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PERILS, the Zurich-based catastrophe insurance data provider, has increased its insurance industry loss estimate for the Queensland and New South Wales Severe Convective Storms (SCS) that occurred 21 to 27 November 2025, to AUD 2.95 billion. This...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Amazon on Thursday lost its latest bid to try to throw out two mass lawsuits from retailers and consumers worth up to 4 billion pounds ($5.41 billion) for allegedly abusing its dominant position. Andreas Stephan, a competition law academic, brought &...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Sweden has told its energy industry to raise security levels following a recent cyberattack on Polish infrastructure, although this was not in response to a specific threat, the Nordic country’s signal intelligence agency said on Thursday. Swed...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Fidelis Insurance Group has taken a new step towards its global rebranding, reserving six company names in Bermuda, signalling the group’s preparation for its transition to Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited. While the group has secured multiple na...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Global reinsurer Swiss Re’s Group net income increased by 47% to $4.8 billion in 2025 with a strong performance across the business, including a significant rise in property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance net income on the back of a lowe...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
HCI Group, Inc., a Tampa-based insurance holding company, has reported a significant 2,512.4% increase in net income to $108 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with $4 million in the same period a year earlier. For the quarter, pre-ta...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Gallagher, the international insurance broking and risk management firm, has appointed specialist investigations and disputes lawyer Alexandra Carr as a Director in its dispute resolution insurance team, with the team ranking as Band 1 for litigat...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Texas said Vanguard Group Inc. agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a dozen states that accused the asset manager of colluding to manipulate the energy market and reduce coal output. As part …
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Rokstone North American Marine, part of the international specialty re/insurance MGA Rokstone, has launched a new Inland Marine Equipment program supported by a USD 10 million underwriting facility from QBE. Targeting small to mid-sized contractor...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Ford Motor Thursday it is recalling 4.3 million pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. because a software error may cause trailer brakes not to function and exterior lights to fail. The U.S. automaker said the recall covers the 2021 …
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Walmart Inc. agreed to pay $100 million Thursday to settle a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission and a group of states alleging the company withheld tips and misrepresented wages to drivers who deliver orders as part of its …
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and voter information, according to cybersecurity r...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Byrd Joins Alliant as Employee Benefits SVP in North Carolina Backed by over 25 years of experience, Steve Byrd joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Based...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
For more than a decade, insurance companies and physician groups have battled it out over the true meaning of Florida statutes: Are doctors considered pharmacists, allowed to dispense medications to injured workers, often at a higher price? A Florida...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
The Department of Justice reported it has secured a settlement agreement with a Virginia information technology (IT) services firm that is says discriminated against U.S. workers by advertising jobs with unauthorized citizenship status restrictions....
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
The Department of Justice reported it has secured a settlement agreement with a Virginia information technology (IT) services firm that is says discriminated against U.S. workers by advertising jobs with unauthorized citizenship status restrictions....
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
The Department of Justice (DOJ) reported it has secured a settlement agreement with a Virginia information technology services firm that is says discriminated against U.S. workers by advertising jobs with unauthorized citizenship status restrictions....
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
New York’s attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, accusing it of promoting illegal gambling and threatening to addict children through its use of “loot boxes.&#...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Federal workplace safety regulators penalized three businesses over their failure to protect six Colorado dairy workers who were killed by exposure to highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas after a manure pipe disconnected in an enclosed space. The U.S. O...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), the reinsurance division of Liberty Mutual, has appointed John Nicholls as Casualty Underwriting Manager for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Nicholls joins LM Re from the Sydney office of Liberty Specialty Mark...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Specialty Program Group LLC has acquired Proper Insurance headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. As part of the transaction, Michael Grimland has been named president of Proper. Grimland will lead the business and oversee day-to-day operations, underwrit...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Firefighters in Massachusetts were investigating an explosion Wednesday that left a house engulfed in flames and at least two people injured, authorities said. Emergency workers responded to the fire at the three-family home about 9:50 a.m., fire off...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in a Montana mining town where thousands have been sickened by asbestos exposure. Following a civil trial, a jury in 2024 …
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Connecticut is taking an unusual step to confront a growing national problem: flood maps that lag reality. The state has launched a public climate-risk mapping tool where residents can see the estimated flood exposure of their property — along with &...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Connecticut is taking an unusual step to confront a growing national problem: flood maps that lag reality. The state has launched a public climate-risk mapping tool where residents can see the estimated flood exposure of their property — along with &...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Mosaic Insurance, a specialist insurer, has partnered with Munich Re, an international reinsurer, to offer a new insurance product tailored to the needs of AI providers. The scheme draws on Munich Re’s aiSure platform, a recognised tool for evalua...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
State Farm reported an underwriting gain of $1.5 billion for its property/casualty businesses in 2025, representing a turnaround from an underwriting loss of more than $6 billion in 2024—and more than $10 billion of underwriting losses in each of the...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Hackers Used AI to Breach 600 Firewalls in Weeks, Amazon Says Over the...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
Court Sharpens Causation Standard in All-Risk Policies in NC Church Mutual Case In all-risk po...
Posted: Feb 27, 2026
As part of the partnership, Fairway will launch Fairway Home Insurance Agency.
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Applied Systems® announced a major milestone in the evolution of Applied Epic®, unveiling a new Benefits experience that brings Benefits workflows, automation, and connectivity into a single hub for benefits management. Purpose-built for the...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Coastal carriers Southern Oak and Lilypad-Centauri are expanding use of property-level analytics to sharpen underwriting and manage catastrophe exposure.
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
The Bermuda-based specialty insurer adds Patrice Walch-Watson and Christopher Gallagher to its Board.
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
As markets soften and risks intensify, insurers confront a year where discipline, governance, and climate reality matter more than experimentation.
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
AI succeeds in production only when data integrity and decision accountability are designed together—especially in regulated industries like insurance.
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Gas-Guzzler Revival Risks Dead-End Future for U.S. Automakers Detroit...
Posted: Feb 26, 2026
Is AI-Based Data Overwhelming Insurers? AI & Machine Learning fishman@theins…
Posted: Feb 26, 2026