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Study Shows Limits of Multitasking

Carrier Management

Study Shows Limits of Multitasking Even with highly extens...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

How to Make Performance Evaluations More Accurate

Carrier Management

How to Make Performance Evaluations More Accurate When it comes to performance...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Tornadoes Level Homes in Illinois and Indiana

Insurance Journal

Major storms that whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday leveled homes, downed trees and power lines, and overwhelmed a 911 center south of Chicago with emergency calls, according to officials. “Please do not come here...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Business Leaders Face Major Blindspot on Risks That Could End Their Companies

Risk & Insurance

Sentry survey reveals dangerous disconnect between executives' top concerns and threats that could prove catastrophic to their companies. The post

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Re/insurance sector to gain from steady growth and easing inflation in 2026: Swiss Re

Reinsurance News

The global re/insurance industry is expected to continue benefiting from a broadly favourable external operating environment in 2026, supported by solid global economic growth of around 2.8%, broadly in line with 2025, and further moderating infla...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Insurance compliance and distribution trends for 2026

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Key insights to help carriers stay ahead

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Chubb names Seshadri Iyer to lead global operations and technology

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Iyer joins Chubb from Boston Consulting Group.

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Markel International launches AI Centre of Enablement

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The CoE has been established with the aim of accelerating responsible AI adoption across Markel International's five businesses.

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

ChatGPT adds two insurance apps

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Winter joined Acuity in 1998 and has served as president since 2023. 

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

U.S. Safety Board to Hold Hearing on 2 Fatal Ford Hands-Free System Crashes

Carrier Management

U.S. Safety Board to Hold Hearing on 2 Fatal Ford Hands-Free System Crashes The National Transportation Safety...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

W. R. Berkley names Ryan Miller as President of Berkley Southeast

Reinsurance News

W. R. Berkley Corporation, a commercial lines property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has appointed Ryan Miller as President of Berkley Southeast, effective immediately. Berkley Southeast provides comprehensive commercial insurance solutions...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Iran Has Likely Begun Laying Mines in Hormuz, UK Minister Says

Insurance Journal

It’s becoming increasingly evident that Iran is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UK, as Iran’s new supreme leader used his first comments to the media to say the critical waterway should stay closed. “The repor...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Neptune Flood launches insurance app within ChatGPT

Reinsurance News

Neptune Flood has launched a digital flood insurance app within ChatGPT, allowing property owners to receive real-time preliminary flood insurance quotes from Neptune directly through the platform. According to Neptune Flood, customers can now ask...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Fidelis Insurance promotes Nicole Kapu-Leyland to Group General Counsel

Reinsurance News

Fidelis Insurance Group, a global insurance and reinsurance company headquartered in Bermuda, has announced the appointment of Nicole Kapu-Leyland as Group General Counsel. In her new role, Kapu-Leyland will report directly to Dan Burrows, Group C...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Lilly Flags Safety Risk in Compounded Zepbound Mixed With Vitamin B12

Insurance Journal

Eli Lilly & Co. warned that the active ingredient in its weight-loss blockbuster Zepbound could pose a risk to patients when mixed with vitamin B12, a combination sold by US drug compounders. Lilly tested compounded products and found “sign...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Marsh Risk and Apollo launch Insurance Facility to support Uber’s autonomous vehicle expansion

Reinsurance News

Marsh Risk, part of global insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh, and Apollo, a specialty insurer within Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, have announced the launch of a new insurance facility developed for Uber Technologies Inc.. The arrangeme...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Severe Storms Threaten Southeast After Tornadoes Level Homes in Illinois, Indiana

Carrier Management

Severe Storms Threaten Southeast After Tornadoes Level Homes in Illinois, Indiana Major storms that whippe...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

NC Insurance Agent Posts Statement After Arrest on Embezzlement Charges

Insurance Journal

A North Carolina insurance agent is out on bond, awaiting court action, after he was charged with diverting premium payments from four automobile dealerships. Jeffrey Martin Webster, of Jamestown, North Carolina, was charged with 18 counts, including...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

MSIG Asia announces new senior leadership appointments

Reinsurance News

MSIG Asia, a general insurer operating across Southeast Asia and part of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, has announced a number of senior leadership appointments that will take effect on 1 April 2026. Clemens Philippi, currently Chief Executiv...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Markets/Coverages: Marsh Risk, Apollo Develop Insurance Facility for Uber

Insurance Journal

Marsh Risk, a business of Marsh, and specialty insurer Apollo’s ibott division announced the launch of an insurance facility for Uber. According to the companies, the facility is the first of its kind and will “accelerate the deployment o...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

US commercial insurance rate growth slows in Q4’25, reports WTW

Reinsurance News

US commercial insurance premiums rose by 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2025, continuing a steady slowdown from the 3.8% increases seen in the second and third quarters, according to global advisory and brokerage firm WTW’s Commercial Lines Insuran...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Coast Guard Rescues 3 Fishermen Whose Ship Sank in Maine’s Boothbay Harbor

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people from the water approximately 23 miles south of Boothbay Harbor in Maine on Wednesday morning. The Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor crew reported they located the vessel at 9:01 a.m. and rescued three &#823...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Mississippi Jury Acquits Engineer Charged With Lying About 2017 Plane Crash

Insurance Journal

A jury has acquitted a former engineer overseeing military aircraft maintenance of charges of making false statements and obstructing justice during the criminal investigation of a 2017 military plane crash in Mississippi that killed all 16 service m...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

WTW: US Commercial Insurance Rates Moderate to 2.9% in Q4 2025

Insurance Journal

U.S. commercial insurance rates increased 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the latest WTW Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). “Commercial insurance pricing continued to moderate in the fourth quarter, reflecting a...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

PERILS places final industry loss estimate for Cyclone Alfred at AU $1.877bn

Reinsurance News

Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS has disclosed its fourth and final industry loss estimate for Cyclone Alfred, noting the event has cost the insurance industry a total of AUD 1.877 billion. This final figure compares to the...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

If AI Is So Efficient, Why Aren’t Insurers Seeing the Savings?

Risk & Insurance

There's a lot of AI-hype. Where are the results? The post If AI Is So Efficient, Why Aren’t Insurers Seeing the Savings? appeared first...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Chubb Backing Trump’s $20 Billion Reinsurance Plan for Hormuz

Carrier Management

Chubb Backing Trump’s $20 Billion Reinsurance Plan for Hormu...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Specialty re/insurers face increased loss risk from prolonged Iran conflict: Moody’s

Reinsurance News

A new Moody’s report has warned that the ongoing conflict involving Iran has heightened tail risk for specialty insurers and reinsurers, namely those underwriting complex exposures such as marine war‑risk, aviation and political violence, by incre...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Gallagher Re appoints Steven Housse as Facultative Reinsurance Leader, NA

Reinsurance News

Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the appointment of Steven Housse as Facultative Reinsurance Leader for North America, effective 12th March 2026. In his new role, Housse will lead the company’s facultative strategy across North...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

World Faces Largest-Ever Oil Supply Disruption on Middle East War, IEA Says

Insurance Journal

The war in the Middle East is creating the biggest oil supply disruption in history, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, a day after it agreed to release a record volume from strategic stockpiles to offset shortages and a …

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

Officials Declare Barge Fire in Delaware Bay Under Control

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Coast Guard and the states of Delaware and New Jersey on Wednesday declared the barge fire in Delaware Bay under control. No injuries were reported for the incident. The barge was carrying salvage metal at the time of …

Posted: Mar 12, 2026

People Moves: Andover Cos. Names Nadeau, Duchette; Plymouth Rock Appoints Seaborn

Insurance Journal

The Andover Companies Names Nadeau SVP and CUO, Duchette SVP and CUO The Andover Companies, headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, appointed Paul Nadeau as senior executive vice president and chief operating officer and Patrick Duchette as senior v...

Posted: Mar 12, 2026