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West Virginia Lags Behind in Sites for New Businesses, But That is Changing

Insurance Journal

On the Ohio River in Wood County, officials are clearing hurdles to prepare sites for new businesses. Two locations, 70 acres of farmland and a sprawling industrial park, are set to become suitable for development, thanks to the first $150,000 &#8230...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

West Virginia Lags Behind in Sites for New Businesses, but That Is Changing

Insurance Journal

On the Ohio River in Wood County, officials are clearing hurdles to prepare sites for new businesses. Two locations, 70 acres of farmland and a sprawling industrial park, are set to become suitable for development, thanks to the first $150,000 &#8230...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Florida Uses Highway Weigh Stations as Immigration Check Points

Insurance Journal

Florida law enforcement will begin asking commercial truck drivers about their immigration status during inspections at highway weigh stations after a turnpike crash killed three people earlier this month. State Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpso...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Everest the top Bermuda reinsurer in 2024 with GWP of $12.9bn: AM Best

Reinsurance News

Bermuda’s reinsurance sector maintained its global prominence in 2024, with several of its leading players climbing the premium rankings for non-IFRS 17 reporters, according to data from global rating agency AM Best. Our directory of the top 50 gl...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Hurricane Risk Escalates Along Gulf Coast Two Decades After Katrina

Risk & Insurance

Munich Re analysis reveals mounting threats despite infrastructure investments and improved building codes. The post Hurricane Risk...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

TransUnion: Aggressive Shopping Continues for Home, Auto Coverage

Carrier Management

TransUnion: Aggressive Shopping Continues for Home, Auto Coverage More and more cons...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Beazley promotes Jenny Han to Focus Group Leader, Environmental Liability

Reinsurance News

Specialty insurer Beazley has announced the appointment of Jenny Han as Focus Group Leader, Environmental Liability, effective immediately. Han will be based in San Francisco and report to Jerry Sullivan, Head of Professional, Environmental and Me...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Sompo to Acquire Aspen for $3.5 Billion to Expand Global Access

Insurance Journal

Sompo Holdings, a subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings, said it has an agreement in place to acquire Aspen Insurance Holdings for about $3.5 billion to further its geographical reach outside of its home territory. Tokyo-based Sompo early this y...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Sompo to enhance global footprint with $3.5bn acquisition of Aspen

Reinsurance News

A wholly owned subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings (SIH) has agreed to acquire all outstanding Class A ordinary shares of Aspen Insurance in a $3.5 billion deal. The transaction has reportedly been unanimously approved by both companies&#82...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Liberty Mutual Re and Safehub launch earthquake parametric insurance solution

Reinsurance News

Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, and Safehub, a provider of seismic sensor and risk management technology, have launched ShakeNet Parametric, an earthquake parametric insurance solution. The move builds o...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

OpenAI, Altman Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in Teen’s Suicide

Insurance Journal

The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday, saying the company knowingly put profit above safety when it launched the GPT-4o version …

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Saudi Arabia, a market of strategic importance for re/insurance: WTW

Reinsurance News

WTW, an insurance and reinsurance broking group, has significantly expanded its capabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, underscoring the market’s strategic importance. This expansion is the result of the company securing separate licenses for...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Parametric Insurtech Sola raises $8m Series A to expand property coverage

Reinsurance News

Parametric insurtech Sola, a company providing data-driven property insurance solutions, has announced that it has secured $8 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $11.7 million. The round was led by FINTOP Capital and JAM FIN...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Global reinsurers meet cost of capital second year in a row: AM Best

Reinsurance News

According to the latest AM Best analysis, global reinsurers met the cost of capital for a second consecutive year in 2024, after four years of failing to do so, despite catastrophes like the California wildfires, driven by strong market performanc...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Debono joins SI Re as Underwriting Manager for Italy and Northern Europe

Reinsurance News

Swiss reinsurer SIGNAL IDUNA Reinsurance Ltd (SI Re) has appointed Simone Debono as Underwriting Manager for Italy and Northern Europe. Debono joins SI Re from Helvetia Re, where she spent more than a decade as Senior Underwriter, managing a portf...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Moody’s latest wildfire model completes California Department of Insurance review

Reinsurance News

Moody’s Corporation has disclosed that Moody’s RMS US Wildfire Model v2.0 has completed the review process established by the California Department of Insurance (CDI), enabling insurers to use the catastrophe model in their residential rate filing...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Helios Underwriting updates mid-point forecasts for 2023/24 syndicate portfolio

Reinsurance News

Helios Underwriting, a publicly listed company providing direct access to a range of syndicates at Lloyd’s of London, has released updated mid-point forecasts for its syndicate portfolio covering the 2023 and 2024 years of account, based on second...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Trump Tariffs Pile Pressure on Europe’s Industrial Base

Insurance Journal

When the Washington Commanders’ quarterback Marcus Mariota landed a last-second touchdown pass to clinch victory against the Dallas Cowboys in January, it’s unlikely devastated Cowboys fans were thinking about turf underlay, or the small...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

VIG’s profit soars in H1’25 as CoR improves to 91.9%

Reinsurance News

Vienna Insurance Group has announced that its profit before taxes increased to €531.4 million in H1 2025, representing a 10.5% rise compared to the same period in the previous year, driven in part by a substantially lower overall claims developmen...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

EU Auto Groups Press for Change to ‘No Longer Feasible’ Car CO2 Emission Targets

Insurance Journal

European Union targets to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles, including a 100% reduction for cars by 2035, are no longer feasible, the heads of the European automobile manufacturers’ and automotive suppliers’ associations said on Wednesday....

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Lockton appoints Ryan Bond as Head of P&C, Bermuda

Reinsurance News

Lockton, a global independent insurance brokerage, has appointed Ryan Bond in the newly created role of Head of Property and Casualty (P&C) for Bermuda, effective September 8th, 2025, based on the island. In his new role, Bond will report to P...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Apple Watch Not a ‘CO2-Neutral Product,’ German Court Finds

Insurance Journal

Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a “CO2-neutral product” in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that upheld a complaint from environmentalists, finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers. Apple had pr...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Volumes & revenue growth slowed as renewals progressed this year: Fitch

Reinsurance News

The four largest European reinsurers – Munich Reinsurance Company (Munich Re), Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re), Hannover Rueck SE (Hannover Re) and SCOR SE – achieved a record average return on equity (ROE) of 21.1% in the first half of 2...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Andy Frepp named Interim President of Moody’s Analytics

Reinsurance News

Moody’s Corporation has appointed Andy Frepp as Interim President of Moody’s Analytics, effective immediately, succeeding Stephen Tulenko, who has resigned to pursue another opportunity. Most recently, Freep served as the Chief Operating Officer o...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say

Carrier Management

Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say Yet another property...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

When Luck Runs Out: Where $100B Hurricanes Might Happen

Insurance Journal

Lists published every hurricane season, adjusting the amounts of insurance losses for past events for inflation to current-dollar levels, give a misleading picture of the potential for a single event costing insurers $100 billion. Karen Clark & C...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Anthropic Settles Class Action From Authors Alleging Copyright Infringement

Insurance Journal

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said in a court filing on Tuesday that it has resolved a class action lawsuit from a group of U.S. authors who argued that its AI training infringed their copyrights, marking the first settlement in a …

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Woman Sentenced After Pleading to Arson in Six Fires in North Carolina

Insurance Journal

A North Carolina woman was sentenced to as much as 12 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to setting six fires in Onslow County, on the state’s southeast coast. Chasity Dawn Keeter, 37, of Jacksonville, pleaded guilty to five …

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Wealthspire Acquires California-Based Marin Financial Advisors

Insurance Journal

Wealthspire Advisors LLC, an NFP company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Marin Financial Advisors in Larkspur, California. Marin Financial Advisors has provided individuals and families with financial services since 1987. The firm is led by...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Grange Insurance Association Seeks to Form Mutual Holding Company in Washington

Insurance Journal

Grange Insurance Association has submitted an application to the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner to convert to a mutual holding company structure. The plan calls for two new parent entities to be formed, Granwest Mutual Holding...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

3 Hyundai and 2 GM Products on Mercury’s Most Affordable New EVs to Insure List

Insurance Journal

California-based Mercury Insurance compiled a list of the most affordable electric vehicles to insure. The list includes 2025 and 2026 model-year vehicles. Factors examined for the list include claims on similar vehicles, costs to repair and vehicle...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

As AI Becomes Part of Everyday Life, it Brings a Hidden Climate Cost

Insurance Journal

Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. “We try to use it conscientiously though because we do realize t...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Combined ratio improves to 91.4% for APAC reinsurers in 2024: AM Best

Reinsurance News

According to AM Best’s analysis, the rating agency’s Asia-Pacific composite (which includes 33 reinsurers domiciled in the region reporting under IFRS 17 accounting standards) recorded an improved combined ratio overall in 2024 of 91.4%, com...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Connecticut’s Assault Weapons Ban

Insurance Journal

A ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is constitutional, a federal appeals court said Friday, as it rejected challenges by gun rights advocates who claim it violates the Second Amendmen...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

States Say Trump Order Halting Wind Projects Defies Explanation

Insurance Journal

The Trump administration’s order to halt work on a nearly completed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island threatens grid reliability and jobs and defies explanation, business and government leaders from New England said on Monday. State leade...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

New York Central Park Managers Support Eliminating Horse-Drawn Carriages

Insurance Journal

For more than 150 years, horse-drawn carriages have been trotting through Manhattan’s Central Park, weathering the arrival of the automobile, years of criticism from animal rights activists and even a mayoral administration that vowed to ban th...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

Philadelphia Airport Reopens a Runway With System to Stop a Runaway Plane

Insurance Journal

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday touted the reopening of a runway at Philadelphia International Airport through the installation of a system to stop a runaway airplane. The FAA awarded $8.5 million last year for the airport’s firs...

Posted: Aug 27, 2025

OneShield to Launch Industry’s First AI Hub to Accelerate Safe and Scalable Insurance Innovation

coverager

OneShield announced the launch of the OneShield AI Hub, the industry’s first centralized environment for the secure development, deployment, and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions within the insurance software ecosystem.

Posted: Aug 26, 2025