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MNK Group, a global independent group of insurance and reinsurance companies, has announced the appointment of Matthew De Jesus as Chief Strategy and Development Officer. In his new role, De Jesus will be responsible for leading MNK’s group-level...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
South Korean firms Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Mirae Asset Financial Group and Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. are in exploratory talks about entering India’s $130 billion insurance market, three Indian sources said. The intere...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Credit ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, expects Winter Storm Fern to incur insured losses of between $4 billion and $7 billion, with primary insurers poised to absorb the event as while damaging, Fitch notes that it was not large enough to reinsuran...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
K2 Insurance Services has announced the formation of K2 Collateral Protection Insurance (K2 CPI), a new division focused on risk solutions for intellectual property lending. Brian Delaney, a twenty-plus-year veteran of the hedge fund industry, wil...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Howden Group, a global insurance and reinsurance intermediary, has completed the issuance of a $690 million add-on to existing $500 million 8.125% Senior Notes due 2032, in a private offering. The offering was conducted under Rule 144A and Regulat...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Venbrook Group, LLC, an independent insurance distribution and services firm in the US, has announced the appointment of Awais Farooq as Chief Claims Officer. In his new role, Farooq will oversee Venbrook’s global claims operations, focusing...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
POLARIS Reinsurance Solutions, a Vienna-based managing general agent (MGA), has announced the appointment of Pascal Jaut as Head of Construction & Engineering. Headquartered in Vienna, Polaris Re is a subsidiary of Polaris Corporate Solutions...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Insurwave, the London-based insurtech platform focused on specialty insurance, has announced the appointment of Deepak Saigal as Chief Delivery Officer. In his new role, Saigal will be responsible for strengthening delivery execution across the bu...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that from 2006 to 2020, …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Independent personal lines agency Goosehead Insurance and newly launched Planet Insurance Agency said they have a strategic franchise partnership for customers shopping for homeowners insurance. Meriden, Connecticut-based Planet Insurance Agency was...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
A unit of Aon Plc agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that calculation errors and faulty investment advice caused Pennsylvania public school teachers to make millions of dollars in extra contributions to their pension fund. The firm̵...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
A bill prohibiting post-loss assignment of benefits agreements passed the Washington Senate on Thursday on a unanimous vote. Senate Bill 6178 was backed by Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer, halting post-loss assignment of benefits, an...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
kWh Analytics, a provider of climate and risk management for renewable energy projects, has successfully renewed its agreement with Aspen Specialty, expanding support of its Property Insurance offering for renewable energy assets and projects. Tha...
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
Trucordia hired Kim Reid as a vice president on its mergers and acquisitions team. Reid comes to Trucordia after more than two decades with Arthur J. Gallagher, where she helped build and lead the firm’s due diligence and integration programs....
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
New York football fans may not be happy that neither the Giants nor Bills nor Jets made it to Super Bowl 2026 but there is a reason for them to tune in on Sunday anyway. During the New England Patriots …
Posted: Feb 06, 2026
New collaboration helps agencies reduce duplicate data entry and streamline personal lines workflows HawkSoft, a leading agency management system for independent insurance agencies, today announced a new partnership with RiskAdvisor,...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The insurance industry is facing a compounding crisis. One carrier found a way out—by breaking nearly every rule of enterprise AI deployment and cemented widespread adoption of an AI tool with their claims adjusters.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The six people killed in a fiery plane crash in Maine were flying to France’s Champagne region to scope out the next travel destination for high-net-worth clients when their small jet flipped on the runway during takeoff. They included an ̷...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The ecosystem reached 536 companies, with investment up 117 percent and technology enablers now leading the market.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
AI-powered hail, wind, and property insights will support more precise underwriting decisions in the nation’s most volatile storm market.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
As insurers pursue resilience through cloud and services, systemic dependencies are quietly increasing the severity of operational failures.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
The agreement will consolidate €40 billion in assets on a unified platform to support growth and meet evolving regulatory demands.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Executives describe how a customer-first philosophy shapes experience, technology investment, and long-term growth.
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The integration aims to reduce duplicate entry and improve data quality in personal lines workflows for independent agencies.
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State Farm is among the first organizations exploring the use of OpenAI.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Planet Insurance is a newly launched agency that's part of Planet Financial Group.
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
Ivans announced the January 2026 results of the Ivans Index™, the insurance industry’s premium renewal rate index. Year over year, Commercial Auto, Business Owner’s Policy (BOP), General Liability, Commercial Property and...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
XPT Specialty, headquartered in Plano, Texas, hired Kyle Goedeke as an underwriter/broker. Goedeke has nearly a decade of experience across wholesale brokerage, underwriting, and excess and surplus (E&S) line placements. In his role at XPT Specia...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
A federal judge declared unconstitutional a 2021 Texas law restricting state investments in companies seeking to rely less on fossil fuels or boycott that industry. In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright said the la...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026
As the US commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurance market is experiencing significant softening across most sectors, as of Q3 2025, US casualty lines remain an exception, with rates continuing to rise, Morningstar DBRS highlights in a...
Posted: Feb 05, 2026