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Experts Wary of Privacy, Liability From AI Health Gadgets at CES in Nevada

Insurance Journal

Health tech gadgets displayed at the annual CES trade show make a lot of promises. A smart scale promoted a healthier lifestyle by scanning your feet to track your heart health, and an egg-shaped hormone tracker uses AI to help …

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

FAA Notice Warned of Slackline Before Deadly Arizona Helicopter Crash

Insurance Journal

Federal aviation records show that a week before a fatal helicopter crash, a notice was issued that a tightrope would be stretched across a mountainous area of Arizona, providing a warning for pilots to watch out for the temporary obstacle …

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Sexual Assault Charges Dropped Against Former AIG Exec McElroy

Insurance Journal

Authorities in Vermont have dropped sexual assault charges against David McElroy, a former executive at American International Group (AIG). According to a document filed in Vermont Superior Court in Lamoille County, the state’s attorney for Lam...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Introducing Narro Specialty Insurance

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Tesla recently expanded its insurance offering to 13 states.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Frankenmuth Insurance Adopts Duck Creek OnDemand for Distribution Management

IIR

The insurer will use the SaaS-based platform to modernize producer onboarding, compliance, and relationship management.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Penn River to Power IUL Launch for Major Life & Annuities Carrier

IIR

The carrier has selected Penn River’s cloud-native policy administration platform as a foundation for digital transformation.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Finys Integrates ePayPolicy Digital Payments into Core Insurance Suite

IIR

The integration gives carriers and MGAs using the Finys Suite access to ePayPolicy’s electronic payment and reconciliation tools.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Markel Insurance Names Preeti Gureja Chief Risk Officer, US & Bermuda

IIR

The appointment strengthens risk leadership across underwriting, reinsurance, and capital decisions.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

MetLife Adds Osara Health Support Program to Disability and Leave Management Services

IIR

The collaboration brings behavioral coaching and whole-person cancer support to claimants during leave.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Sompo Himawari Life launches GenAI tool to automate sales inquiries

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The rollout aligns with the insurer’s broader Insurhealth® strategy.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

BHSI expands casualty lines in Italy

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The company announced the introduction of primary casualty policies for national and multinational risks in Italy.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

American Integrity expands into North Carolina

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The company extended its homeowners insurance offering beyond its existing footprint in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

FM raises data center capacity to $5 billion

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FM protects approximately 1,100 data centers.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Amwins SRU launches primary construction casualty program

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This gives brokers added flexibility for placing primary construction liability risks.

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Brilliance in Focus: 2025 Power Broker Lauren Carroll-Allan

Risk & Insurance

Extended interviews with our 2025 Power Brokers are the subject or our Brilliance in Focus series. The post Brilliance in Focus: 2025 Power B...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Tennessee Supreme Court Clarifies Workers’ Comp Standard for Pre-Existing Conditions

Risk & Insurance

Ruling establishes that work accidents triggering symptoms in previously asymptomatic conditions are compensable. The post

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Michigan Auto Industry Faces ‘a Critical Time,’ Report Says

Insurance Journal

Michigan needs to confront risks to its $348 billion piece of the global automotive industry this year and move decisively toward keeping jobs, engineering and production in the state. That message comes from Glenn Stevens, executive director of stat...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

People Moves: Rockford Mutual Announces Leadership Transition

Insurance Journal

Rockford Mutual Insurance Company announced CFO Mark McWethy has decided to retire effective June 30, 2026. McWethy will continue to serve the company in an advisory capacity alongside two significant leaders being promoted into their new roles. Effe...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Catastrophe Bond Market Shatters Records in 2025

Risk & Insurance

New issuance reaches $25.6 billion as insurers increasingly tap capital markets for reinsurance needs, Artemis reports. The post Catastrophe Bond Marke...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Alchemy & Buckhill deliver modern and data-first digital framework for Santam’s Lloyd’s market entry

Reinsurance News

Santam Syndicate 1918 at Lloyd’s now benefits from a new Policy Administration System (PAS) and digital operating platform. This rapid implementation, completed in under three months, was achieved through a partnership between Santam, a major Sout...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Flawed Immigrant Trucker Licenses Put $50M in Federal Funds at Stake in North Carolina

Carrier Management

Flawed Immigrant Trucker Licenses Put $50M in Federal Funds at Stake in North Carolina North Carolina c...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

U.S. High Court Rejects $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement Challenge

Carrier Management

U.S. High Court Rejects $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement Challenge The U.S...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Federal Bill Proposes the Use of AI, Telematics to Improve Road Safety

Carrier Management

Federal Bill Proposes the Use of AI, Telematics to Improve Roa...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Texas Staffing Agency to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

Peak Performers, incorporated as St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Services of Texas, Inc., an Austin-based staffing agency providing staffing and recruitment services for workers with disabilities, agreed to pay $160,000 to a disabled former employ...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Texas Medical Marijuana Industry Sprouts New Businesses, Patients

Insurance Journal

After lawmakers blunted expansion for years, Texas’ medical marijuana industry is slated to see more marijuana operators coming online, current ones opening more facilities and more Texans enrolling in the program this year. In September, Texas...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

SCOR appoints regional leaders for Cedant Facultative Reinsurance business

Reinsurance News

SCOR, the Paris-headquartered global reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of three senior leaders to head its Cedant Facultative Reinsurance business in North America, Europe, and Latin America. All three leaders report to Julia Will...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Alliant Latest to Sue Howden US Over Alleged ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Poaching

Insurance Journal

Alliant Insurance Services is the latest to join a group of brokers suing new competitor Howden US over what it calls Howden’s “smash-and-grab” strategy to take teams from other brokers. The suit also names three former employees—Je...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

‘Murky’ outlook for reinsurance market as capital surges: Evercore ISI

Reinsurance News

The global reinsurance market has entered 2026 with some uncertainty, as a record breaking influx of capital has triggered a significant softening in prices, leaving analysts at Evercore ISI to warn of a “murky” growth picture for the year ahead....

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Companies Work to Handle Safety Challenges of New Venezuelan Oil Exports: Sources

Insurance Journal

Oil companies aiming to participate in new exports of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro are in hasty discussions to find tankers and put together operations to transfer the crude safely from vessels and &#8...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Lockton appoints Helene Fisher as Managing Director, US Market Engagement

Reinsurance News

Lockton, an independent insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Helene Fisher as Managing Director, U.S. Market Engagement. In her new role, Fisher will focus on deepening insurer relationships and strengthening collaboration across Loc...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Business Moves: Nexus Acquires Medical Tourism MGA; SRG Buys North of England Broker Kennett; Jenste...

Insurance Journal

Nexus Buys Medical Tourism MGA Sure Insurance Services Nexus Underwriting, the London-based MGA and a Brown & Brown subsidiary, announced it has acquired Sure Insurance Services, a leading provider of specialist solutions for the medical tourism...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Geopolitical volatility keeps war and SRCC risks in sharp focus: Howden

Reinsurance News

As the reinsurance market enters January 2026, it faces a landscape still shaped by geopolitical volatility and ongoing structural shifts. Following a year that reinforced political risk as a persistent factor, exposures linked to political violen...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results

Carrier Management

Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Re...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Data Centers Will Need $3 Trillion Through 2030, Moody’s Says

Insurance Journal

At least $3 trillion is set to flow into data-center-related investments over the next five years, capital that will rely on the might of multiple areas of the credit markets to provide, according to Moody’s Ratings. Trillions of dollars will &...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Georgia Republicans Move to Scrap State Income Tax by 2032 Despite Concerns

Insurance Journal

Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply cutting state funding for educatio...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026