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Should California’s Minimum Wage Be $18? Voters Will Soon Decide

Insurance Journal

Voters will decide in November whether California should raise its hourly minimum wage to $18 by 2026 and pay workers what would be the highest statewide minimum wage in the country. That would be on par with Hawaii, where workers …

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

New Jersey Transit Light Rail Crash Kills Operator; 23 Passengers Hurt

Insurance Journal

A New Jersey Transit light-rail train operator died and 23 passengers were hurt early Monday after the lead car hit a tree which fell onto the tracks. The incident occurred around 6 a.m. ET when the southbound train from Trenton …

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

B.P. Marsh & Partners fund Volt with up to £2.5mn, subscribe to a 25.5% share

Reinsurance News

Specialist private equity investor B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc has subscribed for a 25.5% cumulative preferred ordinary shareholding in Volt, a London-domiciled start-up managing general agency (MGA). As part of the investment, B.P. Marsh has pr...

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

B.P. Marsh & Partners fund Volt with up to £2.5m, subscribe to 25.5% share

Reinsurance News

Specialist private equity investor B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc has subscribed for a 25.5% cumulative preferred ordinary shareholding in Volt, a London-domiciled start-up managing general agency (MGA). As part of the investment, B.P. Marsh has pr...

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

Blaze That Killed Two Baltimore Firefighters in 2023 Ruled Accidental

Insurance Journal

A fire that killed two first responders and engulfed multiple rowhouses in northwest Baltimore last year has been ruled accidental, according to an investigation released Friday by the Baltimore City Fire Department. The cause of the Oct. 19, 2023, f...

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

People Moves: Galla Joins Alliant as EVP, Alliant M&A; EPIC Expands Leadership in Northern Californi...

Insurance Journal

Galla Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Executive Vice President, Alliant M&A Pete Galla joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president and senior director, Alliant Specialty, within the company’s mergers and acquisitions v...

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 8.4% and 9.2%

Insurance Journal

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market is expected to decrease average loss costs by 8.4%, and...

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

Viewpoint: Landmark Workers’ Comp Subrogation Decision in Nevada

Insurance Journal

In one of the most pro-subrogation decisions in a generation, the Nevada Supreme Court has overnight turned Nevada into one of the most favorable states for workers’ compensation subrogation. With the stroke of a pen, the court in its Sept. &#8...

Posted: Oct 15, 2024

Enhancing Workers’ Compensation and GL Underwriting with Underwriter Link

Insurance Journal

This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. In the complex world of Workers’ Compensation and General Liability (GL) insurance, underwriters face the challenge of managing diverse carrier systems while ensuring compliance and maintain...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Combined Losses From Milton and Helene to Be $35B-$55B: Moody’s RMS

Insurance Journal

Moody’s RMS said private insurers can expect to dole out between $35 billion and $55 billion for hurricanes Milton andHelene. A final industry-loss estimate for Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 that struck Siesta Key, Florida on October 9, will b...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Risk & Insurance Education Alliance and BrokerTech Ventures Launch New Insurtech Insurance Course

Insurance Journal

Austin, TX., October 15, 2024 – The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance, in collaboration with BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), is proud to introduce its latest educational initiative, the Introduction to Insurance for Insurtech Professionals module. F...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

What to Expect in Commercial Lines: Stability+ ‘Micro-Actions’

Carrier Management

What to Expect in Commercial Lines: Stability+ ‘Micro-A...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Tint Reports Growth During a Year of Hires and New Offerings

IIR

The company has launched new products in three sectors—mobility, home-sharing, and transportation & logistics—and has made key hires.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

New York Life Makes Senior AI & Data Innovation Appointments

IIR

Vikas Sharma and Achuth Rao have joined the company’s Artificial Intelligence & Data team as chief data officer and head of AI&D product management, respectively.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Cloverleaf Insurance Intelligence Platform V4.0 Brings Speed, Storage, Customization

IIR

V4.0 modernizes the core platform by removing the operational data store (ODS) creating a data warehouse that makes it easier and faster for carriers to upload and store policy, claims, and legacy raw data.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Zinnia Raises $300M in Strategic Financing from Vista Credit Partners

IIR

The funding aims at accelerating Zinnia’s mission to power industry growth by modernizing the life and annuity experience.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Grandisson Retires; Papadopoulo Is Now Arch Capital CEO

Carrier Management

Grandisson Retires; Papadopoulo Is Now Arch Capital CEO Nicolas Papadopoulo has been named chief executiv...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Can We Insure Against Heat?

Insurance Thought Leadership

Can We Insure Against Heat? PaulCarroll

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Markel appoints Stacey Hinton as Senior Underwriter, Head of Jewellers Block, Speci

coverager

Hinton will oversee the growth of Markel’s international Jewellers Block portfolio.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

FWD Group announces agreement with Roche

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Roche’s navify® digital solutions are designed to turn lab and clinical data into actionable insights.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Gradient AI partners with Michigan Planners

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Michigan Planners is using Gradient AI’s SAIL underwriting solution to gain deeper insights into risk.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Technology, Media and Telecom Sectors View Innovation Opportunities and Risks

Risk & Insurance

Technology, media and telecom executives identify emerging risks and opportunities: WTW survey. The post Technology, Media...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

European insurers on track for solid FY24 results despite varied country trends: Fitch

Reinsurance News

European insurance companies posted strong results in 1H24, driven by favourable interest rates and pricing cycles, despite varied national trends, according to Fitch Ratings. Most insurers are on track for a solid full-year performance, with inte...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Hofmann becomes US CEO of Aon Reinsurance Solutions, Traetow named US Vice Chairman

Reinsurance News

Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced that Stephen Hofmann will become U.S. CEO of Reinsurance Solutions for Aon, and Kevin Traetow will serve as U.S. vice chairman of Reinsurance Solutions. In their new respective roles...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

New MGA Volt Underwriting deploys Quotech’s underwriting workbench & Quex platform 

Reinsurance News

Quotech, a developer of integrated technology solutions for underwriting and broking teams, has supplied systems to Volt Underwriting, a new energy-focussed managing general agent (MGA) launched earlier today. From what Reinsurance News understand...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Singapore blocks Allianz-Income deal

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In July, Allianz announced a pre-conditional voluntary cash general offer to acquire at least 51% of Income.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Allstate Protection Plans acquires Kingfisher

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Kingfisher is a Singaporean company operating in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Arch Capital Group announces leadership transition

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Marc Grandisson has decided to retire from the company.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

LexisNexis launches LexisNexis Life Smart Path

coverager

The solution enables carriers to simplify data acquisition, solve workflow inefficiencies and combat application errors, omissions, misrepresentation and fraud

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Group 1001 announces Chief Risk Officer and Chief Internal Auditor appointments

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Financial services company Group 1001 appointed Dan Healy as Chief Risk Officer, and Mark McCallister as Chief Internal Auditor.

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Helene & Milton combined insured loss seen at up to $55bn by Moody’s RMS Event Response

Reinsurance News

Catastrophe risk modeller Moody’s RMS Event Response expects private market insurance industry losses in the US from hurricanes Helene and Milton to fall between $35 billion and $55 billion, although warns of complexities and uncertainties surroun...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Nearmap finalises asset purchase agreement for Tensorflight

Reinsurance News

Nearmap, a location intelligence and aerial imagery solutions provider, has completed an asset purchase agreement with Tensorflight. Tensorflight is the first property-inspection platform based on convolutional neural networks, offering underwrite...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Papadopoulo to succeed Grandisson as Arch CEO

Reinsurance News

Bermuda-headquartered insurer and reinsurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. has announced the appointment of Nicolas Papadopoulo as Chief Executive Officer, as Marc Grandisson is to retire from the company. Papadopoulo will also be joining Arch’s Board of...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

A quiet Q3, but 9M 2024 catastrophe bond issuance hits $13.2 billion: Report

Reinsurance News

Third quarter catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance was muted at $573 million, but sufficient to take issuance for the first nine months of the year to a new high of $13.2 billion, according to Artemis. Now availa...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

Pedraja to succeed Paquette as Employers Holdings CFO

Reinsurance News

Employers Holdings, Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has announced the appointment of Michael Pedraja as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Designate), effective February 3, 2025. He will assume the rol...

Posted: Oct 14, 2024