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Allianz Trade, a provider of trade credit insurance and part of the Allianz Group, has appointed Stephen Georgetii as its new Chief Credit Officer for the Americas. In this role, Georgetii will oversee the development and implementation of credit...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
A Georgia man who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicida...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Zurich North America has launched its Fronted Master Builders Risk (MBR) solution, a new insurance product designed to handle unprecedented scale and complexity of today’s largest construction projects. This offering is particularly relevant given...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West Virginia. “Those pollutant...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
As wildfires raged across Los Angeles in January, a state official parried an email from a resident living on the edge of the conflagration: When would long-delayed regulations designed to protect high-risk homes like hers be implemented? “I do...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
CAC Group, a national insurance broker and advisor comprised of CAC Specialty and CAC Agency, has appointed John Ludwig to the newly created role of President & Chief Growth Officer. The appointment underscores CAC’s continued investment...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday his artificial intelligence startup xAI would take legal action against Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of breaching antitrust regulations in managing the App Store rankings. “Apple is behaving in a manner...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
International specialist insurer Hiscox has disclosed current estimates for Syndicate 33’s and Syndicate 6104’s 2023 and 2024 accounts. For the 2023 year of account, Hiscox now estimates that Syndicate 33 will generate a return of 12%...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
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Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), an insurance intermediary backed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire London-based broker City Quarter Brokers. Established in 2018, City Quarter Brokers is an indepe...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Premium growth of 13.2% at midyear 2025 reported by stamping offices reflects E&S industry's expanding role as alternative coverage solution, the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association reports. The post
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Privately held insurance brokerage Lockton has made a range of national leadership appointments to reinforce its commitment to key industries, reportedly expanding its expertise and industry focus. Namely, Matthew Payne has been named U.S. Transpo...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Finland’s national prosecutor’s office said on Monday it had brought charges against the captain and first and second officers of the Eagle S oil tanker over the cutting of undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland in December. The Georgian...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Canada Life Reinsurance has posted “outstanding” Q2 2025 results, according to its CEO, delivering $229 million in base earnings for the quarter, marking a 9% increase over the same period last year. The strong performance builds on the firm’s rob...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Hannover Re, one of Europe’s big four reinsurance companies, has achieved year-to-date growth in traditional treaty renewals of 5.4%, with one of the key drivers being underlying expansion of the firm’s ceding companies, while the carr...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Davies, a professional services and technology provider for the insurance and regulated markets, has promoted Richard Barke to CEO of its Insurance Solutions division. In his new role, Barke will oversee operations and shape the division’s growth...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company Holdings reported strong underwriting results for the second quarter of 2025, with underwriting income rising 119.1% to $9.6 million from $4.4 million in the prior-year period, alongside an improved combined ra...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Wildfires briefly shut the Dardanelles Strait to shipping on Monday evening, as extreme heat and strong winds fueled blazes across the Mediterranean. The Dardanelles — a vital maritime chokepoint for oil and gas from the Black Sea and Central Asia &#...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Wildfires briefly shut the Dardanelles Strait to shipping on Monday, as extreme heat and strong winds fueled blazes across the Mediterranean. The Dardanelles — a vital maritime chokepoint for oil and gas from the Black Sea and Central Asia — …
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Wildfires briefly shut the Dardanelles Strait to shipping on Monday, as extreme heat and strong winds fueled blazes across the Mediterranean. The Dardanelles — a vital maritime chokepoint for oil and gas from the Black Sea and Central Asia — …
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (CorSo), the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has appointed Preeti Sawalani as Head of Customer and Distribution Management, Southeast Asia (SEA), effective September 1st, 2025. In her new role,...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Atrium, an insurance group operating within Lloyd’s market, has announced the appointment of Rob James as an Underwriter in its Aviation division. Atrium provides tailored insurance solutions across various specialty sectors, including aviation. J...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Pension Insurance Corporation, a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has concluded a £36 million buy-in with the Helaba (London) Pension and Life Assurance Plan, covering the pensions of all 156 members. Helaba Group is a commer...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
TransRe, a reinsurance company specialising in facultative reinsurance solutions, has partnered with Cytora, a technology firm known for its digital risk processing platform, to implement Concierge, Cytora’s AI-driven service, across its worldwide...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Life and health reinsurer Pacific Life Re has appointed Wallace Ong to the newly created role of Head of Business Proposition and Enablement, Protection, Asia, while Spenser Chen succeeds him as Head of South East Asia (SEA), Protection, Asia. The...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
European reinsurer Hannover Re has reported a 3.3% rise in gross reinsurance revenue to €13.3 billion for the first half of 2025, with solid revenue growth in property and casualty (P&C) more than offsetting a slight contraction in life and he...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Swiss Re AG issued guidance for underwriters on how to assess life insurance applications of people who show signs of using medications for longevity purposes. Metformin, traditionally used to manage type 2 diabetes, and rapamycin, an immunosuppressa...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Typhoon Podul is expected to intensify as the system tracks toward southern Taiwan, bringing heavy rain and damaging wind gusts before making landfall on Wednesday. The typhoon was 730 kilometers (454 miles) southeast of Taitung City, packing top sus...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Eight of Taiwan’s southern and eastern regional governments decided to shut down schools and offices because of typhoon Podul, which is expected to reach the island on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and damaging wind gusts. The typhoon was 460...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Send Technology Solutions Ltd (Send), a provider in the insurtech space, has named Laura Wathen as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as the company prepares for its next stage of global growth. Wathen previously held the CFO role at fintech platfo...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Global insurer Chubb has announced the promotion of Steve Haney to President and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Global Surety. In this role, Haney will have executive operating responsibility for strategy, underwriting, and profit and loss (P...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
“Are you being serious?” Christopher Swift, chair and chief executive officer of The Hartford, was taken aback by a question from an analyst during the company’s second-quarter earnings call about the impact of litigation finance on...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Liberty Mutual will give up $4.7 million in profit to settle a U.S. criminal bribery probe into an Indian subsidiary, in the Department of Justice’s first public enforcement action of a federal anti-bribery law it resumed enforcing in June. In...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman is accused of posing as a licensed nurse and giving medical care to thousands of patients, authorities said. Autumn Marie Bardisa, 29, of Palm Coast, participated in medical services involving 4,486 people R...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
The South Carolina Department of Insurance has proposed new rates for credit property insurance, holding the rate steady for household goods but reducing rates for other categories for 2026. Because rate decreases in recent years do not appear to hav...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Florida-based Legacy Risk Solutions, a network of independent insurance agencies, has merged with PointeNorth Insurance Group, bringing more options for agents in commercial and personal lines. The combined firm will operate as Legacy Risk Solutions,...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Florida-based Legacy Risk Solutions, a network of independent insurance agencies, has merged with PointeNorth Insurance Group, bringing more options for agents in commercial and personal lines. The combined firm will operate as Legacy Risk Solutions,...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs. Brandon Russell, 30, was...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is proposing to extend flight cuts at Newark, one of the three main airports serving the New York City-area, through October 2026 as it continues to face air traffic controller shortage and …...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
According to findings from Aon’s 2025 Cyber Risk Report, cyber incidents in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region in 2024 rose by 29% year-over-year, and have increased by 134% since 2020. The insurance and reinsurance broker’s report reveals...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
A Colorado prison was evacuated as one of the largest wildfires in state history continued to grow, and officials warned residents of remote areas to be ready to leave Sunday as gusty winds and low humidity fed the flames. Evacuation …
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
With President Donald Trump set to ax a key electric vehicle tax credit next month, California Governor Gavin Newsom has yet to advance his highly touted proposal to restart the state’s own EV subsidies, according to people familiar with the &#...
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Are two AIGs better than one? In outlining the work at American International Group (AIG) to integrate generative artificial intelligence, CEO Peter Zaffino said AIG’s intent is to “create a digital twin of our business.” The “...
Posted: Aug 11, 2025
Paul King, President of MyMatrixx by Evernorth, outlines how to integrate advanced tech and clinical precision to elevate PBMs in a complex regulatory landscape. The post
Posted: Aug 11, 2025
Why Experts Say States Need to Get in the Business of Floodplain Buyouts As flooding becomes an...
Posted: Aug 11, 2025