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Assurant appoints COO and president, Global Housing

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These appointments are effective Monday, September 15, 2025.

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Inclined raises $8 million

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The startup makes it easier for whole life policyowners to access their cash value.

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

QBE North America launches The Influencer

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The Influencer by QBE is currently available to policyholders and their influencers within the United States.

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

No quotes from Lantern

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BrokerSafe offers up to $5 million in primary limits and an additional $5 million in excess capacity available from the London market.

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Tropical Storm Erin Could Become Atlantic Season’s 1st Hurricane

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Tropical Storm Erin Could Become Atlantic Season’s 1st Hurricane Tropical Storm Erin formed Monday in t...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

State Focus: Missouri Insured Catastrophe Losses Near $2B in 2025

Carrier Management

State Focus: Missouri Insured Catastrophe Losses Near $2B in 2025 Severe weather events have already caused...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Security Flaw That Could Have Left Millions of Dell Laptops Vulnerable Fixed

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Security Flaw That Could Have Left Millions of Dell Laptops Vulnerable Fixed A flaw in the chips used to sec...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Late Medical Interventions Drive Workers’ Comp Costs as Back, Shoulder Claims Show Wide Cost Variati...

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New WCRI research reveals surgical claims are up to nine times more likely to become high-cost cases, with timing of intensive care emerging as critical factor. The post

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Managing Hyper-Volatility in the Modern Age

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Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Delaware Court Rules Corporate Parents Can’t Fund Subsidiaries’ Insurance Retentions

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Delaware Supreme Court decision in 3M earplug case establishes that self-insured retentions must be paid by the named insured, not parent companies, potentially affecting how corporations structure litigation defense. The post

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Michigan Man to Stand Trial for Insurance Fraud

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A Michigan financial advisor will stand trial for insurance fraud after waiving preliminary examination, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced this week. Todd Bernstein, 67, of Birmingham, is alleged to have submitted misleading information on annui...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Black Hills, South Dakota Region Faces Severe Water Shortages

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Water levels in this major source of drinking water for Rapid City were so low this spring that city leaders implemented water-use restrictions weeks earlier than normal and the state delayed installation of public boat docks. Lingering drought condi...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Ian Davis Appointed President of Vermont Captive Insurance Association

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The latest people news in the industry today. The post Ian Davis Appointed President of Vermont Captive Insurance Association...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Almong Texas’ Guadalupe River, Several Summer Camps Are in Flood Zones

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The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July 4 flooding in Kerr County was just one of 13 summer camps along the Guadalupe River built on land prone …

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Along Texas’ Guadalupe River, Several Summer Camps Are in Flood Zones

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The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July 4 flooding in Kerr County was just one of 13 summer camps along the Guadalupe River built on land prone …

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Claudia Carnevale Named Head of North America Programs at Munich Re Specialty – North America

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The latest people news in the industry today. The post Claudia Carnevale Named Head of North America Program...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Chubb Promotes Haney and Black to Leadership Roles in Global and North American Surety

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The latest people news in the industry today. The post Chubb Promotes Haney and Black to Leadership Roles in Glob...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Confidence from multiyear track record behind reinsurance overhead cut: Lemonade CEO

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Following Lemonade’s June decision to cut the ceded proportion of its quota share reinsurance from about 55% to 20%, CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Schreiber said the arrangement was used more for capital than risk management, adding that the policies...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

RPS: Cyber Market Flush With Capacity as Buyers Get More Limit, Low Premium

Insurance Journal

Cyber insurance remains an area of growth opportunity for property and casualty insurers, particularly in the face of large-scale risk factors. According to a new report, “CYBER: Insights on the current and future state of the US cyber insuranc...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Shadow Tanker Fleet Grows More Slowly as Western Sanctions Target Russian Oil

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Dozens of tankers have joined the shadow fleet this year compared with hundreds in previous years as the harshest Western sanctions yet target Russia’s oil exports and add to the difficulty of finding suitable vessels, shipping sources said. Th...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

AXIS Capacity Solutions launches led by David Murie

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AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, a global specialty underwriter and provider of re/insurance solutions, has launched AXIS Capacity Solutions, a new business unit dedicated to developing and supporting structured and multi-line portfolio capacity dea...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

World Insurance Acquires Texas’ Abacus

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World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of Abacus Insurance and Financial Services of Irving, Texas on April 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Abacus provides primarily commercial lines insurance to...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Mehmet Shukri to lead Aon’s UK Reinsurance Client Services

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Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has announced the appointment of Mehmet Shukri as Head of UK Client Services for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, effective immediately. In his new role, Shukri will focus on accelerating client v...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

People Moves: Alliant on the Money with Assistant VP; InterCoastal PAs Add Blinn

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Specialty broker Alliant Insurance Services has named Steven Money assistant vice president in its employee benefits group, based in Atlanta. Money has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, with brokers and carriers, the California-ba...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

People Moves: Aon Promotes Shukri as UK Reinsurance Client Services Leader; Blenheim Underwriting Ta...

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Aon and the Lloyd’s managing agent Blenheim Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Shukri as UK Reinsurance Client Services Leader Insu...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Slide reports $70m Q2’25 net income with 25% GPW growth

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Slide Insurance has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, reporting a 30.5% year-over-year growth in net income, a 25% increase in gross premiums written (GPW), and an improved combined ratio of 67.4%. For Q2 2025, Slide’...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Greystar Reaches Deal in Justice Department’s Rental Market Collusion Case

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Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC reached a tentative settlement with the Department of Justice in an antitrust lawsuit accusing the landlord of colluding to increase rents across the US, in part, through widely used industry software. As part of the...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Ford Puts a Charge in EV Production with $2B Overhaul of Kentucky Plant

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Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models. The automaker’s top executive unveiled the n...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

HCI is well positioned in a competitive Florida market: COO Karin Coleman

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Karin Coleman, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at HCI Group, described the environment in Florida as a healthy one, stating that the company is well-positioned in a competitive market with strong capital, as well as “the people and the technology to...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Nevada Court Clears Way for Former Raiders Coach Gruden to Sue NFL Over Emails

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A Nevada court apparently cleared the way for a 2021 lawsuit filed by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden to proceed against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to d...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Florida Complex Where Airman Was Shot by Deputy

Insurance Journal

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a Florida apartment complex where a member of the U.S. Air Force was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy. The judge said the unnamed apartment employee who called police was not …

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Insurtech Looks to ‘Redefine’ Insurance With Autonomous AI Agents by 2026

Insurance Journal

Insurtech Superagent AI issued a press release yesterday to announce its goal of starting the first fully autonomous AI insurance agent by the end of the year. “We’re not just reshaping insurance. We’re redefining what it means to b...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

SCOR launches second Ecological Restoration Insurance Solution Product: ‘Manage’

Reinsurance News

SCOR has launched ‘Manage’, the second product in its Ecological Restoration Insurance Solution, which Harmender Singh Kalirai, Chief Transaction Officer at SCOR P&C, described as “the next evolution of the Solution.” T...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Activist Investor 7Square Pushes Nuernberger to Entertain Rival Offers

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Activist investor 7Square is pushing German insurer Nuernberger Beteiligungs AG to consider rival takeover offers, saying a potential acquisition by Vienna Insurance Group wouldn’t reflect its full value. The life-insurance business and the pro...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Resilience appoints Michelle Worrall as Global Director of Insurance Product

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Resilience, a provider of cyber risk solutions, has announced the appointment of Michelle Worrall as Global Director of Insurance Product. Based in Chicago, Worrall will report to Maria Long, Chief Underwriting Officer, and will be responsible for...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Lockton appoints Marrero President, Chief Growth Officer for US operations

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Lockton, a global independent insurance brokerage, has announced the appointment of Hiram Marrero as President, Chief Growth Officer for its U.S. operations, a Florida-based role. In this newly established role, Marrero will leverage his 25 years...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

IAG’s net profit rises 51.3% to A$1.4bn in FY’25

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Australian insurer IAG has reported a net profit after tax of A$1.4 billion for the full 2025 financial year, a 51.3% increase compared to A$898 million in FY24. The company attributed the rise in net profit to higher net earned premiums, increase...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

TWFG Insurance Acquires New York’s Angers & Litz Associates

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Texas-based TWFG Insurance has expanded its national footprint with the acquisition of Angers & Litz Associates, Inc., a personal and commercial lines insurance agency based in Schenectady, New York. Angers & Litz has been family owned and op...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025

Thousands Flee Wildfires Across Greece as Heat Withers Crops

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Greek coastguard vessels evacuated tourists and locals, while a volunteer firefighter died in Spain as authorities struggled to quell blazes across the Mediterranean. A wildfire in Volissos forced evacuations from two beaches on the island of Chios,...

Posted: Aug 13, 2025