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Kin Expands Home Insurance to Missouri

IIR

The digital insurer applies data-driven underwriting to address severe weather risks and deliver precise pricing.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Conning Study Finds Persistent Losses in Commercial Auto

IIR

The firm’s 2025 study cites underwriting losses, rising claim costs, and emerging risks shaping the commercial auto market.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Input 1 and INTX Partner on Insurance Billing and Payments

IIR

The integration provides carriers and MGAs with a single platform for billing, payments, and premium finance.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

When It Rains, It Pours: Precipitation Flat as Intensity Rises

IA Magazine

While annual rainfall is not rising, the increase in extreme rainfall events means that flood risk, infrastructural strain, and flash flooding potential are increasing.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Insurance Leads AI Revolution But Struggles to Scale Beyond Pilots

Risk & Insurance

Only 7% of carriers have successfully implemented AI across their organizations despite industry advantages, BCG research finds. The post

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Cyber Threats Continue to Top Concerns for Large, Mid-Size Firms: Travelers

Carrier Management

Cyber Threats Continue to Top Concerns for Large, Mid-Size Fir...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Man Who Died on Florida Roller Coaster Had Spinal Condition

Carrier Management

Man Who Died on Florida Roller Coaster Had Spinal Condition Emergency workers who responded to Universa...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Frontline Workers and Leaders Disagree on Injury Prevention Effectiveness

Risk & Insurance

Nearly 30% of workers experiencing pain don't report it, highlighting disconnect between management and employees: MSD Solutions Lab research. The post

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

AXA Retail launches road safety program

coverager

The initiative will reach 50 schools and 1,000 pupils in 2025, with plans to scale further in 2026.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Bupa pilots sports equipment lockers with Equip

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The initiative is part of Bupa’s Healthy Cities program.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

7 Types of Agents Scorching Your Agency P&L

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With the right distribution channel management software, you can identify these seven nonproducing producers and begin to address the core issues of your agency P&L.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Arity launches Geosight for ZIP-level driving data

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Arity positions Geosight as a plug-and-play tool for insurers to sharpen segmentation.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Insify raises €16.3 million

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Insify offers coverage to entrepreneurs and SMEs.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Zego cuts losses

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Zego cut its net loss to ~£4m.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Flight Health acquires Alteris Health

coverager

The deal expands Flight Health's AI-powered platform into clinical documentation and decision support.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

QBE North America partners with Assureful

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The companies will offer pay-as-you-sell commercial general liability insurance for e-commerce merchants.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Hershey Not Spooked by Lawsuit Claiming Reese’s Halloween Candy Didn’t Match Label

Carrier Management

Hershey Not Spooked by Lawsuit Claiming Reese’s Halloween Candy Didn’t...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Root launches in Washington

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Root is now available to more than 78% of the U.S. population.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

MetLife acquires 20% stake in Klimber

coverager

The companies have been partners for several years.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

GreenieRE Coalition and Trellis Climate launch surety bonds for climate startups

coverager

The two have introduced Vensurety, an insurance platform designed for climate companies.

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

US P&C insurers boost profitability in H1’25 despite cat losses: Moody’s

Reinsurance News

Moody’s Ratings, the credit rating agency and research firm, reported that US property and casualty insurers delivered stronger profitability in the first half of 2025, even as California wildfires in the first quarter drove substantial catastroph...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Root Insurance Expands Driving Behavior Product to Washington

Insurance Journal

Root Insurance has brought its driving behavior insuring pricing model to Washington in an expansion of its West Coast footprint. Root now offers its product to drivers in Washington, Oregon and California. Root’s model is designed to measure d...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Michigan Reaches Settlements With Paper Mill Over PFAS Contamination

Insurance Journal

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has reached two settlement agreements with the current and past owners of a paper mill in White Pigeon, Michigan. The two settlements secure funding for response activities to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fires at 2 Minnesota Mosques

Insurance Journal

A man who set fires at two mosques in Minnesota in 2023 pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday, federal prosecutors said. Jackie Rahm Little, 38, admitted to one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property for …

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

AM Best Revises Credit Rating Outlook to Positive for Texas’ National Unity

Insurance Journal

AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” (Good) of National Unity Insuranc...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Parents Slam OpenAI, Character.AI Over Safety in Senate Hearing

Insurance Journal

The father of a teenager who died by suicide this spring delivered emotional congressional testimony, alleging OpenAI’s ChatGPT “groomed” his 16-year-old son to take his own life and the company prioritized speed and market share ov...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

West Texas Wants to Sell Natural Gas to Power AI Data Centers, But Lacks Infrastructure

Insurance Journal

Big data centers that power the artificial intelligence industry demand an abundance of energy. West Texas — known for producing 40% of the nation’s crude oil — also has an extraordinary amount of natural gas that could power those data …

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Lloyd’s sees rising standards and cautious expansion amid competitive pressure: TD Cowen

Reinsurance News

TD Cowen, an investment bank and financial services firm, recently hosted a field trip to London with senior management from Arch Capital (ACGL), Ascot, Canopius, Everest Group (EG), Hiscox, Howden Re, Inigo, Intact, Lancashire, and Sirius Point....

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Bank of England’s Bailey Says AI Can Help Regulators to Find the ‘Smoking Gun’

Insurance Journal

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that he and other regulators who oversee the financial services industry should use artificial intelligence to help them spot problems among the firms that they supervise. “I think we’...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Tokio Marine Kiln Launches Enhanced Cyber Product Suite

Insurance Journal

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the Lloyd’s specialist insurer, announced the launch of its enhanced “Cyber Ctrl” cyber product suite. This cyber risk solution features new products and wordings, including Professional Ctrl for technology,...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

The Institutes Launches a New Catastrophe Risk Designation as Extreme Weather Losses Triple

Risk & Insurance

With billion-dollar disasters now averaging 23 per year, the Associate in Catastrophe Risk and Resiliency™ program addresses the industry's urgent need for specialized catastrophe risk management expertise. The post

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

HDI Global USA names Bruce Griffin as Head of Casualty

Reinsurance News

HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), the US arm of international Corporate & Specialty insurer HDI Global (HDI), has appointed Bruce Griffin as Head of Casualty. Griffin brings over 30 years of underwriting and leadership experience. Most rece...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

China’s EV Boom Saddles its Auto Insurers With Chronic Losses

Carrier Management

China’s EV Boom Saddles its Auto Insurers With Chronic Losses Chi...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

New Jersey Panel Issues Recommendations on Social Media Use by Teens

Insurance Journal

Students should be banned from using cell phones in school, parents should delay their child’s access to social media, and social media companies should restrict access for users younger than 16. Those are among the recommendations of the New J...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Banks Improperly Requesting Additional Insured Status – Part 2

Insurance Journal

Our friend, Christopher Boggs, Chief Consultant with Boggs Risk and Insurance Consulting, returns to respond to a great comment left on his recent post. He’ll tell you more below. Happy reading. Several days ago I published an article entitled,...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Chinese Regulator Summons ByteDance, Alibaba’s Platforms Over Content Violations

Insurance Journal

China’s cyberspace regulator summoned ByteDance’s news platform Toutiao and Alibaba’s internet browser operator UCWeb over content violations, making them the latest companies to be targeted by a government crackdown on user behavio...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Florida’s Praxis Reciprocal Exchange obtains OIR license

Reinsurance News

A newly established Florida domiciled property insurer, Praxis Reciprocal Exchange (PRE), has received its certificate of authority from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). PRE will operate as a reciprocal insurer, owned by its polic...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

[Video] In Construction, Labor Shortages Now Compounded by Tariff Concerns

Insurance Journal

Nationwide may not have felt much change in the construction sector during the first half of 2025, but there are now some signs of shifting due to the unknowns of tariffs. “[We’re] definitely started to see a little of the …

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

MetLife acquires 20% of LatAm insurtech Klimber

Reinsurance News

Global insurer MetLife has acquired a 20% stake in insurtech Klimber, a partnership that aims to transform how insurance is accessed and distributed throughout Latin America. This achievement, the firm stated, strengthens Klimber’s position...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025

Climate Adaptation Gains Momentum, But Strategic Analysis of Investments Lags

Risk & Insurance

Marsh survey reveals disconnect between risk assessment and strategic decision-making on adaptation investment. The post Cl...

Posted: Sep 23, 2025