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West Virginia, Montana, Wisconsin Top States With Most Animal Collisions: State Farm

Carrier Management

West Virginia, Montana, Wisconsin Top States With Most Animal Collis...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Cyberattacks Cost Continental Europe’s Largest Economies €307B Over 5 Years: Howden

Insurance Journal

Cyberattacks cost companies in continental Europe’s four largest economies – France, Germany, Italy, and Spain – more than €300 billion (US$405.5 billion) in the past five years, according to a Howden survey. Nearly half (49%) of companies surv...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

DOJ Settles With Kansas Community College to Enforce Rights of Servicemember

Insurance Journal

The Justice Department announced it has reached a settlement with the Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) to enforce the rights guaranteed to Kansas Army National Guard Major Stephen W. Terry by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Ryan Specialty Launches Clach Casualty Underwriting Managers

Insurance Journal

Ryan Specialty has announced the formation of Clach Casualty Underwriting Managers, a new managing general underwriter focused on providing casualty insurance solutions for complex construction and habitational real estate risks. Clach Casualty is a...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Viewpoint: Enhancing Digital Claims With Behavioral Science

Insurance Journal

The P/C insurance industry stands at a critical inflection point. Customer expectations, reshaped by their seamless digital experiences with companies like Amazon and Apple, are pushing insurers to transform quickly. With claims now a decisive factor...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Camp Mystic Plans Partial Reopening After Devastating Texas Floods

Insurance Journal

Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ camp where 25 young campers and two counselors died during the July 4 flooding, will reopen one of its campsites in 2026, according to an email shared with families. Camp Mystic officials said in the …

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Cyber Insurance Claims Severity Drops 50% as Threats Shifting to Smaller Targets

Risk & Insurance

Insured companies strengthen their cyber defenses while attackers pivot strategies, Allianz Commercial reports. The post

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

If Amazon Tricked Customers into Joining Prime, Execs Could Face Personal Liability

Carrier Management

If Amazon Tricked Customers into Joining Prime, Execs Could Face Personal Liability A federal trial beg...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Planette launches new forecasting platform for insurance and financial industries

Reinsurance News

Planette, an expert in long-range weather prediction, has announced the launch of Joro, a high-resolution forecasting platform designed for financial institutions and insurance providers. Unlike traditional forecasts, Joro provides full probabilit...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

New Vehicle Costs Drop, EVs Now More Expensive to Own: AAA

Carrier Management

New Vehicle Costs Drop, EVs Now More Expensive to Own: AAA New analysis highlights that th...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

CNO to acquire minority interest in Janus Henderson’s VPC

Reinsurance News

Global asset manager Janus Henderson Group has revealed that CNO Financial Group, a nationwide life and health insurer and financial services provider, will acquire a minority interest in Victory Park Capital Advisors (VPC), its majority-owned alt...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Travelers: Confidence High in Guidance From Cyber Insurers; Work to Do on Take-Up

Insurance Journal

As cyber security threats continue to evolve, more businesses are trusting insurers to offer guidance on proactive protection and prevention. In fact, 86% of business leaders are confident in the cybersecurity guidance from insurance carriers—a highe...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Discipline remains crucial amid market softening: UIB CEO Barrington

Reinsurance News

Although the past two years have seen relatively calm catastrophe seasons, they differ in terms of market dynamics, according to UIB CEO Shaun Barrington, speaking at RVS 2025 in an interview with Reinsurance News. He believes the broader insuranc...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

King Risk Adds Another South Carolina Agency with Acquisition of LH Griffith

Insurance Journal

King Risk Partners has expanded again in the Southeast with the acquisition of LH Griffith & Co., an agency with offices in Walterboro and Goose Creek, in southeast South Carolina. Griffith agency was founded 25 years ago. Heath Griffith is &#823...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Munich Re Ventures backs Insify as it raises €16.3m in Series B funding

Reinsurance News

Insify, the digital insurance platform for entrepreneurs, has raised €16.3 million in Series B funding, led by Evli Growth Partners, with continued support from Munich Re Ventures, Accel, Opera Tech Ventures, Visionaries Club, and Frontline Ventur...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Neptune Insurance Eyes $2.8B Valuation: IPO

Carrier Management

Neptune Insurance Eyes $2.8B Valuation: IPO Neptune Insurance said on Monday it was targeting...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Wildfire Smoke Set to Cause Mounting Deaths and Economic Losses

Carrier Management

Wildfire Smoke Set to Cause Mounting Deaths and Economic Loss...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

West Virginia Residents Wary After State Nursing Homes Sold to Private Company

Insurance Journal

Every day, LaRanda Schoolcraft drives five minutes down the hill from her Terra Alta home to visit the family member she calls her “person.” “My grandpa has dementia now and doesn’t always make sense,” she said. “B...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

California AG Encouraged by OpenAI’s Stance on Chatbot Harms in Wake of Suit

Insurance Journal

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he was “encouraged” by a recent talk with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and actions the company has taken in the wake of a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT guided a teenager to suicide. In &#...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

TD Cowen’s London reinsurance takeaways show profitability amid softer rates

Reinsurance News

TD Cowen, an investment bank and financial services firm, shared key observations from recent meetings in London with reinsurance market participants. The firm reported that property-catastrophe rates are expected to continue softening, with estim...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Amynta Group Acquires Louisiana’s International Sureties

Insurance Journal

Amynta Group announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively, “International Sureties”), a commercial surety broker based in...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Hub International Launches HUB Livestock Insurance in Canada

Insurance Journal

Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced the launch of HUB Livestock Insurance in Canada, a scalable product with multiple specialized sub-programs, including equine, poultry and egg, dairy and cattle offerings, with othe...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Judge Rules Trump Cannot Block Nearly-Finished Offshore Wind Project

Insurance Journal

Danish offshore wind developer Orsted can restart work on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island, a federal judge ruled on Monday, after President Donald Trump’s administration halted the project last month. T...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Reimagine Underwriting With Agentic AI at the CPCU Society’s In2Risk 2025

Risk & Insurance

In2Risk sessions will address emerging topics like the applications of Agentic AI in the insurance industry. The post Reimagine...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Aon expands Transition Performance Index to support insurers’ underwriting decisions

Reinsurance News

Aon, the global insurance and reinsurance broker, has expanded its transition analytics offering with the launch of the TPI Portfolio, an enhancement to its existing Transition Performance Index (TPI). The broker explains that this expanded capabi...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025

Court Reinstates Vermont Christian School to Sports League After Transgender Dispute

Insurance Journal

A federal appeals court says a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state’s sports league, overturning a previous ruling that upheld a ban on the school after it forfeited a high school girls basketball game against a team with &#823...

Posted: Sep 24, 2025