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Global fintech Acrisure, has completed the acquisition of Heartland Payroll from Global Payments, Inc. for $1.1 billion. Heartland Payroll is considered one of the largest payroll and human capital management (HCM) companies in the United States....
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation AXA XL Reinsurance announced that...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
October 2025 ITL FOCUS: Talent Gap Talent Gap sradomski
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Insurwave, an AI-driven exposure management company for specialty insurance, has announced the appointment of Adrian Morgan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Known for driving digital transformation and scaling technology solutions for the insuran...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Five common mistakes to correct with the right mindset and strategy By Brandon Aguirre There is no shortage of advice for new insurance producers. Much of it sounds good in theory, but after spending time in the trenches myself as a producer, working...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Conference sessions discuss workers compensation/employers liability and agritainment By Christopher W. Cook It’s that time of year again. Harvest time. Disclaimer: I know we’re all in a hurry, but please give farmers room on the road. As I mentioned...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
It’s generally a pretty stable line, but here comes artificial intelligence By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU If the market for professional liability insurance were a body of water, you could say it was one of strong currents but few tempests. From time...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against a St. Peters insurance agent following an investigation into deceptive practices. Pamela Walsh faces nine counts of Deceptive Business Practi...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
A Solution for the Talent Gap? Talent Gap sradomski
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of ACB Insurance Inc. (“ACB”) of Indianapolis, Indiana on June 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ACB provides insurance to individuals, families an...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
According to Swiss Re, the global reinsurer, insurers can use reinsurance strategically to improve balance sheet efficiency and manage liquidity in response to ongoing market volatility. Swiss Re observes that in 2025, UK life insurers face pressu...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Product responds to needs and advances in care and more By Len Strazewski Twenty-five years or so ago, hospital indemnity insurance was a throw-in benefit, an inexpensive supplemental insurance that paid per diem cash benefits to hospitalized employe...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Florida commercial painting contractor $877,000 – one of the largest OSHA fines in recent years – six months after a worker fell from a bridge near Savannah, Georgia. Seminole Equipme...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has announced the appointment of Gerardo Polanco as General Manager of the company’s Iberia Reinsurance team, effective immediately. In his new role, Polanco will be responsible for fostering coll...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Geopolitical volatility has surged into a top 10 business risk with cyber risk remaining the number one concern globally, followed by business interruption at number two, according to Aon’s 2025 Global Risk Management Survey, which has tracked...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
AM Best has affirmed its Performance Assessment of PA-3 (Strong) of First Indemnity Insurance Agency, Inc. of Boston. AM Best said the outlook of the assessment is stable. The ratings firm said its PA-3 assessment of the Massachusetts-based managing...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
The closure of the federal government will curtail or halt some US climate disaster preparedness and environmental programs — and even potentially delay real estate transactions within the nation’s flood zones. That’s because the major so...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Southern Trust Insurance, a 57-year-old boutique property-casualty insurer with headquarters in Macon, Georgia, has appointed Douglas Jensen president and chief executive officer. Jensen, with more than 30 years in insurance industry leadership roles...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
U.S. Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs The closure of the federal governme...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Hackers Hit Hundreds of Cisco Firewalls in U.S. Government Hackers compromised firewall devices wit...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
The California Department of Insurance announced that Commissioner Ricardo Lara supports Governor Gavin Newsom’s new executive order on insurance stability, calling it a key step toward protecting homeowners and communities across the state. “The...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
The Connecticut family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., sued the government and the airlines involved last week, saying they didn’t recognize the warning signs after more th...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced key leadership transitions and appointments within its Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) and retrocession activities. Henning Ludolphs, Managing Director Retrocession and Capital Markets at Hannover Re, w...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
With loss activity in 2025 proving “exceptionally benign” since the LA wildfire losses in Q1, Autonomous has suggested the big four European reinsurers (Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re, and SCOR) could see a collective benefit of almo...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc., the parent company of managing general agent Neptune Flood, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) for the sale of 18,421,053 shares of its Class A common stock at $20 per share. Neptune fil...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
A commercial truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people on a Florida highway last month waived his first appearance hearing Monday and entered a not guilty plea, court records show. Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old native...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Chariot Re, a Bermuda-based Class E life and annuity reinsurance company, has appointed Andrew Preston as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective October 1st, 2025. Co-sponsored by MetLife and General Atlantic and backed by Chubb and other in...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
At least 69 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck central Philippines Tuesday night, flattening buildings, as officials hastened search and rescue efforts. Most of the deaths happened as people were crus...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
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AXA XL Reinsurance has announced the appointment of Jennifer Kopf as Senior Underwriter Aviation Reinsurance, a Zurich-based role. In her new role, Kopf will be responsible for underwriting a diverse portfolio of aviation reinsurance business. She...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Insurance Business Magazine - US
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Moody’s, a provider of credit ratings, has released a detailed assessment of the potential economic and financial consequences of natural catastrophes and physical risk by 2050. Their findings indicate that, without additional policy interventions...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Europe’s biggest weather forecaster is reporting record demand for its data, as energy traders, insurers, shipping lines and tech companies rush to improve the accuracy of their AI models.In 2024, the number of commercial firms buying licenses...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Howden Re International has announced the appointments of Ilka Freitag and Cem Nart as Directors, DACH Facultative Reinsurance. In their new roles, Freitag and Nart join a growing team of facultative specialists in Europe, based in Hamburg and Col...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Italian headquartered insurer Generali has announced the successful placement of its first perpetual Restricted Tier 1 (RT1) bond, a transaction that is aimed at further optimising its strong capital position. The RT1 bond raised €500 million R...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Kuvare Life Re, the reinsurance affiliate of Kuvare Holdings, has established a Japan Representative Office, boosting its strategic expansion into the Japanese and Asian markets. KLR has also appointed Daisuke Nagamori as Chief Representative, Asi...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Vietnam’s government said Typhoon Bualoi caused an estimated 8 trillion dong ($303 million) of property damage this week, saying in a preliminary assessment on Wednesday that nearly 170,000 houses were damaged or inundated by flooding. Bualoi m...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Bermuda-based reinsurance company, Fergus Re has announced the appointment of Stewart Ritchie as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Navin Dadlani, who will assume the role of Chairman of the Board. With this strategic move, Fergus Re, a spe...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Liberty Mutual Insurance, a provider of property and casualty insurance solutions, has introduced a new suite of cyber products designed to support businesses with comprehensive coverage and incident response. The suite combines worldwide expertis...
Posted: Oct 01, 2025
Insurance Business Magazine - US
Posted: Oct 01, 2025