Insurance Journal

Five Correctional Department Employees Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Five current and former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) employees were arrested this week for separate schemes to defraud DOCCS and the state’s workers’ compensation system, resulting in a loss o...

Posted: Oct 31, 2025

Washington Commissioner Issued $828K in Fines for Insurance Violations

Washington insurance regulator fines for violations amounted to $828,500 in July, August, September, and early October of 2025, according to the office of Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer. That tally included a $100,000 fine for Regenc...

Posted: Oct 31, 2025

Washington Supreme Court Restores $185M Monsanto Chemical Leak Verdict

A U.S. court reinstated a $185 million verdict against Bayer’s Monsanto unit over chemical contamination at a Washington state school on Thursday. The Washington state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had vacated the verdict in...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Expert Underwriter Secures Critical Wildfire Coverage for High-Risk California Warehouse, Saving Key...

Monrovia, CA ., Oct 30, 2025 – In a notable victory against challenging market conditions, the specialized underwriting team at Greenwood General Insurance Agency successfully placed a complex property insurance policy for a warehouse located in the...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

GM to Cut EV, Battery Production and 1,200 jobs at Michigan Plant

General Motors GM.N said on Wednesday it will cut U.S. electric vehicle and battery production and 1,200 factory jobs at its EV plant in Detroit along with 550 jobs at an Ohio battery plant as the automaker responds to a …

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

GM to Cut EV, Battery Production and 1,200 Jobs at Michigan Plant

General Motors GM.N said on Wednesday it will cut U.S. electric vehicle and battery production and 1,200 factory jobs at its EV plant in Detroit along with 550 jobs at an Ohio battery plant as the automaker responds to a …

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

WTW Reports Flat Q3 Revenue of $2.29 Billion, With Organic Growth of 5%

WTW reported third quarter revenue of $2.29 billion, flat with $2.29 billion for Q3 2024, which the broker attributed to the sale of its direct-to-consumer insurance distribution business, TRANZACT. WTW reported organic growth of 5% for the quarter,...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Michigan Acquires Shipwreck Artifact in Unusual Settlement Agreement

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous …

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Texas Backs Permian Gas-Fired Power Plant With $1.1B Loan as AI Demand Soars

Texas is backing a proposed Permian Basin power plant fueled by natural gas with a $1.1 billion low-interest loan, the largest such project under a state program aimed to shore up supplies after widespread blackouts in 2021. Competitive Power Venture...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Ex-Thief Says He Warned Louvre of Security Weaknesses Around Crown Jewels

Days after thieves took just minutes to steal eight pieces of the French crown jewels from the Louvre, a former bank robber says he warned a museum official of glaring weaknesses — including jewel cases by streetside windows that were …

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

The Hanover Reports 75% Growth in Q3 Net Income

Third quarter net income for The Hanover Insurance Group grew to $178.7 million compared to $102.1 million during the same period a year ago. The Worcester, Massachusetts-based insurer’s Q3 combined ratio improved to 91.1 from 95.5 a year ago d...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

People Moves: NFP Appoints Keefe Head of Northeast Broking

NFP, an Aon company headquartered in New York City, appointed Andrew Keefe as senior vice president, Northeast broking leader. Based in Albany, New York, Keefe has nearly two decades of experience in the commercial insurance industry. He has been wit...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Congress Shielded Gun Firms From Lawsuits. Some Blue States Eye Loophole.

Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset about gun violence think they’ve found a way to penetrate that legal shield...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Congress Shielded Gun Firms From Lawsuits. Some Blue States Eye Loophole

Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, blue state Democrats upset about gun violence think they’ve found a way to penetrate that legal shield...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

FBI Searched California Real Estate Firm Linked to Bad Bank Loans, Lawsuit

The FBI last month searched the offices of a California real estate investment firm Continuum Analytics, which is linked to bad loans recently disclosed by Zions and Western Alliance, according to legal correspondence seen by Reuters. Continuum Analy...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Federal Judge in Mississippi Admits Staff Used AI to Draft Inaccurate Order

A federal judge in Mississippi has admitted that his staff used artificial intelligence to draft a flawed court order, after months of speculation and an inquiry from a U.S. senator. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate sent a letter on …

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Re/Insurer Convex Announces New Ownership Structure With AIG as Minority Investor

Convex Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced a new, long-term ownership structure led by private equity firm Onex Corp., with American International Group becoming a strategic minority equity investor. Onex will acq...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

AIG Joins Private Equity Firm Onex to Acquire Re/Insurer Convex

Convex Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced a new, long-term ownership structure led by private equity firm Onex Corp., with American International Group becoming a strategic minority equity investor. Onex will acq...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

AIG Joins Private Equity Firm Onex to Acquire Re/Insurer Convex Group

Convex Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced a new, long-term ownership structure led by private equity firm Onex Corp., with American International Group becoming a minority equity investor. Onex will acquire a 63%...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Monkeys Escape From Overturned Truck on Mississippi Highway

Monkeys being transported on a Mississippi highway escaped captivity Tuesday after the truck carrying them overturned, according to law enforcement. All but one of the escaped monkeys were killed, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said in...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

GEICO, Daimler Launch Connected Insurance Program for Truck Fleets

Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC (DTFS), the captive finance partner of Daimler Truck North America LLC, and GEICO announced the launch of Connected Insurance, a new data-driven insurance program designed to help Freightliner and Western Star...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Microsoft Azure’s Services Restored After Global Outage

Microsoft said late on Wednesday it had resolved an outage of its Azure cloud platform that had impacted the tech giant’s suite of productivity software, and a range of industries worldwide. “While error rates and latency are back to pre-...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

OpenAI Sued for Trademark Infringement Over Sora’s ‘Cameo’ Feature

The maker of celebrity video platform Cameo sued OpenAI in a California federal court on Tuesday, arguing that the new “Cameo” feature of OpenAI’s Sora video generation app violates its trademark rights. Cameo said in the complaint...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

Hacking Firm Boss Pleads Guilty to Stealing, Selling Secrets

A former director at a US military contractor that sells computer vulnerabilities pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing and reselling $35 million in trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker whose clients include the Russian government. Peter W...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025

FIO: Insurer Litigation Expenses Dipped Slightly Between 2023 and 2024

Insurer litigation expenses declined slightly between 2023 and 2024 and potentially benefitted from state legal reforms to address increasing litigation costs, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) said in a new r...

Posted: Oct 30, 2025