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NFP, an Aon company and leading property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager and retirement plan advisor, has appointed Tom Ryan as managing director of Complex Risk for its Central and West regions. Based in the Chicago area, Ry...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
A days-long heat wave rolling across parts of the US West is expected to ramp up wildfire risk, prompting California to pre-deploy crews as record-dry vegetation potentially acts as kindling for blazes. Temperatures in Southern California are expecte...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Trucordia, headquartered in Lindon, Utah, promoted Leslie Greve to senior vice president of marketing. Greve previously served as vice president of marketing. Greve will continue to support the growth of the business along with the Trucordia brand am...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
China’s largest online-only insurer, ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., Ltd., reported a net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 668 million (~USD 93 million) in the first half of 2025, soaring 1,103.5% year over year. The company attrib...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
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Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were sued on Tuesday by passengers who claimed they paid extra money to sit in “window” seats, only to find themselves placed in seats next to a blank wall. Proposed class actions were filed …
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
In a conversation with National Comp Chair Michelle Kerr, this year's keynote speaker Noah Galloway shares insights on the critical role of mental health, and why compassion should be at the core of workers' compensation. The post
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
FPG Insurance Co Inc (FPG) and The Mercantile Insurance Co Inc, two of the largest non-life insurance providers in the Philippines, have announced their plans to merge, forming FPG Mercantile. With a combined GWP of PHP 10 billion, FPG Mercantile...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates the companies’ right to free speech. Supporters say...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a provider of catastrophe risk modelling, has examined the likelihood of hurricanes causing insured losses exceeding $100 billion in the United States, highlighting the most vulnerable regions and what these exposu...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
A fast-moving fire roared through a Connecticut home early Monday, killing two adults and two children and injuring five other people, including a firefighter, authorities said. The fire in Hartford broke out around 2:30 a.m., and firefighters found...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have partnered to develop parametric insurance solutions for extreme weather for micro, small, and medium-sized enterpri...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state’s attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly potent synthetic drug linked...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Chaucer Group is now live with Web Connectivity Limited’s (WCL) messaging solution Alternate, in preparation for Blueprint 2, the transformation project in the London market that plans to update the central market messaging infrastructure. Alterna...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a developing markets-focused re/insurance group, announced it will now offer reinsurance capacity and support to the Rwandan insurance market, following accreditation by the National Bank of Rwanda (NBR). This signifi...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Wildfires, once primarily associated with a seasonal pattern, are now a year-round threat across the Western United States, according to the 2025 Cotality Wildfire Risk Report: Priced Out & Burned Out. The report, released today by Cotality, a...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Pivix Specialty Insurance Services Inc., a Scottsdale-based excess and surplus managing general agent distributing through wholesale brokers, has opened a brokerage division. Pivix, which is backed by Ambac Financial Group, Inc., entered the market l...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel Canada and Hiscox. A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Canada Taps Berkeley’s Paris as VP, Product Line Leader – Primary Casualty Markel Insurance, th...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living community, a church, two schools and a busy park that hosts numerous youth sports leagues. “What are you …
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
AM Best has noted that the property reinsurance market remains stable at mid-year 2025, with modest softening appearing at the highest attachment layers, yet the agency expects overall conditions to remain robust through year-end. Following years...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Ventis, a commercial and residential real estate MGA, has increased its underwriting limits and can now cover single buildings or assets up to £70 million per location. Despite the higher limits, Ventis is committed to keeping things simple. The c...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cybersecurity firm, announced the launch of its Active Cyber Insurance in France through its subsidiary, Coalition Insurance Solutions GmbH. French companies with revenues of up to €...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has announced the launch of its Active Cyber Insurance in France through its subsidiary, Coalition Insurance Solutions GmbH. With capacity provided by Allianz Commercial via Allianz...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Rokstone Agriculture, a MGU specialising in agriculture and livestock, part of re/insurance MGA Rokstone, has secured new capacity to launch a new equine mortality product line for the US market across 19 states. The new product has USD 1,000,000...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
CNA Financial Corp., headquartered in Chicago, made several leadership appointments across key business segments. David Haas has been appointed president global specialty, where he will oversee financial lines, healthcare, affinity and warranty. A se...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Australian insurer QBE has announced the promotion of Virginie Massé to Head of European Claims, effective 1st September 2025. In her new role, Massé will remain based in Paris and report to Mike East, Claims Director at QBE European Operations (E...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to Ukraine. Instead of normal programing, Ukrainian viewers saw parade footage beamed in from Moscow: waves o...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has hired Tony DeMarco from Gallagher Re as Managing Director within its Reinsurance Solutions division, based in New York. In his new role, DeMarco will support the design and execution of ca...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Allianz SE sold $1.25 billion of perpetual notes Tuesday, the German insurer’s latest batch of risky bonds that investors said could set the tone for the subordinated debt market. The Restricted Tier 1 bond has an annual coupon of 6.55%, …...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Solar and wind energy companies are betting on a novel form of insurance to protect their assets against wild and volatile weather — the very type of climate risk they were set up to fight. Renewable power projects can lose …
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
W. R. Berkley Corporation, a commercial lines property and casualty insurance provider, has announced the creation of Berkley Edge, a business dedicated to delivering professional liability and casualty insurance solutions for small to mid-sized c...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Novus Underwriting, a specialist global wholesale warranty and affinity MGA and part of the Aventum Group, has partnered with Collinson Insurance for its annually renewable warranty products, covering more than 500,000 policies. The new exclusive...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Optio Group, a specialty managing general agent (MGA) providing underwriting and distribution solutions across multiple lines of business, has announced the appointment of Carrie-Ann Hallett as Head of Insurer Partnerships, effective immediately,...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
AM Best, the credit rating agency, has changed the outlook on the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of Dunav-Re a.d.o (Dunav-Re), based in Serbia, from stable to positive. At the same time, the agency affirmed the Financial Strength R...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Less than a year after it purchased The General auto insurer, Sentry Insurance is leasing 105,000 square feet of office space in Nashville, giving The General new headquarters. The General, one of the largest non-standard auto insurers in the country...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertainty. The fortunes of steelmaking in the U.S....
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
California’s clean-air regulator is pressing ahead with work on new rules for auto emissions in the state and possible new tax credits for electric cars to counter the Trump administration’s effort to corral the state’s regulatory h...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday agreed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two other companies that the U.S. National Labor Relations Board’s structure is likely unlawful and blocked the agency from pursuing cases against them. The ruling by the...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Consumer advocates in the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation report recovering $1.2 for residents, bringing the year-to-date total to more than $3.7 million. In the second quarter, consumer advocates reported getting 1,367 complaints, with insur...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Global specialty re/insurer Canopius Group has appointed Jinnan Tang as a Casualty Treaty Underwriter, effective August 11th, 2025, based in Singapore. Tang joins the Asia Pacific (APAC) regional team, reporting to Andrew Parker and Micia Yong in...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
JPMorgan Chase & Co. lost an attempt to stop an 85-year-old widow from pursuing claims in arbitration that the company failed to prevent her son from siphoning more than $8 million from her bank accounts. The widow, Susan Kraus, in …
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
As workplace injury rates fall, a new challenge is rising: complexity. The post Why Musculoskeletal Recovery...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Berkley Edge will focus on addressing the needs of hard-to-place and distressed risks, offering coverage exclusively through wholesale brokers.
Posted: Aug 19, 2025