Insurance Journal

California Gets $3.2M Settlement From Software Company for Breached Student Data

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that California secured a $3.25 million settlement with a software maker for failing to protect students’ data. The settlement also involves two other states, amounting to a total of $5.1 million...

Posted: Nov 10, 2025

Jamaica Catastrophe Bond Headed for Full Payout After Hurricane, World Bank Says

Investors in Jamaica’s catastrophe bond now face a 100% payout after Hurricane Melissa set off a full trigger event, according to the World Bank. Jamaica’s $150 million cat bond, which was arranged by the World Bank, is designed to provid...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

People Moves: MMA Appoints Balentine as President of National Business Insurance

Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), headquartered in White Plains, New York, appointed Adam Balentine as President of National Business Insurance. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Balentine leads the development of strategic growth initiatives for MMA’...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Fidelis Launches Construction Consortium to Cover AI Data Centers

The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), the Bermuda-based managing general underwriter, announced the launch of a consortium that targets risks associated with the construction of AI data centers. With estimates suggesting that the AI data center market could...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Explosion at Mississippi Chemical Plant Causes Ammonia Leak, Evacuations

An explosion at a hydrogen and nitrogen product manufacturer in Mississippi on Wednesday caused an ammonia leak and forced nearby residents to evacuate, officials said. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a post on the social platform X that emergen...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Louisiana Farm Bureau to Benefit From Demutualization, AM Best Says

AM Best has placed under review with positive implications the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) of Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (Louisiana Farm Bureau), an ac...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Former Injury Lawyer and SC House Member Indicted on Charges of Defrauding Clients

A former South Carolina state lawmaker and injury lawyer has been indicted on federal allegations that he schemed to defraud his legal clients. According to court papers, a federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted former Rep. Marvin Pendarvis, a Demo...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Chicago Jury is Picked in Boeing Trial Over Payouts Related to Ethiopia Crash

More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial related to the disaster that killed all 157 people on board was set to proceed. Boeing has settled most of the dozens of …

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Zurich Invests Heavily in Underwriting Talent to Boost Mid-Market, Specialty Growth

Zurich Insurance Group is continuing to expand its middle market and specialty footprint by investing heavily this year in targeted recruitment of “top-tier underwriting talent” across the group. “In the U.S. alone, we have hired mo...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Jury Awards $10 Million to Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old Student

A jury in Newport News, Virginia has awarded $10 million to a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student. Abby Zwerner, who was shot in January 2023 in her first-grade classroom, had asked for $40 million against a former …

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Boeing Avoids US Criminal Charge in 737 Max Jet Crash Case

Boeing Co. will avoid a criminal charge over two fatal 737 Max crashes after a federal judge paved the way for a $1.1 billion settlement agreement, handing the embattled manufacturer a victory in a long-running legal battle. US District Judge …

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

People Moves: NFP Names Roberts; Falvey Appoints Blubaugh

NFP Names Roberts Northeast SVP NFP, headquartered in New York City, appointed David Roberts as senior vice president, surety, in its Northeast region. With over three decades of experience managing commercial risk, Roberts, who is based in New Jerse...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Bristol Myers Reaches $239 Million Settlement Over Psoriasis, MS Drugs

Bristol Myers Squibb reached a $239 million settlement of claims that former Celgene shareholders were defrauded about prospects for the psoriasis drug Otezla, and multiple sclerosis treatment now known as Zeposia. A preliminary settlement of the 7-1...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Jamaica to Get 2nd Parametric Insurance Payout for Excess Rainfall From Storm Melissa

The Caribbean parametric insurer, CCRIF SPC, announced it will make a second payout of US$21.1 million to the government of Jamaica – a policy triggered by excess rainfall from Hurricane Melissa. This payout follows the CCRIF’s first record pay...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Bain Capital Private Credit Executive Brushes off Systemic Concerns, Eyes Asia Growth

The global private credit market currently has no systemic risks, while Asia offers the biggest growth opportunities, a senior Bain Capital private credit executive told Reuters. Concerns about weak lending standards in credit markets have resurfaced...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Irish Regulator Fines Coinbase Europe 21.5 Million Euros Over Monitoring Failures

Ireland’s central bank fined an Irish subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global 21.5 million euros ($25 million) on Thursday for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist transaction monitoring obligations. The Irish reg...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Consumers Are the Front Line in Fighting Insurance Fraud

The U.S. loses approximately $308.6 billion in insurance fraud, leading to each policyholder paying $900 more through annual premium increases, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Scams affecting American policyholders and companies a...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Baldwin Group Posts $30M Q3 Loss But Expects More Embedded Builders Growth

Fresh off its subsidiary’s purchase of a builder-linked homeowners’ insurance program, the Tampa-based Baldwin Group took another hit to its bottom line in the third quarter this year. But the brokerage and advisory group expects the loss...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Washington Woman’s Fraud Conviction Saves System $1.3M in Lifetime Payments

An Auburn, Washington woman was convicted for fraud after receiving a lifetime pension following her reported injury while working at a supply company. Lemapu Dorothy Seinafo, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to r...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Connecticut Collects $95M in Insurance Industry Fees, Fines and Taxes

For the 2025 fiscal year, the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) collected more than $95 million in revenue that has boosted the state’s general fund. The revenue included approximately $2.2 million from insurance industry fines and penalti...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

People Moves: Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives; King & Neel Appoints Itami and King to Leader...

Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives Mutual of Enumclaw named Daniel Guthrie as vice president of product operations and chief operating officer and Hem Chari as chief information officer. Guthrie has more than 25 years of leadership experience in...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Landlord Gets Another Chance to Hold Broker Liable for Failed Lead Paint Disclosure

A federal court of appeals has revived a case over an alleged failure of insurance broke Willis of New Jersey to notify the insurer for one of its New York clients of the presence of lead paint in his residential …

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Michigan Millers Mutual

AM Besthas revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of “a” (Excellent) of Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company (Michigan Millers) based in Lan...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

Texas Asks Court to Halt Kenvue Tylenol Marketing, Dividend

Texas officials have asked a state court judge to temporarily block Kenvue Inc. from marketing Tylenol as safe for pregnant women, and from issuing a dividend, escalating the company’s legal woes just days after announcing a major merger with K...

Posted: Nov 07, 2025

LA Wildfire Victims Ask California Governor to Call for Insurance Commissioner’s Resignation

A few of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for the resignation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over reforms Lara pushed that were designed to help ease the …

Posted: Nov 06, 2025