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China-Linked Hackers Target Taiwan’s Chip Industry With Increasing Attacks: Research

Insurance Journal

Chinese-linked hackers are targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and investment analysts as part of a string of cyber espionage campaigns, researchers said on Wednesday [July 16]. While hacking to steal data and information about the industr...

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Google to Offer Free AI Certification Courses to Virginia Job Seekers

Insurance Journal

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that Google will partner with his administration to provide free and low-cost artificial intelligence certification courses to Virginians as part of his office’s ongoing effort to connect citi...

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Billionaire-Backed California City Pitches Plans for Factory Hub

Insurance Journal

California Forever, the proposed futuristic community backed by billionaire venture capitalists, is now billing itself as a manufacturing center a year after local opposition forced it to withdraw plans to incorporate a new city. The project’s...

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Gallagher Re structures and places $16m multi-peril parametric policy for SEADRIF and Lao PDR

Reinsurance News

Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, on behalf of the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF Insurance Company), has structured and placed a re/insurance programme for the government of Lao PDR. The two-year policy expands the origin...

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Everclear High-Proof Alcohol Poses Extreme Risk, Alleges Burn Victim’s Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

In May 2025, Massachusetts college student Yvette Yuri Lanuza Digan was at a fraternity gathering when another person poured Everclear grain alcohol onto an open fire in the backyard of the house. An enormous fireball instantly erupted, enveloping Di...

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

5Star Workers’ Compensation Rebrands to Starwind WC

Insurance Journal

Starwind Specialty Insurance Services, a division of CRC Group, announces today its official rebrand of its 5Star Workers’ Compensation unit to Starwind WC. The rebrand includes a new name, logo, and a refreshed website for the 30-year old comp...

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Judge allows Aon’s patent lawsuit against ZestyAI to proceed

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The initial pretrial conference is scheduled for September 18, 2025, with discovery set to begin August 13.

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Flood Re strengthens executive team amid climate challenges

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The changes follow the appointment of Perry Thomas as CEO earlier this year.

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Herald Makes Strategic Leap with Acquisition of AI-Powered Insurtech Babbix

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Most legacy CCMs require 40 hours to (re)build a single template. Kyber’s AI import tool lets carriers migrate hundreds of templates in minutes, with no dev work, no consultants, and no hidden costs. The result? a 99% faster migration.

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

California Labor Commissioner Cites Ritz-Carlton and Subcontractors $2M

Insurance Journal

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC and three contractors more than $2 million for reportedly misclassifying 155 janitors as independent contractors at its Half Moon Bay hotel. The citations inclu...

Posted: Jul 18, 2025

Expert Insured (AMS) + Insurance BPO + RQB: A Complete Insurance Operations Ecosystem

Insurance Journal

This post is part of a series sponsored by Expert Insured. In today’s insurance landscape, managing operations across policy servicing, quoting, and staffing has become a balancing act. Most MGAs, wholesalers, and carriers are juggling outdated...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Report Shows Excessive Heat Pushes Worker Injury Risk Sky High

Carrier Management

Report Shows Excessive Heat Pushes Worker Injury Risk Sky High It may come as no surprise that...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

London Market Brokers, Associations Welcome Move to Create UK Captive Domicile

Carrier Management

London Market Brokers, Associations Welcome Move to Create UK C...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

U.S. Auto Safety Nominee Says Active Oversight of Self-Driving Cars Needed

Carrier Management

U.S. Auto Safety Nominee Says Active Oversight of Self-Driving Cars Need...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

First-Half 2025 Insured Losses From Natural Cats Hit $100B, Driven by U.S. Events

Carrier Management

First-Half 2025 Insured Losses From Natural Cats Hit $100B, Driven by U.S. Event...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Teen Suspected in Fireworks-Sparked Southern California Wildfire

Carrier Management

Teen Suspected in Fireworks-Sparked Southern California Wildfire A 13-year-old boy was arrested on susp...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Equisoft Embeds AI to Speed Insurance Modernization

IIR

Brian Carey describes how Equisoft integrates generative and agentic AI into solution delivery while prioritizing efficiency, regulatory transparency, and customer trust.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

ERGO Empowers 28,000 Employees with Generative AI Assistant

IIR

The insurance group has launched a secure internal generative AI platform to streamline operations and unlock institutional knowledge at scale.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Arch Insurance Implements Guidewire Cloud Platform for Claims

IIR

Initial deployment of ClaimCenter supports modernization of Arch’s claims operations in North America.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Inszone Acquires Kansas’ Snell-Nelson Insurance Agency

Insurance Journal

Inszone Insurance Services announced that it has acquired Snell-Nelson Insurance Agency, Inc, an agency based in Ashland, Kansas, with additional operations throughout Kansas and Oklahoma. Established in 1985 by Monica Meininger, Snell-Nelson Insuran...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Why Embracing Technology and Staying on Top of Claims Trends Can Help Beleaguered Commercial Auto In...

Risk & Insurance

Increased litigation, rising claims costs and other factors have stressed the commercial auto insurance sector in recent years. Smart risk management can ease the pain. The post

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

A Look at P&C in the Rearview Mirror

Insurance Thought Leadership

A Look at P&C in the Rearview Mirror ITL Editorial Team Thu, 07/17/2025 - 15:53 ...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Cybersecurity Bosses Grow Increasingly Worried About AI Attacks and Misuse

Insurance Journal

Nearly a quarter of cybersecurity bosses said their companies have experienced an attack powered by artificial intelligence in the past year, according to a new survey in which AI risk emerged as the defining challenge. The number of AI-enabled attac...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Hourly and WeSure merge

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The merged company has also raised an additional $10 million.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Indemn AI Launches Voice and Email Agents for Insurance

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Indemn AI Launches Voice and Email Agents, Unifying Service and Operations for Insurance Carriers and Distribution Partners New Omnichannel Capabilities Enable Seamless Integration of AI Across All...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Markel appoints Chelsea Jiang as Managing Director – Greater China

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Jiang joins from AXA, where she was Chief Technical & Innovation Officer for AXA's General Insurance business across Greater China.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Coverflow raises $4.8 million

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The startup offers a platform automating policy analysis, data entry, and workflow management for insurance brokers

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

MAIF renews its partnership with the French Triathlon Federation

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MAIF is the official partner and insurer of the French Triathlon Federation.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

RSA appoints Emily Coupland as General Counsel for UK and Europe

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Emily joins RSA from AXA where she was General Counsel for its UK and Ireland business.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Uber announces new robotaxi program

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As part of the deal, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

QBE North America introduces AI-focused cyber insurance coverages

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The new cyber coverages address two emerging risks.

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Renewal rates down across nearly all major commercial lines QoQ: Ivans

Reinsurance News

Ivans, a division of Applied Systems, has released its Q2 2025 results for the Ivans Index, showing that the average premium renewal rate change across nearly all major commercial lines, except General Liability, decreased compared to Q1 2025. How...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Wildfires Break Seasonal Patterns as LA Fires to Cost Insurers a Record $40 Billion

Risk & Insurance

Year-round fire threat forces industry to rethink risk management as climate change and urban sprawl drive unprecedented losses, Gallagher reports. The post

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Illinois Woman Sentenced to 15 Years for Insurance Fraud and Arson Scheme

Insurance Journal

A district judge this month sentenced sentenced Evette “Betty” Osuegbu, 62, of Granite City, Illinois to 15 years in federal prison for her role in a string of arsons and insurance fraud stretching from 2014 to 2023. Following a five-day...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Three Ways to Eliminate Chaos in the Auto Claims Process

Risk & Insurance

Discover how to reduce chaos in auto casualty claims with three proven solutions that address social inflation and claim severity, improving accuracy, efficiency, and adjuster negotiations. The post

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Hamilton Insurance appoints Raymond Karrenbauer as Group CIO

Reinsurance News

Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance company, Hamilton Insurance Group, has appointed Raymond Karrenbauer as Group Chief Information Officer (CIO), effective September 15th, 2025. He will join the firm’s executive management team, reporting to...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Price Forbes Adds Construction Capacity to Cross-Class Facility

Insurance Journal

Price Forbes, the London-based re/insurance broker, announced the further expansion of its exclusive cross-class facility, Lectio, to include construction/builders risk coverage. Lectio will automatically follow pre-approved Lloyd’s leaders acr...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Allstate estimates $619m in cat losses for June 2025

Reinsurance News

The Allstate Corporation has estimated catastrophe losses for June 2025 of $619 million or $489 million, after-tax. June’s cat losses are the result of 15 events, with approximately 70% of the losses related to three wind and hail events. In compa...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Tesla Failed to Stop Autopilot Misuse, Safety Expert Testifies

Insurance Journal

Tesla Inc. hasn’t done enough to protect against drivers misusing its Autopilot system, a safety expert testified at a trial over a 2019 fatal collision. Mary “Missy” Cummings, an engineering professor at George Mason University, to...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Patriot Growth Adds Florida-based Legacy Insurance to the Team

Insurance Journal

Patriot Growth Insurance Services, a national insurance brokerage and partnership platform, has announced another team member: Florida-based Legacy Insurance Solutions. Legacy is a family-founded insurance agency with offices in Tallahassee and Palm...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Allstate Expects Another $2B Catastrophe Losses in Q2

Insurance Journal

Prior to reporting second-quarter results later this month, Allstate said today it expects slightly lower catastrophe losses in the second quarter, and estimated the bill to be nearly $2 billion. In reporting monthly catastrophe losses, Allstate esti...

Posted: Jul 17, 2025