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World Hits Streak of Record Temperatures as UN Warns of ‘Climate Hell’

Insurance Journal

Each of the past 12 months ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, the EU’s climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to avert “climate he...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Sompo appoints Thomas Leone as new Chief Investment Officer

Reinsurance News

Sompo, a global provider of commercial and consumer property, casualty, and specialty re/insurance, has announced the appointment of Thomas Leone as Chief Investment Officer. In his new role, Leone will directly report to Nicolas Burnet, Sompo&#82...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Pen Underwriting expands into Ireland with Wrightway Underwriting acquisition

Reinsurance News

Pen Underwriting, an Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. subsidiary, has acquired Wrightway Underwriting Limited, a Republic of Ireland-based MGA that specialises in transportation and haulage, for an undisclosed sum. Based in Wexford, Wrightway is a ma...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Staff Warned Off Whistleblower Hotlines: Global Survey

Insurance Journal

More than half of whistleblowers have felt pressured not to use internal hotlines to raise red flags at large global businesses and public bodies, a global EY survey showed. The number of organizations without a whistleblowing hotline has halved sinc...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Life insurers shifting more into the retirement space are increasingly exposed to market risk: S&P

Reinsurance News

As sales of annuities – notably fixed annuities and fixed-indexed annuities – by U.S. life insurers have ballooned since 2021, S&P Global Ratings explores the challenges facing life insurers. In a recent report released by the firm...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

India’s Kshema welcomes more like-minded players as it works to close protection gaps: Founder, Nuka...

Reinsurance News

In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Natraj Nukala, Founder of Kshema, the fully digitally powered Indian agricultural insurer, stated that the company is not afraid of competition entering the Indian market post easing of regulations by t...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Social Inflation Fix: Insurers Can’t Be Out Front, Chubb’s Greenberg Says

Carrier Management

Social Inflation Fix: Insurers Can’t Be Out Front, Chubb’s Greenberg Says Alth...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

AI Large Language Models Not Leaving Chubb’s Greenberg ‘Breathless’

Carrier Management

AI Large Language Models Not Leaving Chubb’s Greenberg ‘Breathless’ Revealing that Chubb has it...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Everest Re appoints Mayur Doshi as Head of NA Treaty Casualty

Reinsurance News

Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance arm of insurance giant, Everest Group, Ltd., has appointed Mayur Doshi as the Head of North America Treaty Casualty, reporting to Jiten Voralia, Head of North America Treaty Reinsurance. Voralia commented on th...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Crypto Exchange Binance Seeks to Slash Size of $13 Billion UK Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

Crypto exchange Binance on Wednesday sought to throw out the vast majority of a London lawsuit worth up to 10 billion pounds ($12.8 billion) over claims it and other exchanges colluded to “delist” the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) cryptocu...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Understory $15mn funding to help accelerate growth into renewable energy sector

Reinsurance News

Climate risk-solving insurance provider Understory has announced the closing of its Series A funding round, securing $15 million to drive its expansion into the renewable energy sector. This funding round, co-led by True Ventures and Prelude Ventu...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Companies Need to Be Aware of Cyber Risks Related to Proliferation of IoT

Insurance Journal

The Internet of Things (IoT), which refers to the collection of internet-enabled devices such as wearables, industrial sensors and controls, and closed-circuit cameras, has revolutionized processes from pharmaceuticals storage to energy-usage monitor...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Mel Carvill appointed Chairman of Polo Insurance Managers

Reinsurance News

PoloWorks, a collective of Lloyd’s and London Market insurance services businesses, has announced the appointment of Mel Carvill as Chairman of Polo Insurance Managers. Mark Elliott, CEO of Polo Insurance Managers, commented: “We are delighted tha...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Aeolus and RED announce research collaboration to assess earthquake risk

Reinsurance News

Aeolus Capital Management and RED – Risk Engineering + Development (RED) have announced a collaborative research initiative focused on assessing earthquake risk. This study will be led by Pete Dailey, Head of Research at Aeolus, renowned for...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

McKenzie Intelligence Services launches AI damage classifier to revolutionise insurance assessments

Reinsurance News

McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), a provider of geospatial data and analysis to the insurance industry, has announced the launch of a cutting-edge AI damage classifier to enhance its human intelligence-led damage assessments for insurers follo...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Buffett’s NetJets Sues Pilots’ Union for Defamation

Insurance Journal

NetJets, the luxury plane unit of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, sued its 3,400-member pilots union for defamation over statements about its commitment to safety and training pilots. The lawsuit filed on Monday in a state...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Commercial Property Insurance Market Proving More Stable, Capitalized: USI

Insurance Journal

Following last year’s historically challenging property insurance market, 2024 is proving to be “a more stable and capitalized market,” USI Insurance Services reported in its latest Commercial Property & Casualty Market Outlook...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

CNA’s Worman to Take CEO Reins From Robusto in 2025

Insurance Journal

CNA Financial Corp. said it is promoting Doug Worman, currently executive vice president and global head of underwriting, to president and chief executive officer starting in 2025. Current CEO Dino E. Robusto will transition to a role of executive ch...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Mississippi Judge Affirms Settlement After 62-year-old Died in Police Encounter

Insurance Journal

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the family of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for a murder suspect. …

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Only a Third of $2.7M Stolen in Miss. County Hacking Scam Has Been Returned

Insurance Journal

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Madison County has recovered an estimated $900,000 after an investigation found that the county was defrauded out of millions of tax dollars, authorities said Monday. Sheriff Randy Tucker updated the Board of Supervisors on Monda...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says

Insurance Journal

GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled this week that two of those practitioners cannot escape a $2.8 mi...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Insurers’ private credit holdings set to keep growing, Moody’s

Reinsurance News

Insurers are set to keep increasing their private credit holdings throughout the coming years, with almost 80% saying they plan to increase their holdings of at least one class of private credit over the long term, according to a recent analysis b...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

People Moves: PCF Insurance Services Names Gray Chief Financial Officer

Insurance Journal

PCF Insurance Services named Brandon Gray chief financial officer. Gray, who joined PCF in March 2023, previously served as the company’s senior vice president and treasurer. His promotion to CFO follows Felix Morgan’s December 2023 appoi...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

PacifiCorp to Pay $178M in Latest Settlement Over Deadly 2020 Oregon Blazes

Insurance Journal

Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, said Monday it has agreed to a $178 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs in the latest multimillion-dollar payout related to the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged the state. In other cases that have &...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

Private Equity Firm Invests in Injured Worker Case Manager Allegiant Medical Care

Insurance Journal

Council Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has acquired Allegiant Managed Care, a nurse case management company providing services within workers’ compensation and other property/casualty insurance lines. Terms of the transactio...

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

State Work-Release Prisoner Killed in Blast While Welding Fuel Tank

Insurance Journal

A state prisoner on a work-release program was killed in a fuel tank explosion while he was working as a welder for an employer in Rockport, the Maine Department of Corrections said last Saturday. Sean Rancourt was welding the diesel …

Posted: Jun 06, 2024

How Agents Can Tackle California's Challenges

Insurance Thought Leadership

How Agents Can Tackle California's Challenges Agent & Broker ClareCarroll1

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

How AI Can Lead to Personalized Medicine

Insurance Thought Leadership

How AI Can Lead to Personalized Medicine Life & Health ClareCarroll1

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

Reversals of Pandemic Migration Patterns

Insurance Thought Leadership

Reversals of Pandemic Migration Patterns Regulation & Public Policy ClareCarroll1

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

How Insurtechs and Incumbents Fared in Q1

Insurance Thought Leadership

How Insurtechs and Incumbents Fared in Q1 Leadership ClareCarroll1

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

Top E&O Claims for I/T Consultants

Insurance Thought Leadership

Top E&O Claims for I/T Consultants Commercial Lines ClareCarroll1

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

Top E&O Claims for IT Consultants

Insurance Thought Leadership

Top E&O Claims for IT Consultants Commercial Lines ClareCarroll1

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

Introducing Big ‘I’ Alliance

IA Magazine

Big “I” Markets has a new name and is now part of a powerful new suite of market access solutions for independent agents: Big “I” Alliance.

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

Workers’ Comp’s Mixed Bag of Prescription Costs and Utilization Trends for 2023: Report

Risk & Insurance

Specialty drug costs nearly tripled over six years, while opioid utilization dropped and prescribing patterns shifted based on claim stage, according to Enlyte. The post

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

Cake & Arrow Announces Upcoming Webinar: Climate Change & Homeowners Insurance – Exploring Human Nee...

coverager

    As temperatures and the number of catastrophic losses continue to climb, homeowners are facing skyrocketing insurance premiums and loss of coverage. Climate change is testing the insurance industry’s...

Posted: Jun 05, 2024

The Baldwin Group introduces Cyber Navigator

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Cyber Navigator is powered by Limit.

Posted: Jun 05, 2024