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Ethos files for IPO

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Daymark Health is a cancer care company.

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

State of Scams USA: Consumers Need an Ally

Insurance Thought Leadership

State of Scams USA: Consumers Need an Ally Cyber

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Workers’ Compensation Faces Wave of Mental Health, Cancer Coverage Expansions in 2025

Risk & Insurance

NCCI tracks 950 bills nationwide as states expand presumptions for first responders while grappling with gig economy classifications and marijuana reimbursement. The post

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Insurance's 'Agentic AI' Problem

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Insurance's 'Agentic AI' Problem AI & Machine Learning

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

First Radar Images From NASA Satellite Showcase Maine Coast, North Dakota Farmland

Insurance Journal

NASA’s first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail. The pictures, released Thursday, are from a spacecraft that rocketed into orbit from India two months ago. The joi...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Minnesota’s Political Divide Stalls Gun Control Efforts

Insurance Journal

As Minnesota mourned a mass shooting at a church that left two schoolchildren dead and 21 people injured, Gov. Tim Walz promised to call a special session for the Legislature to pass solutions to gun violence and school safety. But …

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Grad Students are Developing a Way to Cool Texas Data Centers Without Water

Insurance Journal

Sai Abhideep Pundla has been awake since 3 a.m. After a red-eye flight from Las Vegas, where he briefed data center company executives and local government officials about the future of artificial intelligence, he’s back in a lab at UT-Arlingto...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Protected: Social Determinants of Health: The Missing Piece in Workers’ Compensation

Risk & Insurance

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Social Determinants of Health: The Missing Pie...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

People Moves: Alliant Adds Gramling to Employee Benefits Group

Insurance Journal

Alliant Insurance Services has hired Alex Gramling as Senior Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gramling will serve a national client base, drawing from a background that spans the full spectrum of emp...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Gallagher Sues Two Former Brokers Who Started Own Firm

Insurance Journal

Global insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of their employment agreements....

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Protecdiv promotes Cate DelaCruz to EVP and Head of Analytics

Reinsurance News

Protecdiv, an insurance and reinsurance brokerage firm, has announced the promotion of Cate DelaCruz to Executive Vice President and Head of Analytics, effective immediately. In her new position, DelaCruz will be responsible for leading the ongoin...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

After Fatal Florida Crash Stricter Rules Will Apply to Immigrant Truck Drivers

Carrier Management

After Fatal Florida Crash Stricter Rules Will Apply to Immigrant Truck Drivers It is now significantly...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Cyber Threats Top Business Concerns as Attack Rates Surge 150% Over Decade

Risk & Insurance

Despite heightened awareness, significant gaps remain in cybersecurity preparedness across U.S. businesses, Travelers survey shows. The post

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Typhoon Bualoi Kills 12 in Vietnam as Philippine Toll Hits 27

Insurance Journal

Typhoon Bualoi killed at least 12 people in northern central Vietnam, where heavy rains are expected to continue amid power cuts and flight disruptions. The storm made landfall in Vietnam early Monday after it earlier slammed the Philippines, where 2...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Swiss Re CorSo and Bondaval to launch data-driven credit risk solution

Reinsurance News

Bondaval, a provider of technology-enabled credit insurance solutions, and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the commercial insurance arm of reinsurance giant Swiss Re, have partnered to launch data-driven credit risk policies that enhance the way bus...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

People Moves: Palomba Joins Howden US as Deputy Head of Natural Resources

Insurance Journal

Howden US appointed Christine Palomba as deputy head, natural resources, Howden US, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. Palomba has 29 years of industry experience, most recently at Aon, where her previous role was managing director, U.S. powe...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter; HDI UK & Ireland Names P...

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter Specialty MGA, the London-headqua...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Flood-Focused Neptune’s IPO Joins Boom in Niche Insurer Debuts

Insurance Journal

Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. is hoping its record of growth and profitability selling flood insurance policies will generate the same investor enthusiasm for its US IPO that greeted most debuts by other firms in the sector this year. Like many &#8...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Transportation Department Tightens Noncitizen Truck Driver Rules After Florida Crash

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Transportation Department tightened commercial driver’s license requirements for noncitizens Friday after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers. The new rules make getting commercial dr...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Transportation Department Tightens Noncitizen Truck Driver Rules

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Transportation Department tightened commercial driver’s license requirements for noncitizens on Sept. 26 after three fatal crashes this year that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers. The new rules make getting commerci...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Context Over Prompts: The Critical Shift for AI Success in Insurance

Risk & Insurance

Artificial intelligence "magic" isn’t in the phrasing of prompts anymore; it’s in the information the AI has at its disposal. The post

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

The Red Hook Fire Art Loss: A Case Study for Knowing Who Your Insurance Broker Is

Risk & Insurance

The devastating Red Hook warehouse blaze highlights the risks of underinsurance and why broker advocacy is so important. The post

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Marlon Williams hired as Senior Broker at AHJ Miller Bermuda

Reinsurance News

AHJ Miller, the reinsurance division of Miller and an independent specialist re/insurance broker, has appointed Marlon Williams as Senior Broker in its Bermuda office. Williams brings more than 20 years of industry experience, covering insurance,...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Swiss Re Takes a Look at Hidden Behavioral Forces Behind Skyrocketing Jury Awards

Carrier Management

Swiss Re Takes a Look at Hidden Behavioral Forces Behind Skyrocketing...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Report: Response to Disastrous LA Fires Slowed by Lack of Resources, Outdated Alert Process

Insurance Journal

A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside review. The Independent Aft...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Report: Response to LA Fires Slowed by Lack of Resources, Outdated Alert Process

Insurance Journal

A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside review. The Independent Aft...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Trump Says US to Impose 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside the Country

Insurance Journal

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood’s global business model. The step signals Trump’s willingness to extend protectio...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Hurricane Humberto Will Allow Storm Imelda to Veer Away From US

Insurance Journal

Hurricane Humberto will likely bulldoze a path for Tropical Storm Imelda to veer away from the coastal US Southeast, sparing the region from a direct strike. Category 4 Humberto’s winds rose to 145 miles (233 kilometers) per hour as of …

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Perelman Loses Bid for $400 Million for Less ‘Vibrant’ Art

Insurance Journal

A New York judge ruled Ron Perelman was not entitled to $400 million from insurers over alleged damage to an Andy Warhol and four other paintings from a 2018 fire at his Hamptons home. Justice Joel M. Cohen’s Friday decision …

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Harrods Warns Customers of Data Theft in Latest IT Breach

Insurance Journal

Customers of Harrods Ltd., the luxury London department store, had their personal data stolen, the latest in a string of cyberattacks and IT breaches affecting major UK businesses this year. Data including names and contact details for some Harrods c...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Athene announces block reinsurance transaction with Japanese insurer Sony Life

Reinsurance News

Athene, a retirement services company and subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, Inc., has announced that it will enter into a block reinsurance transaction with Japanese insurer Sony Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Under the agreement, Athene will reins...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

French Court Opens New Trial on Air France 447 Air Disaster, After 16 Years

Insurance Journal

A French appeals court will begin a new trial on Monday of Air France and Airbus, 16 years after a jetliner plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board. A lower French court cleared both companies of corporate …

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Update: Airbus, Air France Reject Blame Over AF447 Crash, After 16 Years

Insurance Journal

Airbus and Air France pleaded not guilty to manslaughter on Monday at the start of a new two-month trial over France’s worst air disaster, 16 years after a Paris-bound jet crashed into the Atlantic, killing all passengers and crew. A …

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

OpenAI to Bring Parental Controls in ChatGPT After Teen’s Suicide

Insurance Journal

OpenAI is rolling out parental controls for ChatGPT on the web and mobile, following a lawsuit by the parents of a teen who died by suicide after the artificial intelligence startup’s chatbot allegedly coached him on methods of self-harm. The &...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

New Zealand to Ease Strengthening Rules on Quake-Prone Buildings

Insurance Journal

New Zealand is changing the way it assesses earthquake-prone buildings in an attempt to reduce costs and confusion for owners. The government is implementing clearer definitions to identify buildings that pose a genuine risk to human life in medium a...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025

Climate change could drive reinsurance volume, but softening a more immediate threat: Morningstar

Reinsurance News

While climate change could drive reinsurance volume in the long-term, softening of the market is more important in the medium-term, Morningstar analysts have highlighted in a recent report. The re/insurance industry is facing increasing losses as...

Posted: Sep 29, 2025