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SelectQuote launches SelectQuote Local

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The company is introducing a franchise model.

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

The Hartford files trademark for Integrated Employee Protection

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The mark is intended to cover business administration and consulting services related to employee leave management for employers.

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Wrisk acquires Atto

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James River plans to deploy Kalepa’s solution to augment underwriting decisions.

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Insurify Starts App With ChatGPT to Allow Consumers to Shop for Insurance

Carrier Management

Insurify Starts App With ChatGPT to Allow Consumers to Shop for Insurance Online insurance agent...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Insurance Broker Stocks Sink as AI App Sparks Disruption Fears

Carrier Management

Insurance Broker Stocks Sink as AI App Sparks Disruption Fears US insurance broker stocks were...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Rejection of Texas Law Blacklisting ‘Woke’ BlackRock Could Lead to Other States Following Suit

Carrier Management

Rejection of Texas Law Blacklisting ‘Woke’ BlackRock Could Lead to Oth...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

EPA Identifies Spilled Chemical Compound That Affected 260 Cars in Kansas

Insurance Journal

The EPA has identified the chemical compound spilled in Garnett, Kansas, on Dec. 31, 2025. Recent laboratory analysis corroborates EPA’s preliminary field screening results with a “high level of confidence” that the corrosive substa...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Rejection of Texas Law Blacklisting ‘Woke’ Firms Could Challenge Other Anti-ESG Laws

Insurance Journal

A Texas judge’s move to strike down a state law blacklisting “woke” financial firms, including BlackRock and HSBC, that used environmental, social or governance factors in investment decisions will likely drive a broader push to rep...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Reinsurance margins under pressure but we still like the business: Arch CEO

Reinsurance News

Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd.’s reinsurance arm delivered record underwriting income of $1.6 billion for the full year 2025, and while the firm saw property catastrophe rate declines between 10% and 20% at the January renewals, with...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

‘Forever Chemicals’ Quietly Contaminate Drinking Water Wells in the U.S.

Carrier Management

‘Forever Chemicals’ Quietly Contaminate Drinking Water Wells in the U.S. Kristen Hanneman made a small...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Liberty Mutual to Partner With Net-Zero Focused PE Firm Ara

Insurance Journal

Liberty Mutual Group Inc.’s asset-management arm agreed to back Ara Partners’ infrastructure and energy strategies, in the latest partnership between an insurer and an alternative investment firm. The collaboration includes an anchor comm...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

SC Wind Mitigation Grant Program Now Open for New Applications

Insurance Journal

South Carolina’s Safe Home Mitigation Program today, Feb. 10, began accepting applications for a new round of funding for resiliency grants. The program, which provides up to $6,000 in matching grants and up to $7,500 in non-matching grants, re...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Trump Threatens to Block Detroit-Canada Bridge in New Row

Insurance Journal

President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of a new bridge that connects Michigan and Ontario until the US was given compensation and ownership of half of it, saying he’d start negotiations immediately. “I will not allow this...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Louisiana Restaurants to Pay $34K in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

Shreveport, Louisiana-based Minden Seafood, LLC, and Dorcheat Seafood, LLC, operators of restaurants Minden Seafood and Dorcheat Seafood and Grill, will pay a former employee $34,000 in back pay and emotional distress damages to settle a sexual haras...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Novoa named Country President of Chubb in Panama and Central America

Reinsurance News

US insurer Chubb has announced the appointment of Diego Novoa as Country President of Chubb in Panama and Central America, succeeding Xavier Pazmiño, who will take on the role of EVP Marine COG. Novoa brings over 19 years of experience in the fina...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Greece and Malta Hesitate Over EU’s Russia Oil Services Ban

Insurance Journal

Greece and Malta have emerged as the main obstacle to a European Union proposal to replace a Russian oil price cap with a ban on the services needed to ship the fuel. The two southern European countries raised concerns about …

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Six Charged in $1.7M Damage Claims Scheme With Florida Government

Insurance Journal

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, who quickly showed his cards on wasteful and fraudulent spending at the local level, has now announced a crackdown inside his own and other state government departments, related to fraudulent insurance claims....

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Specialist Risk Group launches Australian business

Reinsurance News

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has expanded its global footprint with the launch of its Australian business. SRG is positioning itself as an agile challenger focused on the mid-market,...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

AIG Completes Purchase of Minority Stakes in Re/Insurer Convex and PE Firm Onex

Insurance Journal

American International Group announced on Friday it has completed the acquisitions of strategic minority ownership stakes in Convex Group Ltd., a privately held, global specialty insurer, and Onex Corp., a publicly traded global asset manager. AIG ac...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Probe Begins Into Maine Pulp Facility Chemical Release That Killed Intern, Injured 9

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release that occurred on January 27, 2026, at the Woodland Pulp facility in Baileyville, Maine. The incident at the pulp production faci...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Global Commercial Rates Trend Downward, US Rates Flat in Q4 2025

Risk & Insurance

Sixth consecutive quarterly rate decline signals sustained relief for commercial insurance buyers, though U.S. market shows mixed signals across coverage lines: Marsh Risk. The post

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Lockton adds Chandra and Park as People Solutions leaders in Asia

Reinsurance News

Global insurance broker Lockton has appointed Subhash Chandra as Head of Life & Health Reinsurance – People Solutions, Asia, and Julian Park as Head of People Solutions, South Korea. The two appointments, which are effective February 9th, 2026...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Register: Risky Future AI Tools for Aerial and Geospatial Intelligence ‘Demo Day’ Event on Feb. 11

Carrier Management

Register: Risky Future AI Tools for Aerial and Geospatial Intelligence ‘Demo Day’ Event...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

TikTok Charged for Breaching EU Rules With App’s Addictive Features

Carrier Management

TikTok Charged for Breaching EU Rules With App’s Addictive Features...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Engineers Develop Soft Robotic Exoskeleton That Cuts Muscle Strain by 22%

Risk & Insurance

University of Texas at Arlington research team demonstrates significant workload reduction for industrial laborers. The post En...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Analysts flag broker selloff as ‘overdone’ following OpenAI insurance app approval

Reinsurance News

Following an insurance broker selloff earlier this week, widely attributed to our report that OpenAI approved the first AI app from an insurance provider on ChatGPT, several analyst firms weighed in on the roughly 9% average decline in the stock p...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Risky Future Series: AI Tools for Aerial, Geospatial Intelligence ‘Demo Day’ on Feb. 11

Insurance Journal

Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for Aerial and Geospatial Intelligence” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for carriers, MGAs, claims professionals, underwriters,...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Labor Board Gives Up Oversight of Musk’s SpaceX

Insurance Journal

The US labor board is abandoning a yearslong legal battle against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signaling it will steer clear of future cases against the company. Two years after issuing a complaint accusing the aerospace firm of firing eight engineer...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Parametrix strengthens cyber & digital infrastructure solutions with three new hires

Reinsurance News

Parametrix, a provider of digital business interruption solutions, has announced the hire of three specialists that will support the accelerating demand for its cyber, contingent business interruption, and data centre insurance solutions. Due to h...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026