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RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: Her February charge was $940.08 — more …
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
Alternative investment managers are pouring unprecedented sums of money into the market for property cover, and reshaping a 180-year-old reinsurance model in the process. Allocations to catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities popular...
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
Vineyard Wind has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a wind turbine-supplying unit of GE Vernova rom terminating agreements and abandoning work on a $4.5 billion offshore wind farm in Massachusetts on the eve of completion. Vineyard Wind, a joint ̷...
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
The escalating cost of wildfires now adds $41 to the average monthly power bill for residential customers of California’s largest utility, according to a government report that calls for a systemic overhaul of how the state responds to conflagr...
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
Euclid Transactional, a managing general agent (MGA) specialising in transactional insurance underwriting and claims handling, has announced 21 senior-level promotions across various global regions and functions. These 21 promotions form part of 4...
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at an illegal fireworks warehouse that killed seven people and shook a tiny farming community, authorities said Friday. The charges stem from a grand jury indictment...
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
Social media giant Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by the state of Massachusetts alleging that it knowingly designed its Instagram platform to be harmful to children and has misled the public that it is safe. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial ...
Posted: Apr 13, 2026
By Andrew G. Simpson The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has concluded that an individual who is the sole owner and employee of a business is not required to provide his insurance carrier with notice of his work-related injury within 120 days …
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
By Maryclaire Dale The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home. “We did it, ̷...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Insurance professionals are producing more marketing content than ever before. Blog posts, emails, social media updates, videos, webinars, event recaps … the list keeps growing. Yet many still feel like their marketing efforts aren’t movi...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Leah Scoggins, vice president of talent operations at Higginbotham, said the number one topic young talent asks about in her world of agency hiring is culture. “Most of the early career applicants we hear from want to know who we …
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
I recently had the opportunity to attend the CLM annual conference, hosted by the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, and one of the sessions that I was interested in was about the hiring gap that the insurance world is deep …
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
I’m 100% certain that insurance company executives do not understand the significance of the homeowners insurance crisis. They are either caught up in losing too much money on property, or the executives are too immune in their own safer world....
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
For directors and officers (D&O) insurers, the outcome of a claim is often shaped as much by where it is litigated as by what the policy says. Delaware’s courts, especially the Court of Chancery and the Superior Court’s Complex Commer...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
By Andrea Wells Opportunities to grow, identifying challenges and having the ability to solve them, finding the right people and building strong relationships, and the satisfaction that comes with helping others–those are a few reasons that you...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
The insurance workforce is undergoing a fundamental shift. Aging demographics, evolving employee expectations, and accelerating technology adoption are converging. For insurers and brokers, this represents more than a hiring challenge–it signal...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Picture this scenario. A couple meets and they go through the courting period. Both parties try to look their best and pay extraordinary attention to each other. At some point they get engaged and formalize their relationship. They talk with …
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Each year brings new viral job search trends, and 2026 is no different. Even in these early months, I have already noticed trends that, while not exclusive to the insurance industry, can and do influence agencies and could be critical …
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
On Feb. 9 public insurance broker stocks fell by 9% on the news that two digital companies had launched chat-bot assistants using ChatGPT’s tools. While the valuation of those brokers’ stocks have largely recovered, at least a few analyst...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Insurance brokers often can get caught in between when the interests of policyholders and insurance companies diverge. In the obvious case of a claim denial, brokers should take care to protect themselves as well as their policyholder clients. But po...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
While insurance broker valuations remained resilient in 2025, essentially staying near all-time highs, the elephant in the room–Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO)–has received little attention. From a valuation perspective, what happened with...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
By Ezra Amacher When passengers step onto an airplane, they’re accustomed to turbulence, seat kicking, and lengthy tarmac delays. Those are the predictable annoyances of air travel. But a far more serious risk to the safety of flyers has receiv...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
My November 2025 column talked about ambiguity in insurance policies. When litigation is initiated by an insured seeking coverage following a claim denial, often a primary assertion is that the policy language in question is ambiguous. If the court a...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
By Ezra Amacher Farmers Insurance said in a lawsuit that a former agent in Oklahoma allegedly conspired to move Farmers’ insureds to other insurance companies, including an agency where his wife works. Farmers said Bradley McKinney broke his ag...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
When Thomas A. George and Tamika Hampton decided to defraud an auto insurer in 2019, they went big–claiming that George was so severely injured in a crash that he could no longer walk or talk, according to court documents. The …
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
It has taken more time than expected, but leaders of a startup Florida insurance reciprocal believe they’re just weeks away from writing their first policies–and all without the assistance of takeouts from the state-created property insur...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Insurers’ resistance to emerging AI governance frameworks may be misplaced, as consistent standards could strengthen trust, transparency, and accountability across the industry.
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Insurance Information Institute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [email protected] MALVERN, Pa., April 14, 2026 – The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) has published a new members-only Issues Brief, Severe Convective Storms: State of the Risk, finding that tornadoes, hail, straight-lin...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
1,310 policies acquired in 2025.
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
The offering aims to help insurers write more business with better accuracy, without increasing operating costs, especially when dealing with complex assets.
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Megaphone developed tools for launching tokens and NFTs, collecting user data, and analyzing onchain identity and engagement.
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
John O’Connor is departing Goosehead.
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
Mark McGrady to lead underwriting strategy, product development and distribution.
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
The new scholarship program supports students who need financial assistance.
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
We've established resilience as important. Now we need to embed it more deeply into day-to-day operations and decision making. The post The R...
Posted: Apr 12, 2026
The MGA is led by co-CEOs Linda Bichener and Leah Miller, both formerly of DUAL.
Posted: Apr 11, 2026
The company announced the promotion of two leaders within its Claim organization, effective April 1, 2026.
Posted: Apr 11, 2026
The company has appointed Jackie Lan as Senior Underwriter in its Singapore marine team.
Posted: Apr 11, 2026
The initiative targets adults aged 40 and older and combines clinical care with research-driven interventions.
Posted: Apr 11, 2026
Regulatory filings show the company is seeking to raise $140 million through a securities offering.
Posted: Apr 10, 2026
Patriotic team will remain in place.
Posted: Apr 10, 2026
Ping An also introduced its “Three Ones” service framework.
Posted: Apr 10, 2026
Crawford & Company provides claims management and outsourcing services to insurers and self-insured organizations in more than 70 countries.
Posted: Apr 10, 2026
GEICO has supported more than 41,000 young people with sports equipment since 2010 through similar initiatives.
Posted: Apr 10, 2026
Posted: Apr 10, 2026