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Thousands of East Texans Remain Without Power After Winter Storm

Insurance Journal

Thousands of East Texans remain without power days after a winter storm paralyzed most of the state over the weekend. Many may be without power until Sunday as utility workers traverse icy roads in dense forests to restore power. Winter …

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

People Moves: Novi Underwiters Adds Three to Management Liability Lines

Insurance Journal

Novi Underwriters has named Jason Binette, James Cinque and Cody Ruggirello to its newly launched management liability offering. Featuring modern forms for a variety of risks and quick points of sale, coverage will benefit auto dealers, fintechs, man...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Kansas Commissioner Supports Bill to Create Insurance Savings Account

Insurance Journal

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt this week testified in favor of a bill that would create an Insurance Savings Account (ISA). The Kansas Department of Insurance introduced the bill to give Kansans a state tax free way to save for …

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

People Moves: Texas Mutual Names Cullison as SVP of Talent and Brand Strategy; Brown & Riding Adds H...

Insurance Journal

Texas Mutual Names Cullison as SVP of Talent and Brand Strategy Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, recently announced Brittany Cullison as its senior vice president of talent a...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Oregon Supreme Court Strikes Down Immunity for State Employees in Worker Injury Case

Risk & Insurance

Ruling allows privately employed workers injured by negligent public employees to pursue damages beyond workers' compensation. The post

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Australian Broker AUB Agrees to Buy Majority Stake in UK’s Prestige

Insurance Journal

AUB Group Ltd., the Sydney, Australia-based brokerage and underwriting agency group, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire 95.9% of Prestige Insurance Holdings Ltd. for $432 million (US$300.1 million). Founded in 1973, Prestige is a d...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Mantas raises $1.8 million

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Mantas offers parametric insurance against cloud service outages.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

ERGO NEXT launches Agency Recognition Program

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The program introduces three tiers—Premium, Elite, and Executive—offering benefits such as profit sharing, advance commissions, and access to exclusive events.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Protective expands L&A distribution through Alfa agents

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Protective Life is a subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Carrier predictions: What’s coming in 2026

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AI at scale, intelligent compliance, and the allure of data analysis

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Salvato expands salvage platform into the Midwest

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The rollout is scheduled for Q2 2026.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Hyundai files trademark for Secure+ auto insurance

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The filing explicitly references automobile insurance providing coverage for property damage and third-party liabilities.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Tokio Marine takes minority stake in Igloo

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Igloo operates across eight Southeast Asian markets and focuses on embedded insurance distributed through digital platforms.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

The Velocity Imperative: Operational Resilience and Agentic AI in the 2026 MGA Market

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The U.S. MGA sector has entered a decisive phase of maturation and operational scrutiny. After a period of sustained expansion—during which direct premiums written surpassed the $100 billion mark—the market...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

ISC acquires Specialty Brokerage Services

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SBS is an Ohio based wholesale brokerage, brings experience in personal lines.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Progressive announces plans for CFO transition

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John Sauerland will retire from Progressive on July 3, 2026.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Progressive reports 87.1% CR for December

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Canopy Connect and Holistiplan announced an integration to bring automated P&C insurance analysis into the financial planning workflow—enabling advisors to retrieve verified policy data from more than 300 insurance carriers in seconds.

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Broken Part on UPS Plane That Crashed in Kentucky Failed 4 Times Before

Carrier Management

Broken Part on UPS Plane That Crashed in Kentucky Failed 4 Times Before Boeing warned plane owners in 2...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Winter Storm to Cause Billions of Dollars in Insured Losses: UBS

Carrier Management

Winter Storm to Cause Billions of Dollars in Insured Losses: UBS A major winter storm that hit the U...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Number of HOAs Rising in the U.S. as Fees Climb

Carrier Management

Number of HOAs Rising in the U.S. as Fees Climb There's been steady grow...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Willis unveils new model for comprehensive data centre risk management

Reinsurance News

Insurance broker Willis, a WTW business, has launched a specialised, forward-looking risk management model designed to navigate the increasingly complex data centre landscape. This unveiling comes as the industry moves away from viewing data centr...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

AXA XL appoints Jason Billingslea as Head of Energy, E&S

Reinsurance News

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, has announced the appointment of Jason C. Billingslea as Head of Energy, E&S, based in Dallas, Texas. Billingslea, who brings a wealth of experience in E&S Energy, will lead the devel...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Google to Pay $135 Million to Settle Android Data Transfer Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

Google will pay $135 million to settle a proposed class action by smartphone users who accused Google of programming its Android operating system to collect their cellular data without permission. A preliminary settlement with the Alphabet unit was f...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Risk All Stars Overview

Risk & Insurance

What is a Risk All Star? They are risk managers who stand out from their peers by overcoming challenges through exceptional problem-solving, creativity, perseverance and/or passion. Applications due by June 5, 2026. The post

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

People Moves: MEMIC Hires Coy as CIO

Insurance Journal

The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, hired Matt Coy as chief information officer (CIO), succeeding Jack Yao, who retired at the end of 2025 after more than nine years of service. Coy leads MEMIC’s technology strategy, rejoining ME...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Judge Allows Dali Manager’s Bid to Limit Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Insurance Journal

A federal judge has allowed the manager of the cargo ship Dali involved in the tragic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 to proceed for now with its claims under an 1851 maritime law that limits …

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Rokstone Agriculture launches new offering backed by $25m capacity

Reinsurance News

Rokstone Agriculture, part of the international speciality re/insurance MGA Rokstone, has launched a new U.S. non-admitted Commercial Agriculture and Farm & Ranch Property Program, backed by $25 million in non-admitted A-rated capacity. This n...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Ten Health Care Trends Set to Reshape U.S. Medicine Through 2026

Risk & Insurance

From AI integration to nuclear verdicts and home-based care, health care executives face unprecedented disruption, the Doctors Company reports. The post

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

KCC adds industry veteran Deanne Nixon as SVP

Reinsurance News

Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a provider of catastrophe risk modelling solutions, has appointed industry veteran Deanne Nixon as a Senior Vice President (SVP) in its senior leadership team, based in Jacksonville, Florida. In her new role, Nixon...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Progressive Q4 Income Up 25%; CFO Sauerland to Retire in July

Insurance Journal

Fourth quarter 2025 net income at Progressive Corp. increased 25% compared to the same period a year ago to nearly $3 billion. Progressive reports results monthly. Net income for December was up 22% to about $1.15 billion. Full-year net income &#8230...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

California Seafood Distributor Paying $248K for Prop 65 Violations

Insurance Journal

A California seafood is paying $248,000 to resolve allegations it sold frozen seafood products with elevated levels of lead and cadmium without the required warnings. California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office settled with Pacific American...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

BMS expects Winter Storm Fern to drive hundreds of millions in insured losses

Reinsurance News

The January 2026 winter storm impacting a large swath of the US (labelled Fern by The Weather Channel) has set various records across winter weather perils and is expected to generate several hundreds of millions of dollars in insured losses, acco...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Trump Orders Federal Takeover of LA Wildfire Rebuilding Efforts

Carrier Management

Trump Orders Federal Takeover of LA Wildfire Rebuilding Efforts Pr...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Commercial Lines Market Overall Remains Firm, Says Ivans

Carrier Management

Commercial Lines Market Overall Remains Firm, Says Iva...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Howden acquires Channel Islands-based retail insurance broker PIBL

Reinsurance News

Howden, a global insurance and reinsurance broking group, has acquired Polygon Insurance Brokers Limited (PIBL) a retail insurance broker based in the Channel Islands. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. With acquisition, Howden ex...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Howden-Driven Talent War Has Cost Brown & Brown $23M in Revenue, CEO Says

Insurance Journal

The Howden-driven talent war has cost Brown & Brown $23 million in revenue, according to J. Powell Brown, the broker’s president and chief executive officer. “As of today, approximately 275 of our former teammates have joined this sta...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Mississippi, Deep South Shiver Under Ice as Long Recovery Looms

Insurance Journal

Residents in a iced-over swath of Mississippi began to confront the ugly truth Monday as they shivered in ever-colder and darkened houses: Recovery from the state’s worst ice storm in more than 30 years could take a week or more. …

Posted: Jan 28, 2026

Rising 2026 re/insurance M&A to fuel run-off market opportunities: PwC

Reinsurance News

With live M&A activity in the re/insurance sector expected to rise this year, PwC anticipates opportunities in the run-off market through the carve-out of non-core portfolios, both pre- and post-transaction. In a new report, PwC forecasted tha...

Posted: Jan 28, 2026