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TikTok Charged for Breaching EU Rules With App’s Addictive Features...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
University of Texas at Arlington research team demonstrates significant workload reduction for industrial laborers. The post En...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
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
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
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, 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
Two-thirds of nurses who walked out of major hospitals in New York City a month ago have reached preliminary agreements with their employers and may end the strike this week, the union representing 15,000 striking nurses said on Monday. The …
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Despite a 2025 net loss of $366 million, largely driven by higher losses from the Fortitude Re funds withheld embedded derivative and changes in the fair value of market risk benefits, Corebridge Financial emphasised strong underlying performance...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Online insurance agent Insurify said it has launched a ChatGPT app to allow consumers to compare and shop for insurance. Insurify said the app is the first insurance app in OpenAI’s directory. “Shopping for car insurance has traditionally...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., has promoted Phil Amlot to Head of Trade Credit for Markel International, effective immediately. In his new role, Amlot will report to Carl Titterton, Divisional Managing Director...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
US insurance broker stocks were pummeled Monday as the launch of an artificial intelligence tool from privately held online insurance shopping platform Insurify sparked fears about the industry facing disruption. The S&P 500 Insurance index close...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
US primary insurer Cincinnati Financial Corporation generated net income of $676 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase on the prior year’s $405 million, while the property and casualty (P&C) insurance arm recorded a slightly...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
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The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), a privately-owned managing general underwriter (MGU), has strengthened its team with the appointment of Henning Schuemmer as a Senior Marine Underwriter. Schuemmer will be based in Dublin, bringing with him more than...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Singapore’s four telecom companies, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba Telecom, were targeted by cyber espionage group UNC3886 in attacks last year, Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency said on Monday. The agency said the hackers were able to p...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Oasis Loss Modelling Framework (Oasis LMF), a not-for-profit open source catastrophe modelling platform, has launched Oasis Software as a Service Limited (Oasis SaaS) – an industry-owned, vendor-neutral platform designed to preserve independ...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, has appointed Steven Kauderer as President of Claims Solutions business, effective immediately. In his new role, Kauderer will lead a team that delivers solutions t...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack, and urged the e-commerce giant to fix vulnerabilities in its security systems. Announcing the first findings of a g...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Helix Underwriting Partners Bermuda, the multi-line independent managing general agent, announced the launch of its London property offering, Helix International, which has been trading since the start of the year, in partnership with PartnerRe Insur...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Helix Underwriting Partners Bermuda has launched its London property offering, Helix International, which has been trading since the start of the year in partnership with PartnerRe Insurance Programs and provides capacity for direct and facultativ...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
As advanced technology permeates every facet of society, human empathy has emerged as the ultimate differentiator in customer experience—particularly within the people-driven property insurance industry. At the Cotality™ INTRConnect® 2026 conference,...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
China’s Nio is recalling 246,229 vehicles due to a software issue that poses safety hazards, marking the largest recall by a homegrown electric vehicle maker. The recalled EVs include models ES8, ES6 and EC6 and were manufactured between March...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Arch Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, has reported a 32.3% year-on-year rise in underwriting income to $827 million for the fourth quarter of 2025, with a strong performance in both insurance and reinsurance. Group-wide...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Based on preliminary consolidated unaudited figures, Talanx Group, the parent company of Hannover Re, increased its net income for the 2025 financial year by 25% to a record €2.48 billion. The group attributed the result to strong operating perfor...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Forza Investment Group has launched Forza Insurance Asset Management (FIAM), a new platform designed to serve the investment and reporting needs of insurance and reinsurance companies. Operating as a stand alone business, FIAM offers a range of in...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Lockton Re, the reinsurance business of Lockton, has expanded its Latin America & Caribbean capabilities with the appointment of Dario Luna joins as Regional Leader of Strategic Risk Solutions, and Antonio Rodriguez as Treaty Reinsurance Assoc...
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Specialty Program Group (SPG) LLC, a specialty insurance platform, announced that Travis Carpenter has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development for its Infrastructure Programs Division. In this position, Carpenter will oversee...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
CyberCube has named Chris Methven its new CEO, replacing Pascal Millaire, who has been the leader of the cyber risk modeling and analytics company since it has operated as a standalone company. Methven has been Cyber Cube’s chief growth officer...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Verisk, headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, named Steven Kauderer president of its claims solutions business. He reports to Lee Shavel, president and CEO of Verisk. Most recently, Kauderer was a senior partner at EY-Parthenon, where he built an...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Adam Schwebach, broker and head of property for North America at Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broker, last week sat down for an interview with Insurance Journal. The discussion came on the heels of Gallagher Re’s annual Florida broker s...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Rhode Island-based Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. has experienced a data breach caused by a ransomware attack and is in the process of determining what information and persons may have been affected. The workers’ compensation insurer said it recei...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley R...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley R...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Chevron Corp. acquired a ranch in West Texas whose owner had been waging a legal battle accusing the US energy giant of negligently spilling toxic water and crude oil on the 22,000-acre property. The sale of Ashley Watt’s Antina Ranch …
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Elon Musk’s “Vegas Loop,” a network of underground tunnels to ferry passengers in Teslas, was under fresh scrutiny this week from Nevada lawmakers who raised concern about alleged workplace safety and environmental violations. Lawma...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Global Insurance Law Connect (GILC), an international network of law firms specialising in insurance and reinsurance, has added JSA, one of India’s Tier 1 national law firms, to its network. This addition strengthens GILC’s reach across Asia...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
States in the U.S. West are grappling with an unusually warm, arid winter that is ramping up fire risk in some areas, driving utilities to take drastic precautions, including sometimes shutting off the power in a bid to keep their …
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
A Massachusetts man was convicted last week in federal court in Boston for engaging in a scheme in which he provided an applicant with the answers to the state’s commercial drivers learner’s permit exam. Frank Castro was convicted of unla...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
A Massachusetts man was convicted last week in federal court in Boston for engaging in a scheme in which he provided an applicant with the answers to the state’s commercial drivers learner’s permit exam. Frank Castro was convicted of unla...
Posted: Feb 10, 2026