Insurance Journal

Michigan Bulletin Provides Guidance for AI Use in Financial Services

The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services issued a bulletin to provide guidance to financial service providers on the use of artificial intelligence. The bulletin says that financial service providers including insurers are expected...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Texas Forecast to be Top Market for Data Centers

Texas is poised to become the largest home for data centers in the country within the next three years as artificial intelligence continues to boom, according to a report published Tuesday. Bloom Energy, a California-based company that provides onsit...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Texas Forecast to Be Top Market for Data Centers

Texas is poised to become the largest home for data centers in the country within the next three years as artificial intelligence continues to boom, according to a report published Tuesday. Bloom Energy, a California-based company that provides onsit...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Edison Sues LA County Over Fire Deaths for Delayed Alerts

Edison International sued Los Angeles County and other public agencies for allegedly failing to ensure timely evacuation alerts that the company says could have saved most of the 19 people who died in a massive wildfire last year. If the …

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

10,000 Travelers Employees Get AI Assistants Via Anthropic Partnership

Nearly 10,000 engineers, data scientists, analysts and product owners at Travelers are being empowered with personalized AI assistants, Travelers announced in mid-January. In a joint announcement with Anthropic, the two firms announced a partnership...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Former County Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling From Labor Union

A former Massachusetts county employee pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to embezzling from a Barnstable County employee labor union. Kenneth Mattoon, of West Yarmouth, pleaded guilty to embezzlement of labor union assets. According...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Insurance Regulators, Trades Get Behind Latest Effort to Abolish FIO

The nation’s insurance commissioners and industry trade associations are looking to support efforts to put the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) back on the chopping block. Late last week, Rep. Troy Downing, R-Mont., introduced the McCarran-Fergus...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Risk & Insurance Education Alliance Launches Certified Insurance & Risk Professional (CIRP) Designat...

AUSTIN, TX — The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance has launched the Certified Insurance & Risk Professional (CIRP) designation, a program designed to strengthen the technical knowledge, sales capabilities, and client-focused skills of comme...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Dozens Killed After High-Speed Train Derails in Spain

More than three dozen people died in Spain after a high-speed train derailed and hit another coming from the opposite direction. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez canceled his trip to Davos and declared three days of mourning. The last two carriages &#823...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Britain Needs ‘AI Stress Tests’ for Financial Services, Lawmakers say

Britain’s financial watchdogs are not doing enough to stop artificial intelligence from harming consumers or destabilizing markets, a cross‑party group of lawmakers said on Tuesday, urging regulators to move away from what it called a “wa...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Update: Britain Needs ‘AI Stress Tests’ for Financial Services, Lawmakers Say

Britain’s financial watchdogs are not doing enough to stop AI from harming consumers or destabilizing markets, a group of lawmakers said on Tuesday, urging regulators to move away from a “wait and see” approach as the technology is...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Britain Needs ‘AI Stress Tests’ for Financial Services, Lawmakers Say

Britain’s financial watchdogs are not doing enough to stop AI from harming consumers or destabilizing markets, a group of lawmakers said on Tuesday, urging regulators to move away from a “wait and see” approach as the technology is...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

BHP Refused Permission to Appeal UK Judgment Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse

BHP was on Monday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, in a London lawsuit potentially worth tens of billions of pounds. In November, London’s High …

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Supreme Court to Hear Bayer’s Bid to Curb Roundup Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Bayer’s bid to sharply limit lawsuits claiming that the company’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer and potentially avert billions of dollars in damages. The justices took up Bayer’s ap...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Florida OIR Triples the Size of Citizens’ Rate Decrease

With takeouts continuing at a steady pace and more carriers working the Florida property insurance market, state regulators saw fit to more than triple the size of Citizens’ Property Insurance Corp. recent rate decrease request. The Florida Off...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Florida Insurance Law Cert Closer to Approval; Coverage College Set for March

Bona fide expertise in Florida property insurance law is inching closer to reality, with new rules and new education initiatives. The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors in September approved proposed rules for a certification in insurance coverag...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Florida Insurance Law Certification Closer to Approval; Coverage College Set for March

Bona fide expertise in Florida property insurance law is inching closer to reality, with new rules and new education initiatives. The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors in September approved proposed rules for a certification in insurance coverag...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Insurica Acquires Florida-Based First Light Program Managers

Insurica, one of the largest U.S. brokerages, announced it has acquired Florida-based First Light Program Managers, a wholesale brokerage and delegated underwriter specializing in trucking and marine coverage. The acquisition, effective this month, i...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

NYC Mayor Mamdani Widens Delivery-App Crackdown With Lost-Pay Lawsuit

New York City said it’s suing a food-delivery technology provider for withholding pay from workers, signaling Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s get-tough approach to regulating app-based work. Motoclick violated delivery worker laws by failing to pa...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

LA Fire Survivors Got a Rude Surprise That Could Hit More Americans

A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, many survivors face the same problem: Their insurance policies aren’t paying out enough to cover the cost of rebuilding. It’s a tragic predicament. And it will happen again when the next disaster hi...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

People Moves: Cowbell Appoints Hughes as Chief Commercial Officer

Cowbell named Simon Hughes chief commercial officer. Hughes, who previously served as senior vice president, global distribution and general manager, U.K., will oversee Cowbell’s global commercial strategy, including distribution, partnerships,...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Grandson Not Covered Under Grandma’s Home Insurance

A homeowner’s insurer was right to deny a grandmother coverage for a claim against her grandson because he did not qualify as a member of her household. The Massachusetts Appeals Court agreed with Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. that the grandson...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

AIG Announces Strategic Investment Partnership of Up to $3.5B With CVC

American International Group (AIG) announced a strategic partnership with global private markets firm CVC. The partnership, announced Jan. 19, includes the establishment of large-scale separately managed accounts (SMAs) across CVC’s credit stra...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley

Zurich Insurance Group AG has gone public with a £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, increasing pressure on the UK-listed company it’s been wooing for more than 12 months. The Swiss insurer offered to buy London-based Beazley...

Posted: Jan 20, 2026

Your clients are sharing everything. What could possibly go wrong?

Uber launched in 2010 in San Francisco with just a few cars and in the fourth quarter of 2024 paid their drivers $20 billion. Airbnb’s website says that it was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests in …

Posted: Jan 19, 2026