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Amynta Group to acquire surety broker, International Sureties

Reinsurance News

Amynta Group, an insurance services provider, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire New Orleans-domiciled, commercial surety brokers Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL, collectively know...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Enact enters into 34% quota share reinsurance agreement

Reinsurance News

Enact Mortgage Insurance Corporation, the flagship legal entity of mortgage insurer Enact Holdings, Inc., has entered into a quota share reinsurance agreement with a broad panel of highly rated reinsurers, subject to certain conditions. Under the...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Britain Considers Support for Jaguar Land Rover’s Suppliers After Cyberattack

Insurance Journal

Britain’s government is considering providing financial support for carmaker Jaguar Land Rover’s suppliers after a shutdown caused by a cyberattack was extended until October, a government source said on Thursday. The luxury carmaker owne...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Denmark Warns Russian Sabotage Likely as Another Drone Suspected

Insurance Journal

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Danes to brace for more hybrid attacks, pointing to Russia as Europe’s main security threat, just before a suspected drone sighting disrupted air traffic in Denmark for the third time in a...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

ICW Group adds Jake Sokol as Head of Excess Casualty

Reinsurance News

ICW Group Insurance Companies, a group of property and casualty insurers, has appointed Jake Sokol as Head of Excess Casualty for its newly established specialty products business unit, ICW Specialty. The new business unit includes VerTerra Insura...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

South Korea’s DB Insurance to acquire Fortegra in $1.65bn deal

Reinsurance News

DB Insurance Co., Ltd., the second largest non-life insurer in South Korea, is set to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of The Fortegra Group, Inc., a US-based specialty insurer, for approximately $1.65 billion (approximately KRW 2.3 trillion...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

New Energy Risk secures first tax credit insurance transaction

Reinsurance News

New Energy Risk (NER), a specialist managing general underwriter and a wholly owned division of Paragon Insurance Group, has announced its first tax credit insurance transaction, in partnership with the tax insurance broker at Alliant Insurance Se...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Bridgehaven becomes ABI member

Reinsurance News

Bridgehaven Specialty UK Limited, a hybrid insurer in commercial and specialty lines, has joined the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Bridgehaven is an independent UK hybrid-fronting insurer that empowers managing general agents (MGAs) with...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Swiss Re promotes Pavel Huerta-Uribe to Head of Property Underwriting Globals, APAC

Reinsurance News

Reinsurance industry giant Swiss Re has announced the promotion of Pavel Huerta-Uribe to Head of Property Underwriting Globals for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, effective September 15th, 2025. In the role, he succeeds Andy Tran, and will be base...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

People Moves: MSIG Holdings USA Names Sullivan Board Chair; Chubb Promotes Gaspero to Oversee Excess...

Insurance Journal

MSIG Holdings USA Names Sullivan Board Chair MSIG USA, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, appointed Martin J. Sullivan, chairman by the board of MSIG Holdings (U.S.A.), Inc. With more than five decades of experience in insurance and financial servi...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Davies unveils new AI workbench to accelerate underwriting decisions

Reinsurance News

Davies, a professional services and technology provider for the insurance and highly regulated markets, has unveiled its new AI Underwriting Workbench platform to deliver faster, data-driven decisions. The platform strengthens Davies’ existing und...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Britain Wants Social Mobility But Private Schools Still Dominate

Insurance Journal

Despite increasing corporate efforts to hire from more diverse backgrounds, private school alumni remain dominant among the most powerful positions in British society, according to a sprawling new report on social mobility in the United Kingdom. New...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Meta Set to Face EU Finding it Failed to Police Illegal Posts

Insurance Journal

Meta Platforms Inc. is set to face a charge sheet from the European Union for failing to adequately police illegal content, risking fines for violating the bloc’s content moderation rulebook. The European Commission is preparing to issue prelim...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Amazon, FTC Reach $2.5 Billion Deal in Prime Subscription Case

Insurance Journal

Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $2.5 billion in penalties and refunds and change its process for how to cancel its Prime subscription to settle a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission. The company will pay $1 billion in civil …

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Specialty Program Group Consolidates 5 Brands Under SPG Wholesale

Insurance Journal

Specialty Program Group LLC, an operator of specialty insurance distribution, underwriting, and consulting businesses, is consolidating its wholesale businesses under a single division called SPG Wholesale. Monarch E&S, Beacon Hill Associates, Sp...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Tampa-Based HCI Group’s Tech Platform Exzeo Files Plans to Go Public

Insurance Journal

Another Florida-based insurance-related company has announced it is going public. Exzeo Group, a technology subsidiary of Tampa-based HCI Group, parent of Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co., filed an initial public offering regis...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

New Approach: Pilot Program Helping West Virginia Workers With Child Care

Insurance Journal

Heather Clark has juggled working full-time for an insurance agency and caring for her young daughter for the past five years. “When you have a kid at home, you can’t answer the phones, and you can’t have that personal interaction,&...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

ALKEME Insurance Acquires New York’s Alliance Brokerage

Insurance Journal

California-based ALKEME Insurance announced it has acquired Alliance Brokerage Corp., a Melville, New York-based property/casualty agency. The acquisition strengthens ALKEME’s presence on the East Coast and adds insurance and risk management ex...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

People Moves: Delos Executive Pratt Appointed to Legislative Committee of Surplus Line Association o...

Insurance Journal

Tom Pratt, head of public policy and government affairs at property insurance MGA Delos Insurance Solutions, has been appointed to the legislative committee of the Surplus Line Association of California. Delos is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

CIC and Ragnar Launch Utah-Domiciled Captive for Restaurants and Bars

Insurance Journal

CIC Services LLC and the Ragnar Group Inc. have launched a captive domiciled in Utah focused on the hospitality sector. The companies say the captive is intended to solve the challenge of being misclassified. The new group captive applies underwritin...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Teacher Denied Rehiring Over Political Views Revives Free Speech Claim on Appeal

Insurance Journal

A philosophy lecturer recently revived his First Amendment claim against a state university that refused to rehire him because of some of his controversial off-campus political comments and activities that the school said were disruptive to its educa...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Chris Newman named CEO of ACORD Solutions Group

Reinsurance News

Chris Newman has been appointed to lead ACORD Solutions Group (ASG), a provider of digital solutions for the insurance sector, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). ASG was established in 2016 as a strategic extension of ACORD, a nonprofit organisatio...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

Attorneys Urge Court Overseeing Tylenol Autism Lawsuits to Consider Trump Advice

Insurance Journal

Families appealing the dismissal of their lawsuits alleging that Kenvue’s Tylenol or generic versions of the pain-relief medication caused their children’s autism are asking an appeals court to consider President Donald Trump’s new...

Posted: Sep 26, 2025

MAPFRE Updates Innovation Model

IIR

The insurer says its revised framework is designed to improve agility, collaboration, and alignment with business strategy.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

ServiceTitan and Verisk Collaborate on Roofing, Exterior Contractor Tools

IIR

The companies say the integration will connect ServiceTitan estimates with Verisk’s Xactimate platform to improve claims-related work.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

Insuring Intelligence: Protecting Our Most Valuable Asset

IIR

As AI reshapes the global economy, insurers have a chance to redefine security by protecting access to the world’s most valuable resource—intelligence, a $100 trillion asset.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

Datavant to acquire DigitalOwl

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DigitalOwl developed an AI system to analyze medical documents.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

HSCM closes $110 million life ILS secondaries fund

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HSCM manages $3.3 billion in assets with a focus on insurance and transportation investments.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

The Fidelis Partnership launches Imala Re

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Alongside the launch, Fidelis will open a Miami office on October 1, 2025.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

SBLI refreshes brand identity

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Updates have been made to SBLI’s visual identity.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

Allianz Partners partners with Alaska Airlines

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The company has partnered with Alaska Airlines to introduce SmartBenefits.

Posted: Sep 25, 2025

Google Likely to Be Hit With First EU Antitrust Fine Under New EU Law, Sources Say

Insurance Journal

Alphabet’s Google is likely to be hit with its first fine under landmark new EU tech rules in the coming months, and the European Commission is now drafting its decision, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Acting …

Posted: Sep 25, 2025