurance policy as part of its broader product expansion strategy. The company emphasises operational efficiency and re...

Posted: Apr 14, 2026

Building Competitive Advantage Through Specialization, Talent, and Experience in Specialty Insurance

Risk & Insurance

How carriers are differentiating themselves in an increasingly complex marketplace by leveraging expertise, financial stability, and dedicated talent. The post

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Data Centers Offer a Potential $10 Billion Windfall for Insurers

Carrier Management

Data Centers Offer a Potential $10 Billion Windfall for Insurers Soarin...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Prosecutor Identifies Victim in Fatal Shooting at New Jersey Chick-Fil-A

Insurance Journal

Officials in Union Township, New Jersey released the identity of the individual killed during Saturday night’s shooting at Chick-Fil-A on Route 22. The deceased has been identified as Malek Shepherd, age 23, of New York City, according to the U...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Prestige Trucking Insurance acquires Mulligan

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Mulligan is rebranding to Insure Stack, which will operate as a standalone platform.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Hippo CEO’s $130K share sale

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McCathron has also sold 10,000 shares over the past three months.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Intact extends Speed Skating Canada partnership to 2030

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The relationship began in 2006.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

MS Amlin signs shipment binder with WeSpecialty

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Partnership will provide contract frustration and credit risk capacity to French exporters.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Neat partners with Visa

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Visa cardholders will be able to access new insurance features and digitally enhanced claim processes.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Liberty Mutual retires Fetch a Quote brand

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In lieu, Liberty Mutual offers a developer portal that provides embedded insurance capabilities aligned with its core branding and product structure.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Utica files “Core Advantage” trademark for commercial insurance offering

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The filing was submitted on April 10, 2026.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Liberty Mutual retires Workgrid after eight years

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Liberty Mutual said employees were largely reassigned across its broader technology organization.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Howden launches US trucking practice

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The new practice will assist clients with casualty risk, fleet safety, managing claims outcomes, and reducing the total cost of risk.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Old Republic launches standalone TPA Lodestar

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The move gives the TPA business its own identity for the first time in more than 30 years, while remaining part of Old Republic’s broader operating structure.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Eleos Life secures $3 million media-for-equity investment

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The investment is designed to accelerate Eleos’s brand awareness and customer acquisition across the United States.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

World Insurance Associates acquires C&A Insurance Agency

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The acquisition expands World’s presence in New York City.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Intact scales AI, targets specialty growth

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The move adds a fourth location in Australia and brings Markel’s PFR underwriting team in the country to nine.

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

People Moves: Everest’s Izzo Joins AXIS as CCO; Liberty Mutual Elects Canney to Board of Directors

Insurance Journal

Everest’s Izzo Joins AXIS as Chief Commercial Officer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, appointed Anthony Izzo as chief commercial officer. Izzo will report directly to Vince Tizzio, President and CEO of AXIS, a...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Owner, Operator of Ship That Crashed Into Baltimore’s Key Bridge Settles With State for $350M

Carrier Management

Owner, Operator of Ship That Crashed Into Baltimore’s Key Bridge Settles With State for $350M Maryland...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Uber Faces Another Bellwether Assault Trial Following $8.5M Verdict

Carrier Management

Uber Faces Another Bellwether Assault Trial Following $8.5M Verdict After a key setback in the first trial...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Right Turn Lane Study Highlights Continued Pedestrian Risk

Carrier Management

Right Turn Lane Study Highlights Continued Pedestrian Risk A new study by the University of M...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Jury Orders Abbott to Pay $70M in Preterm Infant Formula Trial

Insurance Journal

A jury in Chicago said Abbott Laboratories must pay $70 million in damages to a group of families that had accused the company of failing to warn that its formula for premature infants can cause a potentially deadly bowel disease, …

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Lululemon Slips as Texas Announces Probe of ‘Forever Chemicals’

Insurance Journal

Lululemon Athletica Inc. fell in New York trading Monday after the Texas attorney general said his office is investigating for the presence of so-called “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to health problems, in the yogawear brand...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Kingstone to expand into California insurance market

Reinsurance News

Property and casualty (P&C) insurance holding company, Kingstone Companies, Inc., is to enter the California market in the second quarter of 2026, President and Chief Executive Officer, Meryl Golden announced in a letter to shareholders. The e...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Bamboo Insurance Launches Condo Owner Offering for Californians

Insurance Journal

Bamboo Insurance launched a new condominium unit‑owners (HO‑6) insurance policy in California. The product is designed to address the insurance needs of condominium owners in the state, where coverage requirements often involve coordination between i...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

IBM Agrees to Pay Government $17 Million in DEI Settlement

Insurance Journal

In the first outcome of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, IMB has agreed to about $17 million to settle charges related to the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. “Racial discrim...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Markets/Coverages: DUAL UK Enhances Cyber Binder With Increased Limits

Insurance Journal

DUAL has significantly strengthened the scope of its global cyber and technology capabilities, offering increased primary limits for risks with revenues up to £1 billion and enhanced excess limits for risks up to £5 billion. Backed by a number of &#8...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Howden launches US Trucking Practice

Reinsurance News

Global insurance broker Howden has announced the expansion of its Specialty Transportation & Logistics vertical with the launch of its US Trucking Practice. The new practice has been designed to offer coordinated support for trucking and other...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Trump Blockade of Iran Ports Risks Widening War to High Seas

Carrier Management

Trump Blockade of Iran Ports Risks Widening War to Hi...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Hedge Fund Money Is Reshaping a 180-Year-Old Insurance Model

Carrier Management

Hedge Fund Money Is Reshaping a 180-Year-Old Insurance Model Alternative investment managers are pouring unp...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

China’s Ping An Seeks to Sell $1 Billion Software-Focused PE Assets

Insurance Journal

China’s biggest insurer Ping An Insurance Group is seeking to reduce software-focused private equity exposure by selling its stakes in some funds, according to people familiar with the matter. The insurer has tapped Campbell Lutyens to offload...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

AM Best finds declining credit quality and shifting dynamics in US annuity market

Reinsurance News

A new report from AM Best, the credit rating agency, highlights notable changes in the US life and annuity sector. According to AM Best, assets backing individual annuity products now represent more than 36% of total industry reserves, up from 32%...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Wall Street Banks Try Out Anthropic’s Mythos

Insurance Journal

Wall Street banks are starting to test Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model internally as Trump administration officials encourage them to use it to detect vulnerabilities. While JPMorgan Chase & Co. was the only bank named as part of an initiative...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

An Omaha Sinkhole Went Viral. Hundreds of Others Fall Under the Radar.

Insurance Journal

As Harmon Maher walked along the Keystone Trail in central Omaha one morning in February, he spotted something odd: The creek next to the path, normally a gray-green color, ran bright orange. It was full of sediment, probably from some …

Posted: Apr 13, 2026