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MNRB Q3’25 revenue rises 17.8% driven by Malaysian Re

Reinsurance News

MNRB Holdings Berhad (MNRB) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, reporting a net profit of RM151 million, up from RM115.9 million a year earlier, with revenue rising 17.8% year-on-year to RM973.9 million from R...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Nick Lamparelli appointed Chief Programme Officer at Algorithmic Insurance Services

Reinsurance News

Algorithmic Insurance Services, Inc., trading as LIRG, a specialist re/insurance platform focused on building, incubating and scaling managing general underwriters (MGUs) and managing general agents (MGAs) has appointed Nick Lamparelli as its new...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

People Moves: Gallagher Expands Executive, Financial Risk Practice Leadership; AXA XL Promotes Willi...

Insurance Journal

Gallagher Expands Executive and Financial Risk Practice Leadership Team Gallagher, headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, appointed new leaders in its executive and financial risk practice. Seth Pfalzer has been appointed senior vice president a...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Synthetik’s modelled scenarios suggest UK SRCC losses could exceed £4bn

Reinsurance News

Synthetik Insurance Technologies’ recent report highlighted the potential for losses stemming from strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC) to spread across the UK, with some modelled scenarios exceeding £4 billion. The report takes the form of f...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Judge Tosses Buffalo Wild Wings Lawsuit That Has ‘No Meat on Its Bones’

Insurance Journal

A U.S. federal judge threw out on Tuesday a lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings that alleged the restaurant and sports bar chain deceived consumers by selling boneless wings that are not actually de-boned chicken wings. Judge John Tharp Jr. in …

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

AI Claim Assistant Now Taking Auto Damage Claims Calls at Travelers

Insurance Journal

The Travelers Companies announced the launch of AI Claim Assistant, a fully agentic intelligent voice service to handle customer claim calls. The service, developed using OpenAI model capabilities and APIs, uses advanced language and speech recogniti...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Fla. Commissioner Offers Major Changes to Citizens’ Commercial Clearinghouse Plan

Insurance Journal

Just days before a final committee vote on a bill that would establish a clearinghouse for Citizens’ commercial policies, Florida’s insurance commissioner has offered his own rewrite, one that would give regulators more authority over who...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Decades-Old Abuse Payouts Squeeze California School and City Budgets

Insurance Journal

At James Monroe Middle School, located in a remote part of California’s High Desert, posters commemorating teacher appreciation week were hung beside porta-potties. They were the only toilets left for faculty members after the campus’s se...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

California Bill Requires Insurers to Offer, Renew Coverage for ‘Fire-Safe’ Homes

Insurance Journal

A new bill in California would require insurers to offer homeowners insurance to those who meet state home hardening and defensible space requirements. Senate Bill 1076, the Insurance Coverage for Fire-Safe Homes Act, was introduced by Senator Sasha...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Viewpoint: Runoff Specialists Have Evolved Into Key Strategic Partners for Insurers

Insurance Journal

The insurance industry has a long history of managing complex long-tail liabilities. In some cases, these liabilities grow so burdensome that they require specialized runoff solutions and as market conditions have evolved, so too have the shape of th...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

State Drops Charges Against NJ Political Power Broker, Insurance Exec Norcross

Insurance Journal

New Jersey’s acting attorney general said Tuesday she will not ask the state Supreme Court to review the dismissal of racketeering charges against Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III and those charged alongside him. The decision by J...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Insurance Fraud Bill Unanimously Passes Washington Senate

Insurance Journal

A bill intended to combat insurance fraud by updating a 20-year-old law passed the Washington state senate this week on a unanimous vote. Senate Bill 6031, which defines insurance fraud as its own crime, a Class B felony, was pushed …

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Hymans Robertson promotes Tom Caron to Operations Lead for its Risk Transfer team

Reinsurance News

Hymans Robertson, a pensions and financial services consultancy, has announced the promotion of Tom Caron to Operations Lead of its Risk Transfer team. In this role, Caron will have operational responsibility for the team, leading on resourcing, p...

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

US Attorney for DC Pirro Sues Her NY Hometown for $250K Over Trip-and-Fall

Insurance Journal

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has filed a $250,000 negligence lawsuit against her suburban hometown north of New York City and a power utility after claiming she tripped and fell while out walking. Pirro said …

Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Hiscox Re rebrands and launches capital platform

coverager

Hiscox Re & ILS has rebranded as Hiscox Re.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

CURE taps Gigaforce for AI-driven subrogation

coverager

Gigaforce provides subrogation technology built to support claims recovery through data analysis and workflow orchestration.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

eGuarantee raises $5.5 million

coverager

eGuarantee offers a digital lease bond platform.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Pinion launches with up to $180 million backing from Barings

coverager

The Bermuda-incorporated company will provide capacity to managing general agents (MGAs) across the US, UK, and Europe.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

After AI Fears Hammer Broker Stocks, Fuse Launches Radar — A Real-Time AI Risk Intelligence Engine –...

coverager

Dozens of specialized AI agents ingest and enrich data from 50+ channels in real time — building a proprietary dataset of 20 million data points that gives insurance professionals intelligence no one else in the market has access to.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Kia partners with Wrisk

coverager

The new product offers consumers a monthly rolling subscription policy with a guaranteed price for 12 months.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Confie sues Insurify over trademark keyword bidding

coverager

The startup will distribute its products exclusively through wholesale brokers.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

iPipeline Launches AI-First Digital Platform for Life, Annuities and Wealth

Insurance Forums

iPipeline on Wednesday announced the launch of its AI-first digital platform for life, annuities, and … Read more

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Litigation Funding Transparency Act Introduced in The Senate

IA Magazine

The “Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2026″ would require parties to publicly disclose funding sources in mass tort and class action suits.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Cytora Integrates Warren Group Real Estate Data

IIR

The partnership embeds national property intelligence into commercial underwriting workflows to automate risk enrichment.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Qumis Raises $4.3M for Coverage Intelligence Platform

IIR

The oversubscribed seed round will support expansion of the attorney-trained AI platform for commercial insurance brokers and carriers.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Millennium Insurance Deploys Ultrassure Contract AI

IIR

The insurer adopts artificial intelligence tools to convert unstructured policy and treaty language into structured data for underwriting, claims and compliance workflows.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Gradient AI Launches Workers’ Comp Benchmarking Tool

IIR

The AI-powered ClaimVector solution provides brokers with claims-based performance benchmarks grounded in real data.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Finys Names Iheme Chief Customer Success Officer

IIR

The appointment reinforces the software provider’s focus on measurable outcomes and long-term carrier partnerships.

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

The Road Map for Embedded Insurance

Insurance Thought Leadership

The Road Map for Embedded Insurance Future of Risk sradomski

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Business Moves: BayPine to Acquire Broker Relation From Aquiline

Insurance Journal

Private equity firm Aquiline Capital said it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell independent insurance broker Relation to investment firm BayPine. Chicago-based Relation was ranked No. 24 in Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Independent P...

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

World’s Growing Civil Unrest Has an Insurance Sting

Carrier Management

World’s Growing Civil Unrest Has an Insurance Sting A category o...

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Pinion Insurance Launches With Up to $180M Commitment From Barings

Carrier Management

Pinion Insurance Launches With Up to $180M Commitment Fr...

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Questions Remain Despite Mandatory Driver Impairment Sensors Clearing Funding Hurdle

Carrier Management

Questions Remain Despite Mandatory Driver Impairment Sensors Clearing...

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

Bayer Investors Concerned Over Proposed Deal to Settle Roundup Litigation for $7.25B

Carrier Management

Bayer Investors Concerned Over Proposed Deal to Settle Roundup Litigation for $7.25B Bayer's shares...

Posted: Feb 18, 2026

AI Claim Assistant Now Taking Auto Damage Claims Calls at Travelers

Carrier Management

AI Claim Assistant Now Taking Auto Damage Claims Cal...

Posted: Feb 18, 2026