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Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that from 2006 to 2020, …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Independent personal lines agency Goosehead Insurance and newly launched Planet Insurance Agency said they have a strategic franchise partnership for customers shopping for homeowners insurance. Meriden, Connecticut-based Planet Insurance Agency was...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
A unit of Aon Plc agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that calculation errors and faulty investment advice caused Pennsylvania public school teachers to make millions of dollars in extra contributions to their pension fund. The firm̵...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
A bill prohibiting post-loss assignment of benefits agreements passed the Washington Senate on Thursday on a unanimous vote. Senate Bill 6178 was backed by Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer, halting post-loss assignment of benefits, an...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
kWh Analytics, a provider of climate and risk management for renewable energy projects, has successfully renewed its agreement with Aspen Specialty, expanding support of its Property Insurance offering for renewable energy assets and projects. Tha...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Trucordia hired Kim Reid as a vice president on its mergers and acquisitions team. Reid comes to Trucordia after more than two decades with Arthur J. Gallagher, where she helped build and lead the firm’s due diligence and integration programs....
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
New York football fans may not be happy that neither the Giants nor Bills nor Jets made it to Super Bowl 2026 but there is a reason for them to tune in on Sunday anyway. During the New England Patriots …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
New collaboration helps agencies reduce duplicate data entry and streamline personal lines workflows HawkSoft, a leading agency management system for independent insurance agencies, today announced a new partnership with RiskAdvisor,...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The insurance industry is facing a compounding crisis. One carrier found a way out—by breaking nearly every rule of enterprise AI deployment and cemented widespread adoption of an AI tool with their claims adjusters.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The six people killed in a fiery plane crash in Maine were flying to France’s Champagne region to scope out the next travel destination for high-net-worth clients when their small jet flipped on the runway during takeoff. They included an ̷...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The ecosystem reached 536 companies, with investment up 117 percent and technology enablers now leading the market.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
AI-powered hail, wind, and property insights will support more precise underwriting decisions in the nation’s most volatile storm market.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
As insurers pursue resilience through cloud and services, systemic dependencies are quietly increasing the severity of operational failures.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The agreement will consolidate €40 billion in assets on a unified platform to support growth and meet evolving regulatory demands.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Executives describe how a customer-first philosophy shapes experience, technology investment, and long-term growth.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The integration aims to reduce duplicate entry and improve data quality in personal lines workflows for independent agencies.
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State Farm is among the first organizations exploring the use of OpenAI.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Planet Insurance is a newly launched agency that's part of Planet Financial Group.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Ivans announced the January 2026 results of the Ivans Index™, the insurance industry’s premium renewal rate index. Year over year, Commercial Auto, Business Owner’s Policy (BOP), General Liability, Commercial Property and...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
XPT Specialty, headquartered in Plano, Texas, hired Kyle Goedeke as an underwriter/broker. Goedeke has nearly a decade of experience across wholesale brokerage, underwriting, and excess and surplus (E&S) line placements. In his role at XPT Specia...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
A federal judge declared unconstitutional a 2021 Texas law restricting state investments in companies seeking to rely less on fossil fuels or boycott that industry. In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright said the la...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
As the US commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurance market is experiencing significant softening across most sectors, as of Q3 2025, US casualty lines remain an exception, with rates continuing to rise, Morningstar DBRS highlights in a...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
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Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across Wisconsin for a widely used family of harmful chemicals called PFAS. They mailed an offer ...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
London-based Volt Underwriting, a Lloyd’s approved coverholder, has partnered with Novee to deploy its AI intelligence layer across its Power & Renewables portfolio. The partnership is designed to enhance underwriting efficiency by providing u...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The $4.3 million payment that Ohio-based FirstEnergy made to veteran lawyer and lobbyist Sam Randazzo in 2019, shortly before he was appointed as the state’s top utility regulator, is at the center of the latest criminal trial to get underway &...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Six people aboard a private business jet registered to the same address as a prominent Houston law firm were killed on Jan. 25 when the jet crashed on takeoff in Bangor, Maine. Local officials on Tuesday named four victims. The …
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
S&P Global Ratings expects most reinsurers to remain well within their annual natural catastrophe budgets and deliver solid results for full-year 2025, noting that the sector is on track to exceed its cost of capital for the third consecutive...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Seventeen additional former N.C. State male athletes have joined a state lawsuit alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine, pushing the total number to 31 in a case th...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Zurich Insurance’s bid to buy British insurer Beazley will set the stage for further deals in the sector as buyers jostle for exposure to the lucrative specialty lines market, analysts, industry advisers and a broker said. London-listed Beazley...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Ryan Specialty, the international specialty insurance intermediary, announced the appointment of Stephen Stewart as chief executive officer of Ryan Specialty Canada Ltd., the newly formed Canadian operating and holding entity for Ryan Specialty’...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Presumably, many insurers in the next couple of weeks will continue to announce very favorable quarterly and full-year earnings—the kind of numbers that could draw the attention of legislators and regulators. Asked his thoughts on the potential for t...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Jim Williamson, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Everest Group, has praised the excellent job of the firm’s reinsurance team in navigating a more challenging market at the January 1st renewals, while also stating that the reins...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Ryan Specialty, an international specialty insurance firm, has appointed Stephen Stewart, President & CEO of Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting, a Ryan Specialty managing general underwriter (MGU), to the additional role of CEO of Ryan Specia...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
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