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Mercury Insurance Files California Homeowners Rate Plan

IIR

The filing would expand coverage in wildfire-prone areas using the state’s new Sustainable Insurance Strategy.

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Texas Windstorm Deploys Guidewire InsuranceSuite on Cloud

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The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has migrated from on-premises systems to Guidewire Cloud Platform to streamline operations.

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Gas Valve Failure May Have Led to Fatal US Steel Plant Explosion

Insurance Journal

Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the company said Friday. U.S. Steel said it developed the information, …

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

The Insurance Polycrisis: Don’t Panic, Prepare! 

Insurance Thought Leadership

The Insurance Polycrisis: Don’t Panic, Prepare!  ITL Editorial Team Sun, 08/17/2025 - 16:59 ...

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Vertical AI Agents in Insurance

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Vertical AI Agents in Insurance AI & Machine Learning

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

What Every Insurance IT Leader Should Be Asking

Insurance Thought Leadership

What Every Insurance IT Leader Should Be Asking Data Analytics

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Cross-Selling and Upselling at TPAs

Insurance Thought Leadership

Cross-Selling and Upselling at TPAs Claims

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Embedded Insurance for Freight

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Embedded Insurance for Freight Ecosystems

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Transforming Catastrophe Modeling: The LLM Imperative

Insurance Thought Leadership

Transforming Catastrophe Modeling: The LLM Imperative ITL Editorial Team Sun, 08/17/2025 - 14:56 ...

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Transforming CAT Modeling: The LLM Imperative

Insurance Thought Leadership

Transforming CAT Modeling: The LLM Imperative Risk Management

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

When the Backbone Breaks: Real-World Risks of Mainframe Bugs on the Insurance Industry

Risk & Insurance

Staff training is crucial in defending insurance company mainframe vulnerabilities. The post When the Backbone Bre...

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

Mercury Seeks 6.9% Rate Increase in Filing Based on New Cat Modeling Regulation

Insurance Journal

Mercury Insurance said it has submitted a filing based on California’s new regulation enabling catastrophe modeling to be included as a factor in ratemaking. The filing is reportedly the first to use the Verisk Wildfire catastrophe model, which...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Underwriting Q&A: Building Smarter Risk Tools

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Underwriting Q&A: Building Smarter Risk Tools From Our Partners sradomski Fri, 08/15/2025...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Modives and Venn launch renters insurance solution

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The partnership embeds Modives’ CheckMy Resident platform into Venn’s resident operating system.

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Plymouth Rock and Innovative launch auto discount program

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The program gives Innovative’s clients and employees exclusive discounts.

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

TPA adopts CalcFocus for life and annuity

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The end-to-end solution will cover sales illustrations, new business processing, billing, commissions, and claims.

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

PCRB launches WorkComp360

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Upcoming features include a statewide dashboard and DataPro+.

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Infinity Loop raises $5 million

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The funding will support go-to-market expansion, with clients in financial services, consumer packaged goods, and pharmaceuticals.

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

KBTG Teams Up with InsureMO to Build Thailand’s Connected Insurance Ecosystem

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KBTG and InsureMO join forces to enable embedded insurance in Thailand to offer insurance products—travel, health, and accident—directly on their platforms via API in sectors like retail, e-commerce, real estate, healthcare, and travel.

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

First Hurricane of the Season to Bring Rain, Flooding, and Rip Tides to US

Carrier Management

First Hurricane of the Season to Bring Rain, Flooding, and Rip Tides to US The first h...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

DOJ Sues California to End Enforcement of Emissions Standards for Trucks

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it has sued California in a bid to end the state’s enforcement of emissions standards for trucks. The DOJ said it filed two complaints this week in federal courts against the California Air …

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Michelle Worrall Appointed Global Director of Insurance Product at Resilience

Risk & Insurance

The latest people news in the industry today. The post Michelle Worrall Appointed Global Director of Insurance Product at...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Banking’s Ailing Climate Coalition Loses Ground in Europe

Insurance Journal

Inside the world’s largest climate coalition for banks, there’s speculation that an exodus led by Wall Street could be about to spread to the European Union. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, an organization dedicated to decarbonizing global...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Markel Insurance Appoints Alison Sweeney and Ije Ejim to US Fine Art & Specie Team

Risk & Insurance

The latest people news in the industry today. The post Markel Insurance Appoints Alison Sweeney and Ije Ejim to US Fine...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Ohio’s Roehr Insurance Partners With Higginbotham

Insurance Journal

Higginbotham announced it has partnered with Roehr Insurance, one of the largest property and casualty insurance agencies in Cincinnati, Ohio. The partnership grows Higginbotham’s presence in the Midwest and provides Roehr with expanded resourc...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Insurtech Funding Hits $60 Billion Milestone as AI Deals Dominate Despite Quarterly Decline

Risk & Insurance

Property and casualty insurtech funding plummets while life and health surges in mixed Q2 results, Gallagher Re reports. The post

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Pete Sayer Joins Brown & Riding as Senior Vice President in National Property Practice

Risk & Insurance

The latest people news in the industry today. The post Pete Sayer Joins Brown & Riding as Senior Vice Presiden...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Dragos report estimates up to $330bn in global OT cyber risk

Reinsurance News

Dragos Inc., a company specialising in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, has released its 2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report, produced with Marsh McLennan’s Cyber Risk Intelligence Center. The report applies statistic...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

New River Barriers Prevented Severe Flood Damage From Alaska Glacier

Carrier Management

New River Barriers Prevented Severe Flood Damage From Alaska Glacier New sandbag-style barriers install...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Expects to Spend ‘Trillions’ on Infrastructure

Insurance Journal

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman wants to spend trillions of dollars over time on the infrastructure required to develop and run artificial intelligence services. He just needs to figure out a way to raise that kind of money. “You &#82...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Texas Economy Slowing Amid Trade Policies and Immigration Crackdown

Insurance Journal

All signs point to a slowdown of the Texas economy as job growth slows, construction declines and inflation ticks up, according to a Monday report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The report on the Fed’s recent Texas Business …

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Chubb appoints Kim Hare as SVP, Head of NA Property Claims

Reinsurance News

Global insurer Chubb has announced the appointment of Kim Hare as Senior Vice President (SVP), Head of North America Property Claims, effective August 18th, 2025. Hare will succeed Tim Barziza, who will retire next April after more than three deca...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Women's Leadership Improves Insurance AI

Insurance Thought Leadership

Women's Leadership Improves Insurance AI ITL Editorial Team Fri, 08/15/2025 - 10:56 ...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Life Insurance Needs More Women Leaders

Insurance Thought Leadership

Life Insurance Needs More Women Leaders Leadership

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Texas Students Injured in School Bus Rollover Crash

Insurance Journal

A Texas school bus carrying more than 40 students on Wednesday rolled over after veering off a rural road on the first day of class, injuring multiple students, authorities said. At least one person has life-threatening injuries, while two others &#8...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Chicago Launches Flood-Warning System as Rainstorms Intensify

Insurance Journal

Nedra Sims Fears still remembers the night years ago when her family home in Chicago flooded, sparking an electrical fire. Her father woke her up and rushed her outside into the pouring rain as smoke filled the rooms of their …

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

Sapiens and Earnix partner to streamline pricing and policy for P&C insurers in EMEA & APAC

Reinsurance News

Sapiens International Corporation, a global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, and Earnix, an AI Platform for insurance providers, have partnered to enhance operational efficiency for P&C Insurers in Europe, the Middle...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025

New Mexico Governor Declares State of Emergency in County Afflicted by Crime

Insurance Journal

The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grish...

Posted: Aug 15, 2025