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Independent binding authority and wholesale brokerage XS Brokers recently announced Erik Wirkus has been promoted to chief executive officer. Wirkus has served as president of the Quincy, Massachusetts-based company since 2019. He has been with XS Br...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
The Trump administration’s hefty new visa fees for H-1B workers have prompted high-level talks inside companies in Silicon Valley and beyond on the possibility of moving more jobs overseas—precisely the outcome the policy was meant to stop. U.S...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
A company that snatched up distressed brick-and-mortar brands including RadioShack and Pier 1 Imports and promised investors big returns in a pivot to e-commerce operated as a Ponzi-like scheme, the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleged. When...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Atlanta-based insurance and benefits brokerage OneDigital is the beneficiary of a $2.3 billion investment – a majority stake to be taken by the Canada Pension Plan and Stone Point Capital. The investment comes through an acquisition of a stake from &...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
LP Insurance named Heather Thompson as its first chief financial officer. Thompson joined LP in 2018 as a financial analyst and was promoted to controller, overseeing all of LP’s accounting and finance operations in 2022. As CFO, she leads LP&#...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
California-based ALKEME Insurance reports it has acquired Gotham Brokerage Co., a New York City insurance agency specializing in insurance for condos, co-ops, and apartments with a concentration in the high-value real estate markets of Brooklyn and M...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Karen Read’s lawyers asked a judge on Monday to dismiss part of a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of her former Boston police officer boyfriend, whose killing she was acquitted of earlier this year after two highly publicized ̷...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a specialist insurance group, has announced the appointment of Sasa Brcerevic as its first Group Chief Commercial Officer, effective 1 November 2025. Brcerevic brings a broad and varied background across the insurance...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Many fled when wildfires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, but Guillermo del Toro rushed back in, determined to save his lifelong collection of horror memorabilia. It’s the same loyalty that finds him making another tough decision to pr...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
When traditional coverage becomes unavailable or unaffordable, these specialized structures offer industry-specific solutions—but require careful management to succeed. The post
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The digital insurer applies data-driven underwriting to address severe weather risks and deliver precise pricing.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The firm’s 2025 study cites underwriting losses, rising claim costs, and emerging risks shaping the commercial auto market.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The integration provides carriers and MGAs with a single platform for billing, payments, and premium finance.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
While annual rainfall is not rising, the increase in extreme rainfall events means that flood risk, infrastructural strain, and flash flooding potential are increasing.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Only 7% of carriers have successfully implemented AI across their organizations despite industry advantages, BCG research finds. The post
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Cyber Threats Continue to Top Concerns for Large, Mid-Size Fir...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Man Who Died on Florida Roller Coaster Had Spinal Condition Emergency workers who responded to Universa...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Nearly 30% of workers experiencing pain don't report it, highlighting disconnect between management and employees: MSD Solutions Lab research. The post
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The initiative will reach 50 schools and 1,000 pupils in 2025, with plans to scale further in 2026.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The initiative is part of Bupa’s Healthy Cities program.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
With the right distribution channel management software, you can identify these seven nonproducing producers and begin to address the core issues of your agency P&L.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Arity positions Geosight as a plug-and-play tool for insurers to sharpen segmentation.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The deal expands Flight Health's AI-powered platform into clinical documentation and decision support.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The companies will offer pay-as-you-sell commercial general liability insurance for e-commerce merchants.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Hershey Not Spooked by Lawsuit Claiming Reese’s Halloween Candy Didn’t...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Root is now available to more than 78% of the U.S. population.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The companies have been partners for several years.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The two have introduced Vensurety, an insurance platform designed for climate companies.
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Moody’s Ratings, the credit rating agency and research firm, reported that US property and casualty insurers delivered stronger profitability in the first half of 2025, even as California wildfires in the first quarter drove substantial catastroph...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Root Insurance has brought its driving behavior insuring pricing model to Washington in an expansion of its West Coast footprint. Root now offers its product to drivers in Washington, Oregon and California. Root’s model is designed to measure d...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has reached two settlement agreements with the current and past owners of a paper mill in White Pigeon, Michigan. The two settlements secure funding for response activities to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
A man who set fires at two mosques in Minnesota in 2023 pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday, federal prosecutors said. Jackie Rahm Little, 38, admitted to one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property for …
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” (Good) of National Unity Insuranc...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
The father of a teenager who died by suicide this spring delivered emotional congressional testimony, alleging OpenAI’s ChatGPT “groomed” his 16-year-old son to take his own life and the company prioritized speed and market share ov...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Big data centers that power the artificial intelligence industry demand an abundance of energy. West Texas — known for producing 40% of the nation’s crude oil — also has an extraordinary amount of natural gas that could power those data …
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
TD Cowen, an investment bank and financial services firm, recently hosted a field trip to London with senior management from Arch Capital (ACGL), Ascot, Canopius, Everest Group (EG), Hiscox, Howden Re, Inigo, Intact, Lancashire, and Sirius Point....
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that he and other regulators who oversee the financial services industry should use artificial intelligence to help them spot problems among the firms that they supervise. “I think we’...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025