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People Moves: Evans Jr. Elected President of Big I Illinois

Insurance Journal

Thomas Evans, Jr. of Biglow & Company, Inc, (Assured Partners) in Fox Lake, Illinois, has been elected and formally installed as the President of Big I Illinois at the organization’s annual convention in Peoria earlier this month. He will s...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

EPIC Acquires Illinois’ Price Insurance

Insurance Journal

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced it is expanding its Chicago and Midwest footprint with the acquisition of Price Insurance, a fourth-generation, family-owned agency based in Lake Forest, Illinois. The addition enhances EPIC’s...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Millennials Embrace Smart Home Tech While Boomers Prioritize Repairs, Creating Protection Gaps

Risk & Insurance

New survey from Nationwide reveals generational divide in home maintenance, risk mitigation approaches. The post

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Texas Sues Tylenol Makers J&J and Kenvue, Alleging They Hid Drug’s Autism Risks

Insurance Journal

The makers of Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N and Kenvue KVUE.N, were sued on Tuesday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused them of knowingly hiding the drug’s links to autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Paxto...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

EPIC strengthens Private Client practice with Price Insurance acquisition

Reinsurance News

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants (EPIC), a national insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has announced the acquisition of Price Insurance, an independent agency providing comprehensive solutions for individuals, families, and businesse...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Chemical Board Investigators Digging Into Fatal Tennessee Explosives Plant Blast

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is deploying investigators to Tennessee this week, now that federal ATF teams have completed much of their work at a military explosives plant that blew up Oct. 10 and killed 16 people. …

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

AM Specialty Insurance promotes Dominick Tassone Jr. to CEO of ASIC US

Reinsurance News

AM Specialty Insurance Company (ASIC), an Excess and Surplus (E&S) insurance firm and an accredited reinsurer, has promoted Dominick Tassone Jr. to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AM Specialty Insurance Company (ASIC US), effective January 1s...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Brown & Brown revenue rises 35.4% to $1.6bn in Q3’25

Reinsurance News

Brown & Brown, Inc., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, reported total revenue of $1.6 billion under US GAAP for the third quarter of 2025, representing a 35.4% increase compared to the same period a year earlier. For the quarter...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Federal Judge Decertifies Apple App Store Class Action

Insurance Journal

A federal judge decertified on Monday a class action by tens of millions of Apple customers who accused the company of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps by banning purchases outside its App Store, leading to higher prices. U.S. District …

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

PRMA Conference Notebook: Aon’s Jason Ott

Risk & Insurance

Aon's Jason Ott shares his perspective on climate change, cyber risks and other challenges in insuring his high net worth clients. The post PRMA Conference Note...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Brown & Brown Reports Strong Q3 Revenue Growth of 35.4%

Insurance Journal

Insurance broker Brown & Brown reported revenues of $1.6 billion during the third quarter – an increase of $420 million or 35.4% from Q3 2024. Commissions and fees rose by 34.2% with organic revenue increasing by 3.5%, a dip from …

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

7 Questions for Matt Scott of The Hartford

Risk & Insurance

Matt Scott of The Hartford reflects on how innovation, technology, and customer partnership are redefining the future of risk services. The post 7 Questions...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Sutton joins KatRisk as General Manager to help accelerate cat risk platform evolution

Reinsurance News

Catastrophic risk modelling software provider KatRisk has announced Martyn Sutton, formerly of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has joined its leadership team as General Manager. Sutton brings over thirty years of leadership experience in insurance and...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

AWS Outage Loss Estimates Range from $38M to $581M as Cyber Insurers Face Moderate Impact

Risk & Insurance

CyberCube analysis shows 'Amazonk' event affected 70,000 organizations but remains within insurance industry expectations. The post

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

The Hartford Q3 Net Income Up 41%

Insurance Journal

Net income at The Hartford increased 41% to about $1.1 billion in the third quarter 2025. Q2 property/casualty written premiums increased 7% compared to Q3 2024, led by growth of 9% in the business insurance segment. Helped by lower catastrophe &#823...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Security First the Latest in Florida to Announce Home Insurance Rate Cut

Insurance Journal

Security First Insurance, ranked the 15th largest property insurer in Florida earlier this year, announced it has filed for an 8% average statewide rate decrease for thousands of homeowners policies, making it the latest carrier to follow through on...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Rewriting the rules of auto insurance with Robert Smithson

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We recently sat down with Robert to talk about his journey from Cambridge to California, the thinking behind Just Insure's tech-first strategy, and his vision for making auto insurance both fairer and more profitable.

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

PenSam Partners with Allianz Global Investors

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The three-year mandate aims to advance PenSam’s geographic diversification and sustainability goals through co-investments alongside AllianzGI.

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Why Delegation of Authority Is the Missing Link in Enterprise Governance and Risk Management

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Legacy Delegation of Authority frameworks are breaking under the pressure of global scale, regulatory complexity, and real-time decision making.

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

When Claims Get Connected: How Agentech and Verisk Are Redefining Intelligent Automation

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Carriers have invested billions in digital transformation, yet the core of claims management often remains disconnected.

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Life360 tracks pets

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Separately, in insurance, PURE offers auto policyholders a complimentary two-year Life360 Gold membership.

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Jewelers Mutual: A hint of pink

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SSRU generated approximately CAD$18 million of operating revenue for the 12 months ended September 30, 2025.

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Everest will look to take risk in still favourable property cat market: CEO Williamson

Reinsurance News

Jim Williamson, President and Chief Executive Officer at Bermudian insurer an reinsurer, Everest, characterised the property catastrophe reinsurance market as a “still very favourable environment,” describing it as well-priced and a risk the compa...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

The Hartford reports record Q3’25 net income of $1.1bn as cat losses fall

Reinsurance News

The Hartford has disclosed a record Q3 2025 net income available to common stockholders of $1.1 billion, up a considerable 41% from $761 million in the same period of 2024. According to the firm, the increase was primarily driven by lower Property...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

J&J Talc Cancer Suits Rise 17% After Failed Settlement Push

Insurance Journal

Johnson & Johnson has seen a 17% jump in new lawsuits claiming its iconic baby powder causes cancer after the company’s latest attempt to force a global settlement was thrown out of bankruptcy court. J&J is facing approximately 73,570 s...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Virginia’s Lawsuit Against TikTok Gets Green Light to Proceed in State Court

Insurance Journal

Virginia’s lawsuit against TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. will move forward in state court, despite TikTok’s efforts to have it dismissed. Richmond City Circuit Court Judge Richard B. Campbell ruled on October 24...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Transportation Secretary May Pull $160M From California Over Noncitizen Truck Licenses

Insurance Journal

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that he is about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver’s licenses to noncitizens. In an appearan...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

UK firms adopting more structured and data-driven approach to risk oversight: Aon

Reinsurance News

Aon’s 2025 Global Risk Management Survey has found that UK businesses are outpacing their global peers in risk management and governance, with nearly eight in ten UK respondents (78.6%) reporting direct board involvement compared with 61.4%...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

7 Questions for Spencer Educational Foundation CEO Megan Miller

Risk & Insurance

Megan Miller was promoted to the newly created role of CEO of the Spencer Educational Foundation in September. The post 7 Questions for...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Truck Driver in Fatal Crash Repeatedly Failed Driving Tests, Florida AG’s Office Says

Insurance Journal

A commercial truck driver who is charged with killing three people in a deadly crash in Florida in August had failed a commercial driver’s license test 10 times in the span of two months in 2023 in Washington state, before …

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Royal London completes £16m buy-in for Premdor Crosby Pension Plan

Reinsurance News

Royal London, a mutual provider of life, pensions, and investment solutions, has finalised a £16 million bulk purchase annuity (BPA) arrangement with the Premdor Crosby Pension Plan. This transaction, which secures benefits for 181 members, is the...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Wright Flood’s Buy of Poulton Associates to Create Largest Flood Insurance Provider

Insurance Journal

Wright National Flood Insurance Company said its affiliate, Wright National Flood Insurance Services, an operating company of Arrowhead Programs, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Poulton Associates. Poulton, one of the top provi...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025

Ignite Specialty Risk expands Executive Team and UK Underwriting function

Reinsurance News

Ignite Specialty Risk, a provider of litigation risk insurance, has made four key appointments to its Executive Team and UK Underwriting function, supporting its growth and ongoing development across the UK, Europe, and US markets. Angus Eames joi...

Posted: Oct 28, 2025