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IRC Finds Personal Auto Insurance Affordability Better Than in the 2000s

Carrier Management

IRC Finds Personal Auto Insurance Affordability Better Than in the 2000s According to a new repor...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

15% of W.R. Berkley Shares Being Acquired by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

Carrier Management

15% of W.R. Berkley Shares Being Acquired by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

AXA Partners launches Travel Eye Platinum

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AXA Travel Eye is a travel risk management platform.

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Thatch raises $40 million

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The startup helps employers offer ICHRA to employees.

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Strategic Priorities 2025: A Modern Era of Insurance Comes First

Insurance Thought Leadership

Strategic Priorities 2025: A Modern Era of Insurance Comes First From Our Partners sradomski T...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Tiffany Diamonds Worth $770K Recovered 2 Weeks After Suspect Swallowed Them

Carrier Management

Tiffany Diamonds Worth $770K Recovered 2 Weeks After Suspect Swallowed Them Detectives have recovered f...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Nirvana and Pulse announce plans to merge

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The transaction is subject to standard change of control processes with both the FCA and FSMA in Belgium.

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Allianz Australia partners with carsales

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carsales will leverage the Allianz API to present insurance offers on its platform.

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

MetLife partners with Skygen

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MetLife will incorporate SKYGEN’s Dental Hub into its dental provider experience.

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Measles Outbreak Spreads to Central Texas; 5 States Report Outbreaks

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Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for …

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Deadly Storms Bring Flooding and Destruction to Central US

Insurance Journal

Deadly storms and flooding rains left a path of destruction across 14 states in the US South and Midwest, knocking out power to more than 400,000 customers. Record rain fell in Memphis and eastern Missouri overnight and more is expected …

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

South Texas Storms Expected to Cause Over $100M in Damage

Insurance Journal

At 2 a.m. Friday, Rick Saldaña was traveling back to Edinburg from Mercedes, a city about 26 miles away, in an area known as the Mid-Valley. The roads were flooded. The frontage roads that feed into the expressway resembled lakes. …

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Hub Acquires Illinois’ Dansig

Insurance Journal

Hub international Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Dansig, Inc., d/b/a Dansig Insurance Risk Advisors (Dansig). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Decatur, Illinois, Dansig is an independent insurance risk adv...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Early CSU Hurricane Season Forecast Calls for ‘Above-Average’ Activity

Insurance Journal

The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2025. CSU’s initial forecast of the hurricane season issued April 3 calls for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes – with...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

California Plumbing Contractor Ordered to Pay $1M for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Insurance Journal

A plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of a workers’ comp fraud prosecution. Daniela G. Birdwell, 41, owner of GPS Plumbing, pleaded guilty to one count of &#8230...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Tiffany Diamond Earrings Valued at $770K Recovered 2 Weeks After Suspect Swallowed Them

Carrier Management

Tiffany Diamond Earrings Valued at $770K Recovered 2 Weeks After Suspect Swallowed Them Detectives have...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Arundo Re’s combined ratio strengthened in 2024 as turnover rose 15% to €1.36bn

Reinsurance News

Arundo Re, the French reinsurance company majority-owned by SMABTP, MACSF, and CCR, generated turnover of €1.361 billion in 2024, an increase of 15% year-on-year, as the company’s undiscounted combined ratio strengthened by 1.9 percentage po...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Insurance Industry Accelerates AI Technology Adoption

Risk & Insurance

Insurance leaders embrace AI transformation to revolutionize operations, but implementation challenges persist amid growing competitive pressure, Roots Automation finds. The post

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Global cyber premium to more than double by 2030: Munich Re

Reinsurance News

Despite cyber premium growth slowing in the past two years, Munich Re has suggested that global premium volume will more than double by 2030, growing at an average annual growth rate of more than 10%. According to estimates by the reinsurer, the g...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

The Protection Gap Is Growing. Here’s How Insurers Can Close It

Risk & Insurance

The risks the world now faces – climate change, economic instability, political crises, cyber crime, supply chain disruptions – are overlapping and amplifying each other. The post

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Florian Happ named Cyber Team Lead for Munich Re US

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Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the appointment of Florian Happ as the new Cyber Team Lead for Munich Re US. Happ has been with Munich Re for 16 years, having joined in 2009. During his tenure, he has held various underwriting roles, incl...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Trump’s Tariffs Send Shockwaves Across Global Economy

Insurance Journal

President Donald Trump imposed the steepest American tariffs in a century as he steps up his campaign to reshape the global economy, sparking threats of retaliation and a selloff in markets around the world. Trump announced Wednesday he will apply &#...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Japan’s cyber insurance market continues to grow amid flat reinsurance demand: Gallagher Re

Reinsurance News

The Japanese cyber insurance market continues to grow, albeit at a slower pace compared to previous years, driven by the increasing number of policyholders, according to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re’s recent market analysis. Gallagher Re’...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Specialty and Media MGA Nirvana to Acquire MGA Pulse

Insurance Journal

Managing general agent Nirvana announced it is acquiring Pulse, an MGA specializing in non-standard accident, health and life, and sports & leisure insurances. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nirvana underwrites a global book of b...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

A Breakthrough in Pain Management: Inside the Promise of Journavx

Risk & Insurance

Enlyte’s Nikki Wilson offers a fresh take on a promising alternative to opioids, a first-of-its-kind FDA-approved non-addictive medication for pain. The post

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Deadly Storms Bring Flooding and Destruction to Southeast, Midwest

Insurance Journal

Deadly storms and flooding rains left a path of destruction across 14 states in the US South and Midwest, knocking out power to more than 400,000 customers. Record rain fell in Memphis and eastern Missouri overnight and more is expected …

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

From Hospitality to Insurance: Kelli Kresowski Offers Her Take on Career Transitions, Mentorship, an...

Risk & Insurance

Kelli Kresowski shares her career journey from flight attendant to working in insurance. The post

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Risk Digitization Top Tech Priority for U.S. Insurers

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Risk Digitization Top Tech Priority for U.S. Insurers Risk d...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Jody Yee to lead WTW’s Alternative Risk Transfer Solutions team in the Americas

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Global advisory, broking, and solutions firm WTW has announced the appointment of Jody Yee as Head of Alternative Risk Transfer Solutions in the Americas. Yee will leverage his significant industry experience and a focus on developing innovative a...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

North Carolina Appeals Court Won’t Budge on Intrepid Insurance Name Mix-up

Insurance Journal

What’s in a name? Enough confusion to sink a subrogation lawsuit and appeal brought by the insurer for a burned-up Hardee’s restaurant, the North Carolina Court of Appeals said Wednesday. “…The trial court properly determined that I...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Trump’s Auto Tariffs to Cover Hundreds of Billions of Dollars of Vehicle, Parts Imports

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% auto tariffs will cover hundreds of billions of dollars worth of imports of vehicles and auto parts imports annually, according to a Reuters analysis of tariff codes included in a federal register notice on Wed...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

K2 Cyber launches for SMB cyber insurance

Reinsurance News

K2 Insurance Services, an independent specialty insurance program manager, has launched K2 Cyber, a managing general agent (MGA) focused on SMB Cyber Insurance. K2 Cyber provides Intelligent Cyber Insurance, combining continuous risk engineering,...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Six Injured After Truck Crashed Into Building and Pedestrians in Boston

Insurance Journal

BOSTON (AP) — A box truck crashed into a building Tuesday afternoon in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood and hit several pedestrians before flipping onto its side, city officials said. The driver and five others were injured in what authorities s...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Fire Kills a New York Cat Sanctuary Founder and 100+ Rescued Felines

Insurance Journal

A fire burned down a cat shelter in suburban New York, killing its founder and more than 100 of the felines he rescued and sparking a rescue operation for dozens of cats still roaming the destroyed property. As many as …

Posted: Apr 03, 2025

Skyline and the European Space Agency partner on parametric wildfire and drought solutions

Reinsurance News

Skyline Partners Ltd., a parametric outsourcing platform provider, has launched a joint project with the European Space Agency to utilise space assets and technology to efficiently provide parametric insurance products for drought and wildfire ris...

Posted: Apr 03, 2025