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China blasted Western criticism of its most intrusive drills ever around Taiwan as its armed forces appeared to wrap up the maneuvers. The Taiwan question was an “internal affair” and “no country is entitled to make irresponsible co...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
IK Partners, a European private equity firm, has announced that its IK Small Cap IV Fund has acquired a majority stake in Ascora Group, a French multi-specialist insurance broker. The transaction, structured as a management buyout (MBO), is design...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Sompo Hong Kong, part of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has announced the appointment of Will Wang as Head of Casualty for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, effective December 29th 2025. Wang will be based in Hong Kong and report to Alasdair Walker...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
The average claim severity during the third quarter 2025 could turn out to be one of the highest quarterly amounts in recent history, however the quarter will produce the lowest claim volume in five years—continuing a trend of decreased catastrophe &...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
The Cayman International Reinsurance Companies Association (CIRCA) has unveiled its Board of Directors and leadership team for 2026 to continue advancing the Cayman Islands’ reinsurance sector. Faramarz Romer, Group Chief Financial Officer at Gree...
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Posted: Dec 31, 2025
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As 2025 unfolded, Carrier Management readers gravitated toward features that explored the intersection of technology, economics, and strategy. From artificial intelligence transforming underwriting to litigation funding reshaping claims costs, and re...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
The US Chamber of Commerce is appealing a federal court’s refusal to block the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on applications for H-1B visas that are heavily relied on by American technology companies for hiring skilled foreign worke...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Insurance Journal recaps the biggest stories of 2025—across all of our regions—from record-breaking wildfires and climate losses to broker mega-deals, litigation reform, cyber threats, AI-driven layoffs, and signs of recovery in key insurance markets...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the Trump administration and slumping demand for a product that needs years of aging …
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Property insurers in Alabama will no longer be able to cancel or non-renew policies because of natural disasters or because of losses that don’t affect that line of business, the Alabama Department of Insurance announced in a recent bulletin. P...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
After three consecutive accident years with relatively stable loss ratios, the projected loss and allocated loss adjustment expense ratio for accident year 2024 rose by 9 points and the combined ratio for accident year 2024 rose by 12 points—the high...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts at a house party last New Year’s Eve led to the deaths of six people, including a 3-year-old boy. As …
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
NORFOLK, Va—The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order that halted construction of their project, along with four others, over national security concerns. Dominion Energy Virgin...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
Erie Insurance (ERIE), headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania, named Todd Morrison and Chad Ackerman as branch managers for the company’s Roanoke and Richmond, Virginia, branches. Morrison, Roanoke branch manager, has 15 years of ERIE experience,...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
For Sue Minter, Vermont’s newly appointed climate superfund specialist, the floods started early. Back in 2011, when Tropical Storm Irene thrashed Vermont, Minter — serving as the state’s deputy secretary of transportation — helped rebuil...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
New laws affecting California drivers set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026, include stricter laws for drunk driving, speeding in school zones and automated traffic camera enforcement. The California Department of Motor Vehicles compiled a list of ne...
Posted: Dec 31, 2025
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Market Softening Accelerates During 1/1/2026 Re Renewals Expanded reinsura...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Judge Green Lights NY Driver’s License Law, Rejecting Trump Challenge A fed...
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Compressing the year’s biggest sales opportunity into just a few weeks means your operations have to fire on all cylinders.
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
The New Look for Life Insurance Life & Health sradomski
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
New Year’s Day Holiday Projected to See Slight Increase in Road Deaths The National Safety Council (NSC) has pro...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
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Who Will be the 2025 Agency of the Year? One of the agencies featured in a Rough Notes cover story during 2025 will be named Agency of the Year. The winner will be selected based on votes from previous Rough Notes cover agents. The nominees for this...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
QBE Insurance Group announced it has closed a new catastrophe bond, which provides the re/insurer with $400 million of collateralized reinsurance cover for named storms and earthquakes in the US and earthquakes in Australia and New Zealand. This deal...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Insurance Marketing & Communications Association research finds that marketers struggle between tactics and strategic needs By Peter van Aartrijk A recent study of insurance marketing and communications professionals unveils deep organizational i...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies, the Wall Street Journal reported. Google and Verizon are among a list of companies that have received Justice...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
A strong and stable market prepares to address “advanced air mobility” By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU When it comes to aviation risk, today’s insurance agents and brokers may be facing what their predecessors dealt with 100 years ago at the dawn of th...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
AdA, a Lloyd’s and regional Marine & Specialty insurer, has announced that AdA Syndicate 2024 has received “permission to underwrite” from Lloyd’s for the 2026 year of account. AdA Underwriters was established in May 2023 by Natasha Jodrell, J...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Heating Fuel Haulers Temporarily Exempt From Drive Time Limits The U.S....
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How independent agents give clients an insurance edge By Mike Skiados, MBA, CAE Insurance can be overwhelming, especially in today’s market. That’s where independent agents come in. More than policy sellers, they’re problem-solvers—simplifying comple...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
What every insurance principal must know about premium trust accounts By Patti Smith Running a successful independent insurance agency requires more than insurance acumen. While attention is often focused on carrier appointments, talent acquisition,...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
The need for premium financing increases as pricing remains aggressive in the current market By Lori Widmer As 2025 began, the overall insurance market showed signs of stabilization. A Risk Strategies 2025 Outlook report said that property, cyber, a...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Sun Life, an international financial services company that offers a broad range of insurance, wealth, and asset management solutions, has received authorisation from the Dubai Financial Services Authority to establish an office in Dubai Internatio...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
Expanded reinsurance capacity resulted in accelerated softening of pricing across many lines during the January 1, 2026 renewals, according to a report issued by Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh. Carpenter described a “softening...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
The father of longtime NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin died from a house fire and his mother was left in critical condition after the blaze consumed the couple’s home near Charlotte. Multiple news outlets reported that the 3,700-square-foot house in...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state of Colorado for what he described as a slow response to a major violation of federal commercial driver’s license regulations....
Posted: Dec 30, 2025
The process is imperative [T]hink of continuity not as a massive project to complete, but rather a daily discipline to enforce and monitor consistently. By Kari Glennon Every producer’s book of business (BoB) is a continually appreciating asset. Ho...
Posted: Dec 30, 2025