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At National Comp 2025 with Paul King, President of MyMatrixx

Risk & Insurance

PBM expert Paul King outlines trends in pain management, transparency, and AI shaping workers’ compensation pharmacy at National Comp 2025. The post

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

At National Comp 2025 with Greg Moore, CEO of EK Health

Risk & Insurance

EK Health's Greg Moore explains how physician shortages, technology, and AI are reshaping managed care and workers’ comp outcomes. The post At Na...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Air France, Airbus Dispute Pilot Roles in Rio-Paris Crash

Insurance Journal

Air France and Airbus clashed over the role of pilots in a mid-Atlantic crash that killed 228 passengers and crew more than 16 years ago as the two companies fought corporate manslaughter charges at the climax of an eight-week appeal …

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Amazon Wins Injunction Against New York Law on Labor Relations

Insurance Journal

A federal judge last Wednesday granted Amazon.com a preliminary injunction to block the New York State Public Employment Relations Board from enforcing a new state law that the online retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate private-sector...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

ICEYE expands satellite constellation to close information gap for re/insurers

Reinsurance News

ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, has launched five new SAR satellites to close critical information gaps, giving insurers the situational awareness to protect communities, target resources, and speed r...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Miller appoints Paul Lineham as Head of Data

Reinsurance News

Miller, the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced the appointment of Paul Lineham as Head of Data. In his new role, Lineham will focus on enhancing the technological solutions Miller brings to its clients, while he...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Hong Kong’s Deadliest Fire in Decades Followed a Year of Safety Complaints

Insurance Journal

Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities last year that they faced “relatively low fire risks” after complaining repeatedly about fire hazards posed...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

PE Firms EQT, CVC Drop $3.44B Pursuit of Australian Broker AUB Group; Shares Drop

Insurance Journal

Australia’s AUB Group said on Monday its suitors EQT and CVC Asia Pacific had abandoned their pursuit that valued the insurance broker at A$5.25 billion ($3.44 billion), sending its shares more than 17% lower. Shares of the Sydney-based firm pl...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Update: PE Firms EQT, CVC Drop $3.44 Billion Pursuit of Australian Broker AUB Group

Insurance Journal

Australia’s AUB Group said on Monday its suitors EQT and CVC Asia Pacific had abandoned their pursuit that valued the insurance broker at A$5.25 billion ($3.44 billion), sending its shares more than 17% lower. Shares of the Sydney-based firm pl...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Santam secures final approval to launch Syndicate 1918 at Lloyd’s

Reinsurance News

Santam Group, a major South African insurance company, has been granted Lloyd’s final permission for its Santam Syndicate 1918 to underwrite for business beginning on or after January 1, 2026. The new Syndicate will introduce Santam’s established...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Unlocking the Future Workforce in High School: The Impact of Emerging Talent Programs and Local Indu...

Insurance Journal

The future of insurance is sitting in today’s classrooms. We hold this truth to be self-evident: when young people gain insurance knowledge, real exposure to professional pathways, and meaningful engagement with industry professionals, the resu...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Lockton Re names Anthony DiLorenzo as US Casualty Broking Leader

Reinsurance News

Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of independent insurance broker Lockton, has appointed Anthony DiLorenzo as US Casualty Broking Leader, based in Philadelphia. DiLorenzo most recently spent over 12 years at broker Aon, serving as Senior Managi...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Private equity investors end acquisition talks with AUB

Reinsurance News

Private equity investors EQT and CVC (together, the Consortium) have notified AUB Group that they will not proceed with a binding A$45-per-share scheme proposal to acquire 100% of the business, and both sides have therefore agreed to end discussio...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Life insurance drives growth as Colombia’s non-life segment faces rising leverage risks: AM Best

Reinsurance News

Colombia, among Latin America’s more advanced insurance markets, is seeing growth increasingly driven by the life insurance sector, according to a new AM Best report. While non-life insurance continues to hold the larger share of market participan...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

UK P&I Club and TT Club target growth and stability with proposed merger

Reinsurance News

The UK P&I Club, a provider of Protection & Indemnity insurance to the global shipping industry, and the TT Club, an insurance and risk management provider for the international transport and logistics industry, have announced that they ar...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

AI in insurance is now mainstream, says WTW’s Doddington

Reinsurance News

WTW, an advisory, broking, and solutions firm, has been closely tracking the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in insurance, and has highlighted how carriers are now deploying related technologies at a more rapid pace. Laura Doddington, WTW...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

US E&S Outlook No Longer Positive: AM Best

Insurance Journal

AM Best is revised its market segment outlook on the U.S. excess and surplus lines segment to stable from positive, the rating agency announced in mid-November. The change comes as rates soften and premium growth moderates. “Although favorable...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Ace Insurance Brokers adds Mercer India’s Laddha as President

Reinsurance News

Ace Insurance Brokers, an Indian composite insurance broker, delivering comprehensive life and general insurance solutions to individuals, corporates, and institutions, has appointed Arvind Laddha as President. Earlier this year, Blackstone acquir...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Lawsuit Over Burger King’s Whopper Ads Set Back by Federal Judge

Insurance Journal

A federal judge dealt a setback to customers suing Burger King over advertising for its Whopper sandwiches, saying their claims were too disparate to justify certifying a nationwide class action. The lawsuit by 19 customers in 13 U.S. states accused...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Deadly Bear Attacks in Japan Prompt New Products From Insurers

Insurance Journal

Hardly a day goes by in Japan without news of another bear attack, but a problem that’s worrying local residents, tourists and farmers and hampering leisure-related businesses is presenting an opportunity for insurers. Tokio Marine & Nichid...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Why Reciprocal Insurance Exchanges Are Back in Fashion

Insurance Journal

Reciprocal insurance exchanges have been increasingly popular in recent years, with third-party investor interest in the fee-for-service businesses that manage RIEs and waning property insurance capacity in catastrophe-prone regions supporting the re...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Product Liability Verdicts Are on The Rise But There Are Ways to Avoid Them

Insurance Journal

Nuclear verdicts in product liability suits are on the rise. But manufacturers and their insurance companies can take multiple steps to prevent and defend against large jury verdicts, insurance and legal experts said at a recent webinar hosted by Tra...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

DOJ Investigating SeaWorld, Busch Gardens Firm After Ban on Some Wheeled Walkers

Insurance Journal

The Trump Administration’s Department of Justice, not known for its support of minorities and disabled people, announced it is investigating the company that runs SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay for potential violations of the Amer...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Product Liability Verdicts Are on the Rise but There Are Ways to Avoid Them

Insurance Journal

Nuclear verdicts in product liability suits are on the rise. But manufacturers and their insurance companies can take multiple steps to prevent and defend against large jury verdicts, insurance and legal experts said at a recent webinar hosted by Tra...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Washington Workers’ Comp Average Premium Going up 4.9% in 2026

Insurance Journal

The average cost of workers’ compensation insurance in Washington is set to rise 4.9% for 2026. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced that employers and workers will pay on average $1.37 a week more for each full-t...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

California Labor Commissioner Cites Janitorial Companies, OptumCare $468K

Insurance Journal

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited several janitorial companies, their owners, and OptumCare Management LLC $468,204 for wage theft violations that reportedly impacted more than 90 janitors who cleaned manufacturing, laborator...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Litigation Finance Hits a Wall After Bets on Huge Gains Falter

Insurance Journal

Litigation finance is having a bad year. After predicting huge growth as recently as January 2024, the industry is now finding that hedge funds and other sources of capital are pulling back. The situation has led some litigation finance firms …

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

State Audit Finds Delays and Gaps in Vermont’s Food and Lodging Inspections

Insurance Journal

The Office of the State Auditor found significant shortcomings with how the Vermont Department of Health reviews complaints related to food and lodging establishments, according to a recent report. The report is the first audit of four planned for th...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

People Moves: Vermont Captive Insurance Commissioner Bigglestone to Retire

Insurance Journal

Sandy Bigglestone, deputy commissioner of the captive insurance division the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), is retiring from her position as of Jan. 1, 2026. Bigglestone’s career in state government began in 1997. As deputy c...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

S&P lifts Africa Re ratings to ‘A’ due to consistent strong performance

Reinsurance News

S&P Global Ratings has raised the long-term issuer credit and insurer financial strength ratings for African Reinsurance Corp. (Africa Re) and its South African subsidiary, African Reinsurance Corp. (South Africa) Ltd., to ‘A’ from...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

CME Data Center Bolsters Backup Cooling After 10-Hour Outage

Insurance Journal

The data center that supports CME Group Inc., one of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges, said it has bolstered its backup cooling capacity after overheating sparked a catastrophic 10-hour outage that roiled world markets on Friday. Cyrus...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Texas Adds ID Restrictions on Vehicle Registrations, Renewals

Insurance Journal

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is implementing more stringent photo identification requirements for all vehicle registrations and renewals in an abrupt shift that could shut out undocumented residents from legally owning vehicles. Current pho...

Posted: Dec 01, 2025

Insurance Customers Skeptical About AI Processes and Benefits

Carrier Management

Insurance Customers Skeptical About AI Processes and Benefits While insurance...

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

Improving Insurance Data Quality

Insurance Thought Leadership

Improving Insurance Data Quality Data Analytics

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

Advice for Insurers as Ransomware Evolves

Insurance Thought Leadership

Advice for Insurers as Ransomware Evolves Cyber

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

Embedded Insurance's Next Leap

Insurance Thought Leadership

Embedded Insurance's Next Leap Ecosystems

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

Rate Filing Reimagined

Insurance Thought Leadership

Rate Filing Reimagined Personal Lines

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

Continuous Underwriting Wants to Scale  

Insurance Thought Leadership

Continuous Underwriting Wants to Scale   Underwriting

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

'Inevitablism' in Insurance

Insurance Thought Leadership

'Inevitablism' in Insurance AI & Machine Learning

Posted: Nov 30, 2025

GEICO Can’t Squirm Out of South Carolina Lawsuit That Claims the Company Owes $70 Million in Back Ta...

Insurance Journal

GEICO insurance companies can’t dismiss a South Carolina lawsuit that demands they pay almost $70 million in back taxes and penalties, a federal judge ruled in a case that could ultimately affect how insurance taxes are collected by cities in &...

Posted: Nov 30, 2025