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Descartes strengthens European footprint with strategic hires and promotions

Reinsurance News

Descartes Underwriting, a specialist in corporate parametric re/insurance solutions for climate and emerging risks, has expanded Commercial Director Juan Maria Marqués Domenech’s responsibilities to cover Central Europe in addition to Iberia. In a...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Mission appoints Tom Hill as Chief Commercial Officer, UK and Europe

Reinsurance News

Global MGA incubator Mission has appointed Tom Hill as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of the UK and European operation. Hill is a career-long MGA specialist, and brings a unique combination of underwriting, DUA placement and MGA founding experienc...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Prime Insurance Announces Strategic Addition of Fernando “Fernie” Alvarez to Support High Net Worth...

Insurance Journal

Salt Lake City, UT — Prime Insurance today announced the strategic addition of Fernando “Fernie” Alvarez as President, High Net Worth & Specialty Programs, supporting the continued growth of Prime’s High Net Worth and Excess &#3...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

IAG maintains FY26 insurance profit target despite RACQI impact

Reinsurance News

IAG has reported net profit after tax for H1 of the 2026 financial year of AU$505m, down from AU$778m in the same period of 2025. The result was impacted by the one-off RACQI impact of AU$174m from severe seasonal weather immediately following the...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Palomar’s net income rises 60.6% to $56.2m for Q4’25

Reinsurance News

Specialty insurer Palomar Holdings, Inc. has reported a 60.6% rise in net income to $56.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to net income of $35 million in Q4’24. The insurer reported strong underwriting results for the quarter as g...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Joe Peiser named CEO of Aon’s Risk Capital

Reinsurance News

Joe Peiser will lead Aon’s Risk Capital capabilities across both Commercial Risk and Reinsurance Solutions, as the broker continues to enhance and execute its Risk Capital strategy. Peiser joined Aon in 2021 as Commercial Risk Leader for Nor...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

PURE offers Ting fire prevention program to Ontario members

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PURE indicated it plans to introduce additional loss prevention programs for Canadian members targeting other common sources of property damage.

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Aviva passes 100 transactions through small-scheme BPA solution

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The insurer has also introduced a new fast-track option for 2026.

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

InsurTech funding up to $5.08bn in 2025 as re/insurers make more investments: Gallagher Re

Reinsurance News

At $1.68 billion, global InsurTech funding in the fourth quarter of 2025 increased by an impressive 66.8% over the prior quarter, the highest level of quarterly funding since Q3 2022, as investments in insurtech for the full year 2025 rose by almo...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Bus Crash Involving Iowa College Baseball Team Leaves One Dead, 32 Injured

Insurance Journal

A bus carrying an Iowa community college baseball team crashed and overturned in a ditch on Wednesday, Feb. 11, killing one person and injuring 32 others onboard. The crash involved a bus carrying Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team and &#8230...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

People Moves: Unison Risk Advisors Names O’Sullivan as Chief People Officer

Insurance Journal

Unison Risk Advisors announced the appointment of Nicole L. O’Sullivan as chief people officer. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, O’Sullivan will lead the firm’s human capital strategy, supporting talent, leadership, and culture initiatives...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Texas AG Sues Snapchat for Alleged Inappropriate Material and Addictiveness

Insurance Journal

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Wednesday sued the company that owns Snapchat, accusing the social media organization of failing to adequately warn parents about inappropriate material on the platform and downplaying its addictiveness. The lawsu...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Drones, Drugs, Laser Beams Stir Confusion Over Texas Skies

Insurance Journal

For a few hours on Wednesday, the sleepy airport of El Paso, Texas, became a sudden flashpoint for confusion. Late Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a terse notice to pilots that airspace in the area would close — …

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Insurance Issue Leaves Some Players Off World Baseball Classic Rosters

Insurance Journal

Francisco Lindor, Carlos Correa, and Jose Altuve were left off their countries’ rosters for the World Baseball Classic over insurance coverage. Lindor and Correa were left off Puerto Rico roster. Altuve was not included in Venezuela’s ros...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Udhwan appointed Head of Canada Programs at Munich Re Specialty, NA

Reinsurance News

Robin Udhwan has been named Head of Canada Programs at Munich Re Specialty – North America (MRS-NA), part of the global reinsurer. A seasoned veteran of the North American insurance landscape, particularly Canada and the United States, Udhwan brin...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Trump’s Repeal of Climate Rule Opens a ‘New Front’ for Litigation

Carrier Management

Trump’s Repeal of Climate Rule Opens a ‘New Front’ for Litigation The Trump administration's...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Auto Safety Bill Targeting Electric Doors Advances in US House

Insurance Journal

US lawmakers agreed to advance an automotive safety bill that would require manual releases in new vehicles with electrically powered door handles, bringing the measure that could impact designs popularized by Tesla Inc. a step closer to becoming law...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

BMW Recalls Hundreds of Thousands of Cars Over Fire Risk

Insurance Journal

BMW is recalling hundreds of thousands of cars due to a potential fire hazard, the German premium carmaker said on Wednesday. The global recall is affecting a mid-six-figure number of cars, a BMW spokesperson said. Newspaper Bild earlier reported on...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Viewpoint: How Carriers Can Break the Cycle of Medical Abuse

Insurance Journal

In Part 1 of this series, we examined how medical abuse extends far beyond excessive treatment, encompassing inflated billing, referral networks, misleading provider reports, and misuse of ancillary services. These behaviors can distort reserves, ext...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

China Charges Former AstraZeneca Regional Head With Insurance Fraud

Insurance Journal

China has officially charged AstraZeneca’s former regional head, Leon Wang, who was detained by authorities in the country more than a year ago in relation to probes into the drugmaker’s business. The company confirmed Wang’s indict...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

The $10 Trillion Fight: Modeling a US-China War Over Taiwan

Insurance Journal

The island at the center of the artificial intelligence boom—and increasingly the global economy—lies on geological and geopolitical fault lines. Taiwan, the producer of most of the world’s advanced semiconductors, faces intensifying pressure f...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Florida Insurance Costs 14.5% Lower Than Would Be Without Reforms, Report Finds

Insurance Journal

Florida’s landmark 2022 and 2023 legislative changes have had a big impact on the state’s economy, thanks to lowered insurance costs that have freed up money for other investments and have attracted new companies to the state, says a repo...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Moody’s integrates Oasis SaaS into its Intelligent Risk Platform

Reinsurance News

Moody’s, a data, intelligence and analytical tools provider, has announced the integration of the newly launched Oasis Software as a Service Limited (Oasis SaaS) into its Intelligent Risk Platform (IRP). This collaboration aims to provide re...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

New York’s Mid-Hudson Insurance to Acquire Hanover Fire of Pennsylvania

Insurance Journal

Mid-Hudson Co-Operative Insurance Co. in Montgomery, New York has signed a securities purchase agreement to acquire Hanover Fire Holdings, Inc. of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. According to AM Best, the acquisition will be financed by $4.0 million i...

Posted: Feb 12, 2026

Fly Fairly Adopts Blink Parametric’s Real-Time Travel Compensation Products

IIR

Fly Fairly is the first Protect Group partner to implement Delayed Baggage Compensation as part of the Protect Plus rollout.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

NGL Revamps its Stand-Alone LTC Insurance with New Solution

Insurance Forums

Madison, Wis.-based National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) this week introduced HonestLTC, a new Long-Term … Read more

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Orbis Risk Partners Adopts Insurity Marine Suite

IIR

The marine and specialty risk and insurance advisor has implemented the platform to streamline global cargo operations.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

INSTANDA integrates with ServiceNow platform

IIR

The partnership combines policy administration and workflow tools for insurers.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Marsh McLennan Agency adopts ZestyAI analytics

IIR

Private Client Services division uses AI-driven property insights to support carrier underwriting.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Securitas acquires Liferaft

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Liferaft provides intelligence threat monitoring solutions to large enterprise clients across North America.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

ElevenLabs secures AI agent insurance

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The startup announced a $500 million funding round last week. 

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Acrisure launches 2Vision

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The new MGA will offer professional liability, standalone terrorism, and directors’ and officers’ insurance.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Reco raises $30 nillion

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TIAA Ventures participated in the round.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

WINN.AI raises $18 million Series A

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The company offers an AI assistant that provides real-time guidance during sales calls.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Matic partners with nCino

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The partnership will bring Matic’s embedded home insurance marketplace solution into nCino’s mortgage point of sale product.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

kWh Analytics expands renewable energy property capacity

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Aspen Specialty is the backer.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

USAA appoints Dan Griffiths as CIO

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He previously served as Group Chief Information Officer at Santander US.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

AIG AI: From digital twins to underwriting agents

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The software uses WTW’s proprietary compensation data and allows users to ask questions in natural language through a conversational interface.

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

The Growing Coverage Gap: Why Safety Nets Matter

Risk & Insurance

Community pools make sense as a way to address the insurance coverage gap in residential and commercial structures. The post The Growing Coverage Gap: W...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026