This Week's Top Reads
Over the past five years, the attorney general’s office, with Aaron Frey at the helm, has secured for Maine more than $260 million in settlements with major pharmaceutical companies accused of “supercharging” the opioid epidemic. It...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Howden’s January 1 2026 reinsurance renewal report has revealed that risk-adjusted global property-catastrophe reinsurance rates-on-line decreased by an average of 14.7%, accelerating from an 8% fall in 2025 and marking the largest year-on-y...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
The world is now moving into the latter half of a critical decade to fight climate change. Scientists have warned that nations need to cut carbon emissions nearly 50% by 2030 to stave off 1.5C temperature rise. The world is …
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Global reinsurer Munich Re’s primary insurance arm, ERGO Group, has completed the previously announced acquisition of ADB Gjensidige, the former Lithuanian subsidiary of Norwegian non-life insurer Gjensidige Forsikring ASA, including its branches...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
A round of changes impacting Washington workplaces now that 2026 has arrived include higher worker pay and several workplace safety alterations. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries year calculates new wage standards, including t...
Posted: Jan 03, 2026
2025 One of the Top Three Hottest Years on Record Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 o...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
The US Department of Agriculture unveiled long-awaited details of its $12 billion aid package for farmers, with American growers of rice and cotton standing to get the biggest payments. But while the payments were welcomed by farmers and industry gro...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a re/insurance group specialising in Africa and the Middle East, has announced the renewal of Baobab, the first Lloyd’s Consortium focused exclusively on Africa, with an increase in capacity of up to USD 26 million pe...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026
Risk-adjusted property catastrophe pricing reduced by 10% to 20% on average at the January 1st, 2026, reinsurance renewals, with many buyers focused on “down pricing” rather than “up risking”, according to reinsurance broke...
Posted: Jan 02, 2026