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Nimble acquires True Insurance

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The deal was supported by Vantage Insurance Partners.

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Manulife and Centum expand partnership

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The deal keeps giving CENTUM agents access to Manulife’s Mortgage Protection Plan.

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

LendingTree closes $475 million credit facility

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LendingTree has steadily expanded its footprint since acquiring QuoteWizard for $300 million in 2018.

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

AI Everywhere, But Nowhere in Your Captive?

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AI Everywhere, But Nowhere in Your Captive? AI & Machine Learning

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Are Insurers' Capital Models Outdated?

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Are Insurers' Capital Models Outdated? Risk Management

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Gulf Coast Hurricane Risks Rising in Gulf Coast, Scientist Warns

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Gulf Coast Hurricane Risks Rising in Gulf Coast, Scientist Warns The Gulf...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

How to Futureproof Your Brand

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How to Futureproof Your Brand ITL Editorial Team

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

How Insurers Can Modernize Without Losing Trust

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How Insurers Can Modernize Without Losing Trust AI & Machine Learning

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Warehouse Tech Transforms Risk Models

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Warehouse Tech Transforms Risk Models Commercial Lines

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

4 CX Insights for Insurers

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4 CX Insights for Insurers Customer Experience

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Leading Insurance Brokerages Embrace AI Revolution

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Performance gaps widen between firms embracing artificial intelligence tools and those lagging behind, agency benchmarking study finds. The post Lead...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Missouri’s Mutual Insurance Companies Report Stronger Results in 2024

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The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) announced the state’s mutual insurance companies reported a considerable reduction in net losses from $17.7 million in 2023 to just $4.8 million in 2024. In 2024, mutuals managed 205,000 p...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Group

Insurance Journal

AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent) of Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insuran...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

CNA Financial Corporation Makes Trio of Executive Appointments

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The latest people news in the industry today. The post CNA Financial Corporation Makes Trio of Executive Appointments appeared first...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

American Integrity surpasses 15,000 policies in-force in South Carolina

Reinsurance News

American Integrity Insurance Group, a specialist residential property insurer, has surpassed 15,000 policies in-force in South Carolina, representing a major milestone in its Southeast growth strategy. This growth in South Carolina underscores the...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Concern Rises as Self-Inspected Aging U.S. Railroad Bridges Findings Kept Secret

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Concern Rises as Self-Inspected Aging U.S. Railroad Bridges Findings Kept Secret This story was produce...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Police Nab Massive $4.5M Cargo Theft Ring Using LA Store as Front

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Police Nab Massive $4.5M Cargo Theft Ring Using LA Store as Front An unassuming hardware store was t...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Tara Long Appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at FM

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The latest people news in the industry today. The post Tara Long Appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Be Recognized as a Best Agency to Work For: Submit Now

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Is your agency a great place to work? Would you call your agency a “Best Place to Work?” Then it’s time to nominate your agency for Insurance Journal’s “Best Agency to Work For” award. To nominate your agency, you...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Rural California Wine Country Fire Burning Out of Control

Insurance Journal

Firefighters will battle intense heat and dry weather Friday as they work to control a fast-moving blaze in the heart of California’s wine country. The Pickett Fire exploded in the hills above the tourist town of Calistoga in the Napa …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

People Moves: Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MG...

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Aon and the MGA Optio Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon’s Commercial Risk Business Promotes Smaje to Lead Transportation & Logistics Insurance...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

New Jersey Compensation Bureau Back Online After Cyber Incident

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The New Jersey Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau is mostly back online following a cybersecurity event that caused it to shut down its network more than two weeks ago. The workers’ compensation agency said it “experienced suspic...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Reinsurance broker Atrea Risk Solutions launches from the DIFC

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A new, Dubai-based reinsurance broker, Atrea Risk Solutions DIFC Ltd, has chosen the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) as its strategic base to serve clients across the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Asia (MEASA) region. Atrea Risk sp...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Gymnastics Coach at Renowned Iowa Gym Accused of Sexual Abuse

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The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Postal Services Across Globe Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion

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Postal services across the world are suspending parcel deliveries to the US, citing confusion about how to process millions of low-value packages that will lose their duty-free treatment next week. As of Aug. 29, President Donald Trump is ending the...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Texas Lawmakers Advance Flood Bills With Grieving Parents in Attendance

Insurance Journal

Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130 people, including two teenage counselors and 25 young girls at Camp Mystic who had been asleep in their cabins before …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

US Halts Visas for Truck Drivers After Fatal Florida Crash

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The US will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves to clamp down on foreign workers. “Effective immediately we are pausing all i...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Viceroy becomes 15th insurer to enter Florida market following legislative reforms

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Viceroy Preferred Insurance Company becomes the 15th property and casualty insurer to enter Florida’s market since the passage of the state’s impactful legislative reforms. Viceroy is domiciled in Florida and is now approved to write insurance in...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

People Moves: Marsh Names Global, US Aviation and Space Leaders; Ryan Appoints Ferguson CEO of US As...

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Marsh Appoints Glod as Global Head of Aviation and Space; Ambrose as Global Chairman; Kline to Lead US Aviation and Space Business Marsh appointed Brian Glod as global head of aviation and space and Tony Ambrose as global chairman of …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Two More Beach Homes Near Collapse as Erin’s Waves Pound NC Outer Banks

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Two homes on the North Carolina Outer Banks sit precariously in the high waves with their days seemingly numbered. Since 2020, 11 neighboring homes have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean. While the swells from storms like Hurricane Erin make things &#82...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Top Reinsurer Rankings Reshuffled to Reflect Adoption of New Accounting Standard

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Market leaders maintain strong performance despite record $320 billion in global natural catastrophe losses, AM Best reports. The post

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

We are now firmly in the hard market softening phase: Flandro, Howden Re

Reinsurance News

David Flandro, Managing Director, Head of Industry Analysis and Strategic Advisory at reinsurance broker Howden Re, has said that “if it wasn’t obvious already, we are now firmly in the hard market softening phase of the rating cycle,&...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Reinsurers Have Made Major Structural Changes to Improve Profits. Will Discipline Last?

Insurance Journal

Reinsurance underwriting remains disciplined, with terms and conditions and attachment points largely intact, despite signs of rate moderation, according to an AM Best market segment report. During the January 2023 renewals, the global reinsurance ma...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Two Workers Sue Over New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

Insurance Journal

Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while working at a site in New York City have filed lawsuits against two construction management firms they allege should be held responsible for the workplace conditions that caused...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Clear Group appoints Barbara Duffy as Chief People & Performance Officer

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Insurance broker Clear Group has appointed Barbara Duffy as Group Chief People & Performance Officer, effective 8th September 2025, and expanded Victoria Gallimore’s responsibilities as Group Chief of Staff. In her new role, Duffy will lead th...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025