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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

Reinsurance News

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

Sava Re’s GPW up 13.5% to €91.4m in H1’25

Reinsurance News

Slovenian-domiciled reinsurer Sava Re reported gross written premiums (GWP) of €91.4 million for the first half of 2025, representing a 13.5% increase compared to €80.5 million a year earlier. The company attributed the premium increase to seizing...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

L&H reinsurance earnings remain consistent for Europe’s Big Four: Fitch

Reinsurance News

Among Europe’s Big Four reinsurers—Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR—life and health (L&H) reinsurance earnings remained consistent in H1’25, supported by steady releases of contractual service margin (CSM) and risk adjustment, accordi...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Concirrus becomes first insurtech to achieve triple certification for AI trust & security

Reinsurance News

Concirrus, provider of AI-centric insurance solutions, has become the first insurtech company worldwide to secure three major internationally recognised certifications: ISO/IEC 42001 (AI Governance), ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management)...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN

Insurance Journal

Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, the United Nations said on Friday. Climate change is making heatwaves more common and intense, and workers worldwi...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Aon unveils leadership shift in Commercial Risk business

Reinsurance News

Aon has revealed that in October 2025, Phil Smaje will assume the role of Global Industry Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics, succeeding Lee Meyrick, who will become Chair of a newly created Risk Capital Transportation & Logistic...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Hurricane Erin Is Disrupting Both Europe’s Weather and Forecasts

Insurance Journal

Hurricane Erin is muddling computer models and making forecasters, analysts and traders question the accuracy of the outlook for heat, wind and storms across Europe next week. Erin, which churned through the Atlantic 330 kilometers (205 miles) off th...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Moody’s raises Ryan Specialty’s credit ratings, outlook revised to stable

Reinsurance News

Moody’s Ratings, the credit rating agency, has upgraded Ryan Specialty, LLC, a provider of specialty insurance solutions, to reflect the company’s stronger market position and improved financial profile. Ryan Specialty’s corporate family rating wa...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Everest adds former KPMG insurance leader Laura Hay to Board

Reinsurance News

Bermuda-domiciled insurer and reinsurer Everest Group has appointed Laura Hay as an independent, Non-Executive member of its Board of Directors. Hay has over three decades of industry experience, and before her retirement in 2023 she was Global He...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Green Shield Risk Solutions launches wildfire programme for Colorado and California

Reinsurance News

Green Shield Risk Solutions, a managing general agent (MGA) focused on high-risk insurance markets, has launched its new homeowners programme, Guardian Elite Home. Developed specifically for wildfire-prone areas in Colorado and California, the pro...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Holborn Corporation promotes Stephanie Rabin as EVP and COO

Reinsurance News

The Board of Directors of US-based independent reinsurance broker, Holborn Corporation, have unanimously approved the promotion of Stephanie Rabin to Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). In the new role, she will conti...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Yet Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say

Insurance Journal

Yet another property insurance carrier has been approved to do business in Florida, this one a sister company to Monarch National Insurance, based in Tallahassee. Viceroy Preferred Insurance Co. is at least the 15th new insurer to enter the Florida &...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say

Insurance Journal

Yet another property insurance carrier has been approved to do business in Florida, this one a sister company to Monarch National Insurance, based in Tallahassee. Viceroy Preferred Insurance Co. is at least the 15th new insurer to enter the Florida &...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Earns NAIC Accreditation

Insurance Journal

The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) recently received its five-year accreditation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The purpose of NAIC accreditation is to ensure that state insurance departments meet base...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Arden’s Parametric Wildfire Risk Program Backed by SiriusPoint

Insurance Journal

Brokers in western states take note: there is new help for wildfire risks. Specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint Ltd. is offering capacity to managing general underwriter Arden Insurance Services LLC for a wildfire exposed risks program that includes embe...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Volvo Launches Independent Agency; Arden’s Wildfire Program Backed by SiriusPoint

Insurance Journal

Volvo Launches Independent Agency Auto manufacturer Volvo has launched an independent insurance agency offering not just car insurance for Volvos but also home and umbrella insurance. The Mahwah, New Jersey-based Volvo Car Insurance Services represen...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk

Insurance Journal

When Hurricane Helene barreled across several southern states last fall, it destroyed homes and killed more than 150 people. The storm also took out one of the country’s main factories producing intravenous fluid bags widely used in hospitals....

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Asian reinsurers’ overseas diversification strategy seen as credit positive: AM Best

Reinsurance News

According to a new report from AM Best, Asia’s reinsurers are actively expanding to mature overseas markets as part of a move to diversify and be more agile with underwriting cycle management, which is seen as credit positive. With economic moment...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

Insurance Journal

Health officials are working to alert hundreds of people in dozens of states and several countries who may have been exposed to rabies in bat-infested cabins in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park over the past few months. As of Friday, …

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Baltimore Shipping Channel Reopened After Explosion on Ship Near 2024 Bridge Collapse

Insurance Journal

Investigators on Tuesday were trying to determine what caused an explosion aboard a cargo ship laden with coal as it departed Baltimore’s harbor for East Africa. Officials said no one was injured in the blast Monday evening, which prompted a &#...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

People Moves: Montoya Joins Liberty Naranjo as VP, Producer; Alliant Human Capital Names Chalmers SV...

Insurance Journal

Montoya Joins Liberty Naranjo as VP, Producer The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers (Liberty), headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, named Brittany Montoya vice president and producer at Liberty Naranjo, Liberty’s high-growth Northern Californ...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

‘What About Legacy Admissions?’ Critics Ask as Trump Presses Colleges for Merit

Insurance Journal

As President Donald Trump attempts to reshape college admissions, he’s promising a new era of fairness, with an emphasis on merit and test scores and a blind eye toward diversity. Yet the Republican president’s critics — and some allies —...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Bank of America Says Autonomous Vehicles Can Boost Insurers’ Profitability

Insurance Journal

The shift to autonomous vehicles represents a great unknown for the auto insurance industry, but to analysts at Bank of America Corp. it will be a potential goldmine. Investors are concerned about liability when driverless cars become more mainstream...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

Just 35 Complaints of Debanking Cite Political Bias Despite Trump Order

Insurance Journal

Less than one percent of customers who filed detailed complaints about checking or savings account closures with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over the last 13 years accused banks of acting for political or religious reasons, even as...

Posted: Aug 22, 2025

$100B-Plus and Growing: Aon Reports on MGA Market

Carrier Management

$100B-Plus and Growing: Aon Reports on MGA Market Aon published a report...

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Klear.ai Adds Carepay Technology to Claims Platform

IIR

The integration embeds digital disbursements into Klear.ai’s system, enabling insurers and TPAs to issue payments without leaving the platform.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Honeycomb Insurance Enters Minnesota, Expands Market Reach

IIR

The Chicago-based digital insurer begins writing policies in Minnesota as part of a planned five-state expansion through early 2026.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Allianz Trade CEO Highlights AI-Driven Growth in Credit Insurance

IIR

Sarah Murrow says Allianz Trade is strengthening its leadership by combining data-driven innovation with its longstanding role in supporting business liquidity and trade confidence.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Terra, Gradient AI Partner on Workers’ Comp Claims Intelligence

IIR

The integration aims to deliver earlier risk insights to improve claims outcomes.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Applied Home National Underwriters Adopts ZestyAI Risk Models

IIR

The insurer will use ZestyAI’s AI-driven analytics to improve underwriting, pricing, and portfolio management across U.S. property operations.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Upstage raises $45 million

coverager

Upstage's main offering is a document intelligence suite.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

The Standard partners with PetPartners

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OnePack is a flexible group insurance product where the employer is the master policyholder.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Overhaul raises $105 million

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Overhaul is a supply chain integrity solutions company.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions appoints chief distribution officer

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Tony Beal was appointed to chief distribution officer.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Honeycomb Insurance Launches in Minnesota, the First of Five New States Slated for Expansion by Earl...

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Honeycomb has officially landed in Minnesota! We’re bringing lightning-fast quotes, competitive rates, and flexible coverage to one of the most underserved property insurance markets in the country. Minnesota has weathered...

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Volvo launches insurance agency

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Kuvare accelerates its progress toward a unified, modern digital experience across its life insurance and annuity brands.

Posted: Aug 21, 2025

Gunmaker’s Instagram Posts Don’t Create Uvalde Shooting Liability: Meta Lawyers

Carrier Management

Gunmaker’s Instagram Posts Don’t Create Uvalde Shooting Liability: Meta Lawyers A lawsuit filed by fami...

Posted: Aug 21, 2025