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Michigan Auto Industry Faces ‘a Critical Time,’ Report Says

Insurance Journal

Michigan needs to confront risks to its $348 billion piece of the global automotive industry this year and move decisively toward keeping jobs, engineering and production in the state. That message comes from Glenn Stevens, executive director of stat...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

People Moves: Rockford Mutual Announces Leadership Transition

Insurance Journal

Rockford Mutual Insurance Company announced CFO Mark McWethy has decided to retire effective June 30, 2026. McWethy will continue to serve the company in an advisory capacity alongside two significant leaders being promoted into their new roles. Effe...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Catastrophe Bond Market Shatters Records in 2025

Risk & Insurance

New issuance reaches $25.6 billion as insurers increasingly tap capital markets for reinsurance needs, Artemis reports. The post Catastrophe Bond Marke...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Alchemy & Buckhill deliver modern and data-first digital framework for Santam’s Lloyd’s market entry

Reinsurance News

Santam Syndicate 1918 at Lloyd’s now benefits from a new Policy Administration System (PAS) and digital operating platform. This rapid implementation, completed in under three months, was achieved through a partnership between Santam, a major Sout...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Flawed Immigrant Trucker Licenses Put $50M in Federal Funds at Stake in North Carolina

Carrier Management

Flawed Immigrant Trucker Licenses Put $50M in Federal Funds at Stake in North Carolina North Carolina c...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

U.S. High Court Rejects $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement Challenge

Carrier Management

U.S. High Court Rejects $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement Challenge The U.S...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Federal Bill Proposes the Use of AI, Telematics to Improve Road Safety

Carrier Management

Federal Bill Proposes the Use of AI, Telematics to Improve Roa...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Texas Staffing Agency to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

Peak Performers, incorporated as St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Services of Texas, Inc., an Austin-based staffing agency providing staffing and recruitment services for workers with disabilities, agreed to pay $160,000 to a disabled former employ...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Texas Medical Marijuana Industry Sprouts New Businesses, Patients

Insurance Journal

After lawmakers blunted expansion for years, Texas’ medical marijuana industry is slated to see more marijuana operators coming online, current ones opening more facilities and more Texans enrolling in the program this year. In September, Texas...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

SCOR appoints regional leaders for Cedant Facultative Reinsurance business

Reinsurance News

SCOR, the Paris-headquartered global reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of three senior leaders to head its Cedant Facultative Reinsurance business in North America, Europe, and Latin America. All three leaders report to Julia Will...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Alliant Latest to Sue Howden US Over Alleged ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Poaching

Insurance Journal

Alliant Insurance Services is the latest to join a group of brokers suing new competitor Howden US over what it calls Howden’s “smash-and-grab” strategy to take teams from other brokers. The suit also names three former employees—Je...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

‘Murky’ outlook for reinsurance market as capital surges: Evercore ISI

Reinsurance News

The global reinsurance market has entered 2026 with some uncertainty, as a record breaking influx of capital has triggered a significant softening in prices, leaving analysts at Evercore ISI to warn of a “murky” growth picture for the year ahead....

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Companies Work to Handle Safety Challenges of New Venezuelan Oil Exports: Sources

Insurance Journal

Oil companies aiming to participate in new exports of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro are in hasty discussions to find tankers and put together operations to transfer the crude safely from vessels and &#8...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Lockton appoints Helene Fisher as Managing Director, US Market Engagement

Reinsurance News

Lockton, an independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Helene Fisher as Managing Director, U.S. Market Engagement. In her new role, Fisher will focus on deepening insurer relationships and strengthening collaboration across Loc...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Business Moves: Nexus Acquires Medical Tourism MGA; SRG Buys North of England Broker Kennett; Jenste...

Insurance Journal

Nexus Buys Medical Tourism MGA Sure Insurance Services Nexus Underwriting, the London-based MGA and a Brown & Brown subsidiary, announced it has acquired Sure Insurance Services, a leading provider of specialist solutions for the medical tourism...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Geopolitical volatility keeps war and SRCC risks in sharp focus: Howden

Reinsurance News

As the reinsurance market enters January 2026, it faces a landscape still shaped by geopolitical volatility and ongoing structural shifts. Following a year that reinforced political risk as a persistent factor, exposures linked to political violen...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results

Carrier Management

Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Re...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Data Centers Will Need $3 Trillion Through 2030, Moody’s Says

Insurance Journal

At least $3 trillion is set to flow into data-center-related investments over the next five years, capital that will rely on the might of multiple areas of the credit markets to provide, according to Moody’s Ratings. Trillions of dollars will &...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Georgia Republicans Move to Scrap State Income Tax by 2032 Despite Concerns

Insurance Journal

Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply cutting state funding for educatio...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

SC Lab and CEO to Repay $6.8M in Kickback Scheme Exposed by Whistleblower

Insurance Journal

A South Carolina medical testing laboratory and its CEO have agreed to repay more than $6 million for allegedly paying kickbacks to doctors in return for boosting lab testing referrals. The settlement resulted from a civil lawsuit brought by a &#8230...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Elizabeth Wooliston becomes Artificial Lab’s Chief of Markets

Reinsurance News

Artificial Labs, a provider of digital broking and underwriting technology, has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Wooliston as Chief of Markets, effective immediately. Wooliston will leverage her 30-year career in the insurance and reinsuranc...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Rideshare Drivers Protest Robotaxis as California Considers More Regulations

Insurance Journal

Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the cars killed pets and blocked traffic. About two do...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Aon estimates up to $50bn in US PRT premiums for 2025

Reinsurance News

U.S. pension risk transfer (PRT) activity surged in the fourth quarter of 2025, with global re/insurance broking group Aon estimating total market premiums of $45–$50 billion for the year. According to Aon’s U.S. PRT Annual Report Preview, the fir...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

South Carolina Measles Outbreak Grows, Spreads to NC and Ohio

Insurance Journal

South Carolina’s measles outbreak exploded into one of the worst in the U.S., with state health officials confirming 99 new cases in three days last week. The outbreak centered in Spartanburg County grew to 310 cases over the holidays, and &#82...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Delaware Reports Avian Flu in a Commercial Poultry Flock

Insurance Journal

Delaware officials announced Sunday that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has returned presumptive positive for avian influenza. The Delaware Department of Agriculture said it quarantined the affected premises, and the...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

North Carolina May Lose $50M in Federal Funds Over Immigrant Trucker Licenses

Insurance Journal

North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn’t revoke commercial driver’s licenses from immigrants who aren’t qualified to hold them after an audit uncovered problems, the U.S. Transportation De...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

HDI expands APAC presence with new representative office in Seoul

Reinsurance News

Corporate & Specialty insurer HDI Global has expanded its Asia–Pacific footprint with the opening of a representative office in Seoul, Republic of Korea. This new presence in one of Asia’s major insurance markets allows HDI to enhance it...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Markets/Coverages: Brit Launches Property Direct & Facultative in Bermuda

Insurance Journal

Brit Group Holdings Ltd. announced it will begin writing property direct & facultative business in Bermuda through Brit Re. This will see Brit Re write US and Global Property D&F from January, with a focus on US-based complex risks. Core &#82...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

2026 the year of AI disillusionment: CyberCube

Reinsurance News

CyberCube has forecast that 2026 will usher in a phase of AI disillusionment, as boardroom optimism and conference hype collide with the constraints of legacy systems, fragmented data, and regulatory caution, though those that apply AI with discip...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Goldman Sachs Warns U.S. Grids Face Power Crunch by 2030

Carrier Management

Goldman Sachs Warns U.S. Grids Face Power Crunch by 2030 Almost all U.S. power grids wi...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Fed Served With DOJ Subpoenas; Powell Vows to Stand Firm

Insurance Journal

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the institution. In...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Jason Mandera named CEO of Marsh McLennan Indonesia

Reinsurance News

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Marsh Asia has appointed Jason Mandera as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Marsh McLennan Indonesia, effective January 1st, 2026. Mandera has served with Marsh for over 16 years, most recently as the Pre...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Non-life run-off specialists emerge as central capital management partners for insurers: AM Best

Reinsurance News

Non-life run-off specialists have moved well beyond their traditional role as managers of discontinued books and are now viewed as core strategic capital partners for insurers, according to a new report from the credit rating agency AM Best. The r...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

US Seizes Fifth Vessel Taken in Venezuela Blockade

Insurance Journal

The U.S. has seized the Olina tanker in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel targeted in recent weeks as Washington steps up efforts to curb Venezuelan oil exports, U.S. officials said on Friday. The Olina, which according to public shipping database &#82...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions promotes Neha Shah to Head of L&H, India

Reinsurance News

Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, the reinsurance division of global broker Aon, has promoted Neha Shah to Head of Life and Health (L&H), India. In her new role, Shah will lead the delivery of tailored life and health reinsurance solutions in India...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Finnish Police Release Russia-Linked Ship Held in Cable Sabotage Case

Insurance Journal

Finnish police said on Monday they had lifted the seizure of a ship which had been held on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia across the Gulf of Finland, although the investigation continues. The &#823...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Bermuda tax credits could materially lower re/insurer tax bills: Jefferies

Reinsurance News

According to analysts at Jefferies, Bermuda’s newly enacted tax credits regime could materially reduce the corporate tax burden for island-based re/insurers, with potential near-term accounting impacts and longer-term implications for earnings for...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026