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Three Green Technologies Creating New Property Risks — and How to Manage Them

Risk & Insurance

As sustainable solutions become mainstream in buildings across North America, property owners and risk managers must understand the unique hazards posed by solar panels, electric vehicles, and mass timber construction. The post

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses Exceed $100 Billion for Sixth Straight Year

Risk & Insurance

LA wildfires drive 2025 insured losses to $107 billion, with U.S. accounting for 83% of global total, according to Swiss Re Institute. The post

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Viewpoint: What Marijuana’s Move to Schedule III Really Means for Cannabis Insurance

Insurance Journal

The cannabis world is buzzing about a possible move to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. If it happens, it will be a meaningful shift—especially for taxes and market access—but it will not &#823...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Companies Build AI Oversight but Struggle With Operational Readiness

Risk & Insurance

Sedgwick survey reveals 70% of organizations have established AI governance committees, yet only 14% report full deployment preparedness. The post

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Georgia Commissioner Touts More Auto Rate Reductions by Major Insurers

Insurance Journal

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King announced more auto insurance rate reductions for motorists in the state—the second announcement in as many months. King credited tort-reform laws and stepped-up efforts to combat insurance fraud. “As we...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Understanding Legal System Abuse: How Lawsuit Exploitation Drives Up Costs for Everyone

Risk & Insurance

As third-party litigation funding reshapes the American court system, consumers and businesses alike face mounting financial consequences, but reform efforts offer hope for change. The post

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Fitch’s outlook for global insurance sector is ‘neutral’ despite pockets of deterioration

Reinsurance News

Fitch Ratings has assigned a ‘neutral’ global sector outlook for the insurance industry in 2026, which reflects a stable operating environment in most markets and a sector that remains resilient, despite facing increasingly challenging conditions...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

People Moves: Jencap Names Edge Binding Team Manager; Alliant Hires Givens

Insurance Journal

Jencap, one of the largest wholesale brokerages in the U.S., announced that John Michael “JM” Edge, formerly of Amwins, is the new property and casualty binding team manager for Atlanta, Charlotte and Denver teams. Edge spent more than 10...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Vantage hires Steve Robb from Somerset Re as Group CFO

Reinsurance News

Global re/insurer Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. has named experienced finance executive Steve Robb as its new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), reporting to Greg Hendrick, the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Robb assumes the new ro...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Insurance Industry ‘Megadeals’ Dominate 2025, Says PwC

Insurance Journal

“Megadeals” are ruling insurance industry mergers and acquisitions as action remained consistent throughout 2025, with the prospect that the need for growth with drive more deals in 2026. According to a new report from PwC, 93% of deal va...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

People Moves: Hamilton Re Promotes Hunt to SVP, Head of Property Insurance; MGA Arrow Launches Profe...

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Insurance Group and MGA Arrow Risk Management. A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Re Promotes Hunt to SVP, Head of Property Insurance Hamilton Insurance Grou...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Generative AI in Insurance Claims Faces a Scale Problem

Risk & Insurance

Most P&C insurers are using AI, but few are deploying it where it matters most, according to Bain & Co. The post Generative AI in Insu...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Fitch upgrades Oman Re’s credit rating, assigns stable outlook

Reinsurance News

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Oman Re’s Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘, assigning a Stable Outlook. According to Fitch, the upgrade reflects reduced investment and asset risk following the u...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Insurance Tech: Zywave Releases Suite of Specialized AI Agents

Insurance Journal

Insurance technology provider Zywave unveiled an agentic AI strategy, and what it calls the industry’s first suite of insurance-specialized AI agents. The agents will help insurance companies transform how they work and achieve unprecedented le...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

India’s Parliament Approves Bill to Raise Foreign Direct Investment in Insurance to 100%

Insurance Journal

India’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to raise foreign direct investment in the insurance sector to 100% from 74%, a move that will help insure more people in the world’s most populous country. The increase in the FDI limit &#82...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Auto Insurers Must Soon Submit Info to New Kentucky Insurance Verification System

Insurance Journal

Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet and Department of Insurance have launched a new vehicle insurance verification system, and auto insurers have until Jan. 15 to start getting on board. The new Kentucky Insurance Verification System, authorized...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Howden strengthens M&A offering with Xianwei Lee appointment

Reinsurance News

Xianwei Lee, an executive with extensive experience in cross-border transactions and deep understanding of the Asian market, has joined Howden, the global insurance and reinsurance broking group, as Head of M&A, Asia. In his new role, Xianwei...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Court Awards $32 Million Over Premature Baby’s Death at Yale Hospital

Insurance Journal

A Connecticut court has awarded $32 million to the estate of a child born prematurely who died three months later after being given a cow-based nutrition fortifier by Yale New Haven Hospital without the parents’ or any consent. The decision &#8...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Insurance M&A activity set to hold pace in 2026: PwC

Reinsurance News

PwC has disclosed that the insurance sector recorded $31.8 billion in M&A deals across 207 transactions between June 1 and November 30, and expects deal activity in 2026 to be broadly in line with this year. According to the firm, deal flow ha...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Pacific Northwest Gets Brief Break Before Storms Return Thursday

Insurance Journal

Rain will ease Wednesday across the Pacific Northwest after floods and winds left at least 600,000 without power, forced hundreds of people in Washington to flee their homes and killed at least one person. The respite is expected to be …

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Poorer Americans Dropped Federal Flood Insurance When Rates Rose

Insurance Journal

When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to align premiums with real flood risk, driven higher...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

James Wilson joins ATL to lead specialty lines push

Reinsurance News

Independent Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker ATL has expanded into the Specialty Lines market with the appointment of James Wilson. In his new role as Director, Wilson will lead ATL’s expansion into M&A, Tax, and Capital Risks, alongsi...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Hub International Adds Former CNA, USAA Chief Executives to its Board

Insurance Journal

Brokerage Hub International said it has added former CNA chief executive officer and executive chairman Dino Robusto as chairman of the board, and former USAA president and CEO Wayne Peacock as director of the board. “The addition of both of &#...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

IG P&I tweaks GXL structure for 2026/27 as pool claims activity shifts

Reinsurance News

The International Group of P&I Clubs (IG) has finalised its Pooling and Group Excess of Loss (GXL) reinsurance structure for the 2026/27 policy year, introducing two key changes as the environment shifts back toward higher levels of pool claim...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

LA Fires and U.S. Severe Convective Storms Drive Insured Losses of $107B in 2025

Carrier Management

LA Fires and U.S. Severe Convective Storms Drive Insured Losses of...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

McKinsey Plots Thousands of Job Cuts in Slowdown for Consulting Industry

Carrier Management

McKinsey Plots Thousands of Job Cuts in Slowdown for Consulting Industry As McKinsey & Co. partne...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

State Insurance Legislators ‘Greatly Disturbed’ by Trump AI Regulation Order

Carrier Management

State Insurance Legislators ‘Greatly Disturbed’ by Trump AI Regulation Orde...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Executives on the Move at HSB, American Modern Insurance Group, AIG

Carrier Management

Executives on the Move at HSB, American Modern Insurance Group, AIG Munich Re Specialty announced...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

California Regulator Puts Tesla Sales Suspension Order on Hold

Insurance Journal

A California regulator has deferred an order for Tesla to suspend sales in its biggest U.S. market, giving the electric vehicle maker more time to address its accusation of misleading marketing and overstating self-driving capabilities. The Departmen...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Aspen’s Justin Camara joins CFC to lead US growth strategy

Reinsurance News

Specialist insurer CFC has appointed Justin Camara, formerly of Aspen Insurance Holdings, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CFC USA, tasked with leading the carrier’s growth strategy in the country. Expected to start his new role in the fi...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

CFC Hires Aspen’s Camara as CEO of CFC USA

Insurance Journal

Specialist insurer CFC said it has named Justin Camara as chief executive officer of CFC USA Camara, a 30-year industry veteran, will arrive to lead CFC USA’s growth strategy in the U.S. from his latest role as executive vice president …

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Property cat pricing to drift lower at Jan renewals but still attractive for reinsurers: Moody’s Rat...

Reinsurance News

Moody’s Ratings expects reinsurance supply and demand to favour buyers at the key January 1st, 2026, renewals, with pricing for property catastrophe reinsurance likely to fall in the range of 15%, with variations by both region and peril. Af...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

Viewpoint: The 2026 Forecast for European Insurers Is Partly Cloudy

Insurance Journal

The European insurers that S&P rates displayed good operating performance in the life and non-life segments in 2025, and we expect they will largely continue to do so in 2026. The European insurance sector is exposed to many external risks, &#823...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025

BMS expands into India with new strategic partnership

Reinsurance News

BMS Group has announced a strategic partnership with Berns Brett India, signalling its expansion into the Indian market, with the local entity set to be rebranded BMS (India) Ltd pending regulatory approval. Nick Gillett, CEO of BMS International,...

Posted: Dec 17, 2025