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Beazley Plc has rejected Zurich Insurance Group AG’s £7.7 billion ($10.3 billion) takeover approach, the latest twist in the Swiss giant’s attempt to acquire the UK specialty insurer. London-listed Beazley said its board has unanimously t...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Beazley Plc has rejected Zurich Insurance Group AG’s £7.7 billion ($10.3 billion) takeover approach, the latest twist in the Swiss giant’s attempt to acquire the UK specialty insurer. London-listed Beazley said its board has unanimously t...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Specialist insurer Beazley has confirmed that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected Zurich’s cash proposal of 1,280 pence per share, stating that it “materially undervalues Beazley and its longer-term prospects as an independ...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan’s largest utility, suspended the restart process of its nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture, less than a day after resuming its first reactor since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. TEPCO, as the utility is know...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
DUAL LatAm, part of DUAL Group, announced a significant increase in property capacity across Latin America, marking a strategic expansion of the property binder established with Brit in 2025 and reinforcing its commitment to delivering robust, reliab...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, hired Seth Fagan to its national property practice. Fagan has over 20 years of experience in the wholesale insurance space. He specializes in complex property risks, including, but not limited to, c...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
mea Platform, a company specialising in AI solutions for the re/insurance industry, has partnered with Moonrock Insurance, a specialist Managing General Agent focused on drone and emerging aviation risks, to implement mea Operations as an AI-first...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Converge, a company specialising in cyber risk management and underwriting, has announced the appointment of Howie Altman as Chief Technology Officer. Altman joins Converge to build on its AI and data capabilities, accelerate the company’s technol...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Three of the world’s largest dairy companies are recalling and blocking batches of infant milk formula after a contamination scare that began with Nestle widened on Wednesday to French groups Danone and Lactalis. The recalls highlight how a sin...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
A new era has begun of “global water bankruptcy,” with humans depleting freshwater systems to the point they can’t recover, according to a new United Nations report. Three-quarters of the world’s population — about 6.1 billion...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
US-based insurer The Hartford has announced the appointment of MS Amlin’s former Head of Natural Resources, Julian Samuel, as Head of International Marine, Energy & Industrial Risk within Global Specialty. Samuel joins The Hartford with over t...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
LA Fire Survivors Got a Rude Surprise That Could Hit More Americans A year after the...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly stepped back on Wednesday from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to seize Greenland, ruled out the use of force and suggested a deal was in sight to end a dispute over the Danish territory …
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed artificial intelligence hiring platform used by Microsoft, PayPal and many other Fortune 500 companies, is being sued for allegedly compiling reports used to screen job applicants without their knowledge. The la...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
SageSure, a managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on catastrophe-exposed property in the US, and GeoVera Nova, a provider of earthquake, wind, and residential and commercial property insurance, have announced the closing of the inaugural Meri...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Crawford & Company Announces New Operating Divisions, Appoints Hoberman CEO of US Operations Crawford & Company, headquartered in Atlanta, has announced a new global operating structure. Effective Jan. 1, Crawford operates under two divisions...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Insurance agency mergers & acquisitions were down 12% in 2025, compared with 2024. According to investment banking and financial consulting firm OPTIS Partners, there were 695 insurance agency deals in 2025. There were 787 deals in 2024. Despite...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Falls from heights were the most cited serious workplace safety violation by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries for the 20th straight year. In the past four months, L&I issued $1.4 million in fines to five construction comp...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
When fires broke out across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025, Miguel Santana grasped the magnitude of the catastrophe befalling his hometown sooner than most — he flew over the blazes, twice. Climbing above the LA basin on his way …
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
MNK International, an independent Lloyd’s of London broker, has announced the appointment of Jamie Illing as Chief Executive Officer of MNK International South Africa. He will leverage his more than three decades of local and international insuran...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Texans are bracing for a harsh winter storm that’s expected to plunge the entire state into subfreezing temperatures starting Friday, bringing an arctic mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Frigid air is blowing in from northern Canada, and ac...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
In one of his final acts in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation into law to expand regulation of motorized bicycles to include all classes of electric bikes. The measure (S4834/A6235) updates the classification, regulation, lic...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Gryphon Holdings has entered into an agreement to acquire PrimeOne Insurance Company, a privately held specialty commercial lines carrier. PrimeOne will operate as a core underwriting platform under the Gryphon umbrella. With PrimeOne, Gryphon’...
Posted: Jan 22, 2026
Catastrophes Push Firms Toward Captives Commercial Lines
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Entity Resolution Transforms Risk Management Risk Management
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Embedded insurance platform supports Baldwin’s growth in the real estate investor market.
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
By redesigning commercial underwriting processes with Genpact, Donegal Insurance unlocks Guidewire efficiency gains while improving employee engagement and retention.
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Beazley’s board unanimously rejected Zurich’s offer, the fifth in the past year, saying it “materially undervalues” the company.
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Employment-based health coverage continues to be the most common source of health insurance for working-age … Read more
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Veteran insurance executive to lead underwriting execution and support disciplined growth across MGA partnerships.
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
The drone and emerging aviation risk MGA has selected mea Platform to streamline operations and scale global growth.
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Ukrainian Insurers Navigate War Risk Reality Commercial Lines
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
4 Key Trends Reshaping P&C Insurance Personal Lines
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Insurance Embraces Elastic Staffing Model Talent Gap
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Back to Normal: Swiss Re Institute Sees U.S. P/C Insurance Past Cyclic...
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
A Missouri spouse can collect loss-of-consortium damages separate from her husband’s underinsured-motorist benefits, a federal appeals court ruled. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that an Auto-Owners Mutual Insurance Company aut...
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Howden today announced the launch of a U.S. cyber practice, with Juliet White hired as head of cyber and Lou Botticelli as cyber brokerage leader. Since May 2022, White has been head of cyber at E&O at Vantage Risk Cos. …
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
AM Best’s outlook for the global reinsurance segment is no longer positive, the rating agency announced Monday, citing the uptick in property reinsurance price drops and concerns about casualty reinsurance loss trends. The outlook is now stable...
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Lemonade, an AI-powered digital insurance company, has launched Lemonade Autonomous Car insurance, a product designed specifically for self-driving cars, starting with Tesla FSD. The new offering, described as first-of-its-kind, cuts per-mile rate...
Posted: Jan 21, 2026
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