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District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that the District has won judgments in nine lawsuits that will cost 14 drivers from Maryland and Virginia a total of $531,192 in unpaid fines, penalties and fees for traffic citations....
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Howden Re, a global reinsurance broker, is strengthening its DACH facultative team with the appointment of Verena Seitz and Johanna Fricke as Directors. Both individuals will focus on expanding Howden Re’s facultative reinsurance operations...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
How the best agencies are building talent in 2026 The agencies winning the talent game in 2026 are the ones willing to rethink what “qualified” looks like and to use their own employees and clients as conduits to that talent. By Carolyn Smith, APR, C...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
CRC Group, an independent wholesale specialty insurance distributor, has launched REDY INTEL, a new AI-powered engine embedded within CRC’s REDY platform. REDY INTEL has been designed to transform how specialty risks are analysed, positioned, and...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Cars on the road today are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result. In Los Angeles, where I live, lead levels in the air were 50 times …
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Marsh announced Ted Moynihan will become president and CEO of Marsh Management Consulting and Oliver Wyman, effective April 1. He will succeed Nick Studer, who earlier this month was appointed president and CEO of Marsh Risk. Moynihan will serve on &...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
European insurance watchdogs are taking a closer look at how the industry values its investments in private credit amid widespread concerns about the asset class. Authorities in France and Germany are among those to recently step up their scrutiny, a...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Amid a flood of choices, group life needs more shelf space and promotion “One-times salary isn’t enough coverage. If the employer can’t afford it, they can offer it on a voluntary basis.” —Dana Newnam Sales Executive Guardian Life Insurance Company...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has concluded that an individual who is the sole owner and employee of a business is not required to provide his insurance carrier with notice of his work-related injury within 120 days to qualify for workers’ ...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Talcott Financial Group, an international life insurance group, has announced an expansion to the previously announced block reinsurance transaction between its subsidiary, Talcott Life Re, and Japan Post Insurance. Under the terms of the expanded...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are crucial to Earth’s …
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company’s Collinsville, Illinois facility to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) char...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are especially at risk being struck by a new trend—a rise in cyber privacy litigation. “Privacy risk is no longer just about data breaches”, said Andy Thomas, CEO of KYND. A new report from the ...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
How Would Elon Musk Run an Insurance Company? PaulCarroll
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Howden is set to bolster its specialist insurance actuarial and longevity consulting capabilities with the acquisition of Hymans Robertson’s Insurance and Financial Services Consulting Team (IFS...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Chicago-area residents are facing some of the country’s highest property taxes, with bills surging at double the inflation rate over the past 30 years, according to a study released Monday. Property owners paid $19.2 billion in taxes in 2024, a...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
China’s Top Private Insurer Taps AI to Unlock $174 Billion Value Five years...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
There were allegedly five heat-related deaths over the last two summers in Texas prisons, the plaintiff’s attorneys presented on the first day of the federal trial over insufficient air conditioning in these facilities. The Texas Department of...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
For nearly a decade, residents of Sweetwater have been confronted by a jarring sight as they leave and enter this small West Texas town: thousands of used wind-turbine blades. The blades take up nearly 1 million square feet in a …
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
CEO John Dawson and Executive Chairman Jon Jensen of Correll Insurance Group. With win-win M&As, this South Carolina agency grows to more than 50 offices in six states By Dennis H. Pillsbury Photography by Arturo Paulino “In 2000, we made an acqu...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Understanding and explaining how changes will impact trucking businesses and insurance risk is critical By Harish Kapur Recent changes to commercial driver’s license (CDL) oversight and immigration enforcement are reshaping the trucking labor market...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
The difference between chaos and confidence is often decided weeks or months before an event By Mike Skiados A hurricane watch is issued. It’s three days out. The cone points your way. Phones start ringing: clients scrambling to confirm flood coverag...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
How today’s advisors use prevention, data, and operational insight to win and keep better accounts By Randy Boss, CRM, CIC, MWCA For many years, risk management was something that sat in a binder. The safety manual was just another book on the shelf....
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
StitchStudio’s insurance-specific ontology and configurability to organization- specific knowledge is their secret sauce for improving operations By Lori Widmer The process of automating an agency or brokerage is often stymied by not knowing where to...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Tech firm provides software to prevent mobile device use while operating vehicles By Christopher W. Cook More than 20 years ago, after a late night with friends, this writer hit a mailbox with his car, cracking the windshield and destroying a side mi...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Key risks and how to avoid them By Sarb Gill Insurance costs for commercial trucking and transportation coverage have seen significant spikes, with premiums up by more than 8% in 2025 and predicted to continue to rise, according to the Council of Ins...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Techcom Life Insurance Joint Stock, a newly established life insurance company founded by Techcombank, and Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), a global life and health reinsurer, have entered into a strategic partnership to expand ac...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Wars, including a widening conflict in the Middle East, are heightening risks for aviation as flight corridors are squeezed and drones become more widespread, Europe’s top aviation safety regulator told Reuters. The month-old Iran war is reshap...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
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Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Qover, a Belgium-based insurtech company specialising in embedded insurance orchestration, has secured a $12 million growth capital facility from CIBC Innovation Banking as it marks its tenth year in operation. The company reports that this latest...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Willis, a WTW business, has announced the appointment of Tony Simm as the Head of Facultative for Europe and GB. In his new position, Simm will be responsible for leading the delivery of high-quality client solutions across various territories and...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Bermuda-based re/insurer Aspen has reported improved underwriting performance for full-year 2025, with underwriting income rising to $370.8 million, up from $345.8 million in 2024. The firm’s gross written premiums grew slightly to $4.67 billion i...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Aflac Incorporated, a life and health insurer through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., has announced that Aflac Re Bermuda Ltd. (Aflac Re) has agreed with Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. to reinsure a block of whole life annuities through co...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Shippers remain doubtful of a wholesale return to the Strait of Hormuz while it remains beset by conflict, throwing cold wateron a Trump administration plan for US-backed insurance and naval escorts to clear passage through the vital waterway. “...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Cumulative losses from severe convective storms now exceed those from hurricanes, challenging the traditional classification of these events as 'secondary perils,' according to Allianz Commercial. The post
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Britain’s government-backed terrorism reinsurer Pool Re has sponsored its fourth £100 million catastrophe bond, supporting UK economic resilience and protecting businesses from terrorism-related losses while keeping risk in the private markets. Is...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
SiriusPoint, a specialty insurer and reinsurer, has appointed Sabra Purtill to its Board of Directors, effective March 25th, 2026. Simultaneously, while Franklin (Tad) Montross IV and Peter Tan will step down from the board effective May 20th, 202...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Effective April 1, 2026, Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company will lower its net rates by 4%, further easing workers’ compensation expenses for Maryland business owners. This is the 11th consecutive year that the company has reduced it...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Fosun International Limited has released the unaudited results for Hong Kong-based global reinsurer, Peak Re, for the full year 2025 (FY’25), disclosing an increase in reinsurance revenue of 32.8% year-on-year to $1.54 billion. At Peak Re, the FY’...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
According to scientists, 2025 was the worst year for measles outbreaks in the United States since 1991. The post Opinion | The No-Vax Tax appeared first on
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Boosting Productivity The Problem: Endless Admin Work Repetitive admin tasks like follow-ups, document attachments, or renewal management can quickly overwhelm your team. These manual processes, while necessary, distract from retention and exceptiona...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026
Global reinsurance broker Howden Re has extended its ongoing collaboration with Mitiga Solutions to enhance Spain’s national approach to assessing volcanic risk. The partnership applies Mitiga’s proprietary volcanic catastrophe models to the Canar...
Posted: Mar 31, 2026