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AI Needs Its Own Risk Class: Lockton Re The rapid ado...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Reforestration Answer to Toughening Louisiana Coast Against Worsening Storms Across the calm waters beh...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Johnson & Johnson Found Liable for Cancer in Latest Talc Trial A jury in Pennsylvania...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Hannover Re has appointed Ridwaan Patel as Chief Financial Officer for Hannover ReTakaful B.S.C. and its Bahrain branch, subject to approval by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). Most recently, Patel served as the Chief Risk Officer and Head of Co...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
As reinsurers adjust their risk assessment models in Florida following much needed reforms, the cautious part of cautious optimism is fading and sellers are proactively engaging with Florida carriers, according to Adam Schwebach, Gallagher Re. In...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Rhode Island officials said that three people, including the suspected gunman, are dead, and three others were injured in a shooting during a high school hockey game at a Pawtucket arena on Monday afternoon. Police said the shooting appears to …...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
S&P Global Energy has announced a new data-sharing collaboration with Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, designed to deliver climate catastrophe exposure data and insights to both the financial a...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Hiscox Re & ILS, the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit within Hiscox Group, has rebranded as Hiscox Re in a move aimed at presenting a clearer, more streamlined offering to cedants, brokers, institutional investors and re/...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
AIG’s Zaffino: Outcomes From AI Use Went From ‘Aspirational’ to...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
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Austin-headquartered insurer, Continental General Insurance Company, has acquired two blocks of insurance policies, made up of approximately 91,000 final expense and traditional life insurance policies, annuities, and accident and health (A&H)...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A category of insurance risk that hardly existed a little over a decade ago has morphed into a meaningful source of losses for the industry. Claims tied to SRCC — strikes, riots and civil commotion — are emerging as a …
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A category of insurance risk that hardly existed a little over a decade ago has morphed into a meaningful source of losses for the industry. Claims tied to SRCC — strikes, riots and civil commotion — are emerging as a …
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
mea Platform, an AI-driven insurance technology company, has announced a $50 million minority growth equity investment from SEP, a prominent investor in enterprise technology. Founded in 2021, mea focuses on applying artificial intelligence to the...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Pacific Life Re, a provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions, has appointed Jane Cheng as Vice President, Client Solutions, Protection. In this role, she will lead the Global Client Solutions team, encompassing Business Proposition, Global E...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Larger pension pots helped push total premiums paid into individual annuities up 4% to £7.4 billion in 2025, marking the highest annual level since pension freedoms were introduced in 2014, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). T...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Wishing you a great start to 2026! We had a banner year for EZLynx, winning eight major technology awards and, most importantly, delivering major product changes that empower agencies and reclaim lost time. As we step into 2026, we’re building...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, has appointed Thomas Saive as Head of Underwriting Motor, Asia Pacific (APAC) & Europe, effective March 1st, 2026. In his new role, Saive will oversee the motor insurance underwriting str...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Brown & Brown, Inc., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that Dorothea Henderson has been appointed as its Chief Information Technology Officer. In this role, she will direct the company’s enterprise technology strategy...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., has promoted Colin Wildey to Chief Risk Officer for Markel International, subject to regulatory approval. Wildey, who has served as Head of Risk at Markel International since 2022...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Through 2025 and into the January 1, 2026 reinsurance renewals, catastrophe bonds firmly established themselves as a core component of clients’ risk management frameworks, according to Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA). HCMA noted that...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Canopius Group, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced the additions of Nicholas Whettem and Namrata Soni to its newly created Natural Resources team. The re/insurer recently restructured its underwriting capabilities with the fo...
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Rhode Island-based Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. reported that President and Chief Executive Officer Brian J. Spero will retire effective March 31, 2027, after more than 18 years of service to the company. Amy C. Vitale, Esq., executive vice president...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Britain could bring in an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 as early as this year and close a loophole that left some AI chatbots outside safety rules, as part of government efforts to respond more quickly …
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A jury in Pennsylvania state court on Friday awarded $250,000 to the family of a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson alleging its talc-based baby powder was to blame for her ovarian cancer. The jury in the Philadelphia Court of …
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Artificial intelligence is becoming a core competency for insurers that want to stay competitive in the face of geopolitical volatility, shifting claims patterns, persistent cost pressures and rising customer expectations. But to unlock AI’s fu...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
The Paris public prosecutor has opened five investigations into baby milk brands distributed by Nestle, Lactalis, Danone, Babybio and La Marque en moins after contamination with toxin cereulide, it said on Friday [Feb. 13]. Cereulide, which can cause...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
São Paulo, one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas housing 21 million people, is living through its largest climate-induced stress test in more than a decade as deadly flash floods collide with a severe drought. Water in the region’...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corporate plans and inflate price tags on …
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A UK litigation funder is seeking fresh capital less than six months after it liquidated a key fund, the latest twist for a firm that’s navigated a bumpy year. Katch Investment Group is raising new money for its open-ended Katch …
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A UK litigation funder is seeking fresh capital less than six months after it liquidated a key fund, the latest twist for a firm that’s navigated a bumpy year. Katch Investment Group is raising new money for its open-ended Katch …
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
Insureds cannot rely on the word of an insurance adjuster—even one hired by the insurer—to show that a homeowners’ policy covers sewage backup, a federal appeals court said in a case that underscored the sanctity of policy exclusions but also &...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026
A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead said it found a series of incomplete, outdated or inadequate procedures and practices that “exposed” employees to the e...
Posted: Feb 17, 2026