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Does Workers’ Compensation Cover Employee Injured Performing a ‘Common Courtesy’?

Insurance Journal

An employee has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits after being injured when performing a “common courtesy” even though her employer maintains what she did was outside the course and scope of her employment. The Virginia Wor...

Posted: Mar 19, 2026

California Weighs Crackdown on Social Media for Kids Under 16

Insurance Journal

The home of the world’s highest-flying social media companies is considering a measure to clip their wings. A bipartisan bill in California would establish a minimum age requirement for social media accounts, curtailing the access of minors to...

Posted: Mar 19, 2026

Timely Care Matters – Access to Treatment is Critical for Workers’ Compensation Injuries

Risk & Insurance

Timely access to the right medical care and efficient coordination across stakeholders significantly improves recovery outcomes, reduces delays, and supports faster return-to-work in workers’ compensation cases. The post

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Convr Enhances Underwriting Workbench with Generative AI

IIR

The platform introduces a conversational AI assistant that analyzes submission data and enables underwriters to act on insights within workflows.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

HawkSoft Integrates With Gaya to Automate Agency Data Entry

IIR

The integration enables agencies to transfer policy and customer data into quoting workflows, reducing manual entry across carrier systems and forms.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Nauto Appoints Daniel Grimwood-Bird Head of Insurance

IIR

The company has named a new insurance leader to expand insurer relationships and integrate AI-driven fleet data into underwriting and risk management.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Data Privacy Framework Examined by House Financial Services Committee

IA Magazine

The hearing also explored potential reforms to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to ensure effective and uniform financial data privacy protections for consumers in today’s evolving financial services landscape, while safeguarding innovation and promoting c...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

3 in 4 Americans Open to Local Health System Insurance Plans

Insurance Forums

With health insurance premiums increasing among public and private payers and ACA subsidies no longer … Read more

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Vivere Launches Management Liability Program With BHSI

IIR

The underwriting platform has introduced a private company management liability program backed by Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Roll Back Property Insurance Requirements

IA Magazine

For more than a year, the Big “I” worked constructively with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to revise their property insurance requirements for federally backed mortgages.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

TheGuarantors announces growth investment from Warburg Pincus

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TheGuarantors will continue to operate under its existing leadership team.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Plymouth Rock Assurance appoints Elliott Seaborn as CMO

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Seaborn will oversee go-to-market strategy, distribution, and agency experience for the Independent Agency business.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Relation Insurance acquires Rummel Associates

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Rummel Associates is a Chicago-based agency specializing in commercial and personal insurance.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

John Lewis Money adds Prestige Underwriting to home insurance panel

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Home insurance products are expected to launch in April 2026 with a panel that includes Prestige Underwriting, AXA, and Covéa.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

DUAL partners with Liberty to expand property and financial lines capacity in Latin America

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The partnership focuses on property coverage in Mexico and Central America, and financial lines across the broader region.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Jewelers Mutual launches new insurance program powered by Sure

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The program enables rapid launch and long-term scalability.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Progressive reports 85.7% CR for February

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The insurer does not offer this product directly to businesses.

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Viewpoint: AI Paradox in Cyber Insurance—When Fear Drives Markets More Than Reality

Insurance Journal

The cyber insurance market is experiencing a fascinating paradox. Small business owners are increasingly worried about AI. So much so that artificial intelligence has become the second biggest reason they’re buying cyber insurance. Yet these co...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Vehicle Thefts in the U.S. Declined Nearly 25% Last Year: NICB

Carrier Management

Vehicle Thefts in the U.S. Declined Nearly 25% Last Year: NICB Prevention efforts are making a substantial den...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Carriers Lose Millions on Manual Claims

Insurance Thought Leadership

Carriers Lose Millions on Manual Claims Claims

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

OAK Global appoints James Irvine and Roland Morse as Active Underwriters

Reinsurance News

OAK Global has announced the appointments of James Irvine and Roland Morse to expanded roles within the business as Active Underwriters for Syndicates 2843 and 1440, respectively. Irvine and Morse will assume underwriting responsibility for their...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Spring, Climate Change, Jet Stream Drives Wild Weather Hitting U.S.

Carrier Management

Spring, Climate Change, Jet Stream Drives Wild Weather Hitting U.S. Nearly every type of wild...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Marsh Risk Launches BX1 for U.S.-based Excess Casualty Clients

Carrier Management

Marsh Risk Launches BX1 for U.S.-based Excess Casualty Clients Marsh Ri...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

No Sprinklers in TN Explosives Plant Building Where Blast Killed 16, Investigators Say

Insurance Journal

A building where explosives were manufactured in Tennessee was not outfitted with a sprinkler system or fire protection system before a massive explosion killed 16 workers in October, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said this week. It’s not clea...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of Texas’ Cadence Indemnity

Insurance Journal

AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B- (Fair) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb-” (Fair) from “bbb+” (Good) of Texas-domiciled Cadence Indemnity Inc, a single parent captive of T...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Iran War Potentially Raises Exposures for Terrorism, Political Violence Underwriters

Insurance Journal

The Iran war is likely to raise uncertainty in the global terrorism and political violence insurance markets, particularly in the United States and Europe, according to credit ratings agency Morningstar DBRS, in a commentary on the war, While the ins...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

Iran War Could Raise Exposures for Global Terrorism, Political Violence Underwriters

Insurance Journal

The Iran war is likely to raise uncertainty in the global terrorism and political violence insurance markets, particularly in the United States and Europe, according to credit ratings agency Morningstar DBRS, in a commentary on the war. While the ins...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

People Moves: Clyde & Co Tabs Mortimer to Lead Indiana Office; Old Republic Announces Senior Managem...

Insurance Journal

Global law firm Clyde & Co has announced the opening of a new office in Highland, Indiana, expanding its US footprint and further strengthening its North American trial and defense practice. The new office will be led by Renee Mortimer, …

Posted: Mar 18, 2026

GCC insurers’ credit conditions hold steady amid Middle East conflict: S&P

Reinsurance News

S&P Global Ratings, the international credit rating agency, has stated that insurers across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are likely to maintain stable credit conditions despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The agency undersco...

Posted: Mar 18, 2026