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Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), a global life and health reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Jayson Bronchetti as Executive Vice President, Investments, effective 2nd March 2026. Bronchetti will succeed Leslie Barbi, who...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Greenpeace is fighting for its life in North Dakota’s court system, where a judge has decided to order the environmental group to pay an expected $345 million to an energy company whose Dakota Access oil pipeline construction drew protests near...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot Claude and related consumer-facing applications went down on Monday, with the startup saying it has been grappling with “unprecedented demand” for its services over the past week. Near...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
INSURANCE-RELATED COURT CASESDigested from case reports published onlineCOURT DECISIONS When seizure transforms into theft DS Avionics Unlimited LLC (DSA) found itself in an unusual situation. DSA delivered its 1964 Piper PA-30 aircraft to a plane me...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Marine Insurers Cancel War Risk Cover as Iran Conflict...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Canada Life, an insurance and financial services company, has completed an £80 million buy-in transaction with the Safeway Pension Scheme, insuring the future benefits of more than 350 deferred members and 1,450 pensioners. The Safeway Pension Sch...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
INSURANCE-RELATED COURT CASESDigested from case reports published onlineCOURT DECISIONS Controlled substance exclusion didn’t control loss In July 2019, Christoffer, son of Denise and Owen Cox (Coxes), visited the home of his friend, Ryan Zinkweg. A...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
INSURANCE-RELATED COURT CASESDigested from case reports published onlineCOURT DECISIONS Can’t award damages that haven’t been determined Malcolm Wiener (Wiener) faced an insurability problem due to a company’s error after his life insurance coverage...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
NASCAR racing star Kyle Busch and his wife have settled an $8.5 million lawsuit they brought against Pacific Life Insurance and an insurance agent that alleged the insurer and agent misled the couple and caused them to lose millions of …
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical …...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Amid a worldwide resurgence of interest in nuclear energy, cracks are showing in California’s 50-year-old moratorium on the technology as artificial intelligence spikes electricity demand and the state struggles to meet its climate goals. New s...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
The L.E.A.D. framework [Menopause] is more than personal; it is a silent leadership crisis within organizations. By Meg McKeen, CIC Menopause is clinically defined by the Mayo Clinic as the permanent end of menstruation and fertility due to a change...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has appointed Robert Kell as Customer & Distribution Manager ANZ, based in Sydney. Kell brings experience across wealth management, insurance and reinsur...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
True benevolence sets an example in one’s community Agency activities outside of the normal flow of business build teamwork and relationships between and among employees. By Scott Naugle Engaging in random acts of kindness for your local community ha...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
“Gray zone aggressions” – ambiguous, deniable and strategically choreographed tactics that sit between peace and war – has evolved into a material threat for businesses, warns a new report from The Willis Research Network and Elisabeth...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Firefighters in southwest Florida on Friday continued battling an expansive blaze on a federal nature preserve as an unusually intense winter drought grips the state. The National Fire has burned more than 25,700 acres — an area larger than Manhattan...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
No one can say for sure Occasionally, states reference suggestions made by the NAIC in statute or rule; however, asserting that those references equate with creating an instrumentality strains credulity beyond the breaking point. By Kevin P. Hennosy...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
A new federal approach giving U.S. companies more say over which proposals shareholders can vote on at their annual meetings is creating regulatory uncertainty and leading to litigation, activists said. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Rokstone, the international specialty re/insurance managing general agent, has expanded its casualty capabilities with two senior appointments and the creation of Rokstone Velocity, a dedicated division focused on underwriting complex risks arisin...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Amazon’s cloud-computing facilities in the Middle East faced power and connectivity issues on Monday after unidentified “objects” struck its data center in the United Arab Emirates. The objects had triggered a fire on Sunday that fo...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Fidelis Insurance Holdings, a strategic capital allocator and risk selector in specialty insurance and reinsurance, has entered into a definitive agreement to repurchase all remaining common shares held by CVC Falcon Holdings Limited (CVC), for an...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
HIVE Underwriters, an independent specialty MGA, has expanded into the Political Violence & Terrorism (PVT) insurance market with the hire of Stuart Harmer as Class Underwriter, PVT. The move marks a further step in HIVE’s evolution into a mul...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Algorithmic Lloyd’s digital follow platform, Ki, has delivered record results for the full year 2025, as profit after tax grew by 50% to $110.4 million compared to $73.6 million in FY’24. Ki’s total gross managed premium (GMP) for FY’25 hit $1.11...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Investors deployed record $24.7 billion in catastrophe bonds during 2025, with booming demand from capital inflows and limited loss activity: Swiss Re. The post
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Munich Re, the global reinsurance and risk management company headquartered in Germany, has announced that Leonie Schubert will assume the role of Global Head of Capital Partners, effective 1 March 2026. From March through June 2026, Schubert will...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
The Iran conflict adds to a series of recent geopolitical crises that have already pressured marine and aviation insurers’ profitability, with Morningstar DBRS stating that reinsurers are likely to respond by raising attachment points or reducing...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Insurers in Australia are urging legislators to set up a A$30 billion ($21.4 billion) flood defense fund as the nation grapples with surging costs from extreme weather events. Funding would be used on tasks including the addition of more flood-protec...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
CyberCube, a cyber risk analytics provider serving the insurance industry, has introduced Version 6 of its single-risk underwriting platform, Account Manager, in a release the company said is expected to help carriers scale their cyber books. Cybe...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Hedge funds, banks and insurers rushed to size up their exposure to the Middle East after weekend attacks on Iran fueled chaos across the region. Some of Taiwan’s largest life insurers, including Cathay Life Insurance Co. and Nan Shan Life R...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Liberty, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer, has appointed Cynthia Sze as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hong Kong, effective May 2026, subject to regulatory approval. Liberty’s Hong Kong entity will be unified...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Travel chaos extended through the Middle East and beyond, sending airline stocks sharply lower on Monday, as carriers across the Persian Gulf extended blanket flight suspensions, causing major disruptions at some of the world’s busiest airports...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
According to Dylan Mortimer, Marine Hull UK War Leader, Marsh, there could be near-term rate increases for the Marine Hull line of business in the Gulf of 25-50%, while other reports reveal that some underwriters have reacted swiftly and cancelled...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Clear Blue Insurance Group, a US fronting insurance carrier specialising in program business, has appointed Miles Allkins as Executive Vice President (EVP), Chief Risk Officer. In this role, Allkins will lead enterprise risk, pricing governance, c...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Dozens of laden oil tankers are hunkering down inside the Persian Gulf after attacks near the Strait of Hormuz have all but closed off the waterway, upending regional logistics, slowing exports and threatening near-term production. At least 40 very-l...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Belgium seized an oil tanker belonging to the Russian shadow fleet on Sunday and suspected of sailing with a “false flag and false documents,” Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken said. Western sanctions imposed on Russia for invading U...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Steadfast Group, an Australian insurance broker, has reported underlying revenue of $1 billion in H1’26, up 14.6% compared to the same period a year earlier. In H1’26, the Group delivered strong underlying EBITA growth of 12.6% to $293.6 million,...
Posted: Mar 02, 2026
Posted: Mar 02, 2026