Insurance Journal

War Risks Insurers Win Bid to Appeal UK Ruling on Jets Lost in Russia

Insurers including Chubb, Fidelis and Lloyd’s were granted permission on Tuesday to appeal against a London court ruling in favor of the world’s largest aircraft lessor AerCap over jets stuck in Russia since its war on Ukraine. London&#82...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

Dei Primus Holdings Launches LUCY, a Fully Autonomous Insurance Carrier

A venture-backed technology firm says it has built what it describes as the first U.S. insurance carrier designed to operate without human decision-making in its core functions, replacing traditional underwriting, agent interaction and claims adjudic...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

NAIC Issues Nationwide Data Call to Homeowners Insurers

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has issued a nationwide data call to insurers in order to get a better understand of the U.S. homeowners insurance markets. The data, intended to be collected at the ZIP code level, will help &#8230...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

US IPO Prospects in Limbo as War Dents Optimism Ahead of SpaceX

The companies that typically make up the backbone of the US initial public offering market are eyeing the Iran war for signs volatility could boil over and wreck their plans. For banks, there’s a ray of hope — that SpaceX’s …

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

Agency Customer Rep and Miami Businessman Killed in Separate Boat Accidents

Boating accidents in crowded Biscayne Bay near Miami have claimed the lives of two Floridians, including a Miami insurance agency customer representative and the CEO of a medical conference services firm. Multiple news sources reported that Davide Ve...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

Tallahassee Hospital Drops Eviction Suit After Patient Finally Moves Out

A Florida hospital has dropped its lawsuit seeking to evict a patient who refused to vacate a room for months after she was discharged because, the hospital said, she finally left. Tallahassee Memorial Hospital filed the lawsuit this month requesting...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

Viewpoint: California’s Surplus Lines HO Market’s New Phase Driven by Access, Not Wildfire Risk

It’s been more than two years since I wrote an analysis based on Surplus Line Association of California insight and data for an Insurance Journal article forecasting that the state’s homeowners insurance market was entering a structural t...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

Viewpoint: California’s Surplus Lines HO Market Driven by Access, Not Wildfire Risk

It’s been more than two years since I wrote an analysis based on Surplus Line Association of California insight and data for an Insurance Journal article forecasting that the state’s homeowners insurance market was entering a structural t...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

Delaware Judge Accused of Bias Reassigns Musk Cases

The chief judge on Delaware’s corporate court said she will reassign three cases involving Elon Musk to avoid unnecessary media attention after the billionaire entrepreneur complained that her activity on social media had shown bias against him...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

California AG Bonta Says Sable Restart Won’t Lower Oil Prices

The restart of some 50,000 barrels a day of oil production off the coast of California will have have “no impact” on oil prices, the state’s Attorney General said in an interview on Bloomberg Televison. Houston-based oil driller Sab...

Posted: Apr 01, 2026

FAA Imposes Restrictions on Some Landings at San Francisco Airport

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday that it was imposing new safety restrictions at San Francisco International Airport that will limit some landings and lead to significant delays. The FAA said the airport will experience delays due...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

Farmers Insurance Plans Historic, Rapid Expansion of Agency Force

Farmers Insurance has announced a plan to grow its agency force over the next year, and expects to appoint nearly 1,700 new agency owners—one of the largest single-year expansions in Farmers’ history. The recruitment drive is aimed at fueling o...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

5 Killed in Train-Van Collision in Mississippi

Five people were killed when a train and van collided in rural Mississippi, near Wiggins, authorities said. All five killed were in the van, Stone County Coroner Wayne Flurry said. The lone surviving van passenger, a 23-year-old woman, was flown &#82...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

US Appeals Court Upholds Decision to Dismiss Boeing Criminal Case

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by a lower court to approve the Justice Department decision to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing, which allowed the planemaker to avoid prosecution on a charge stemming from two fatal …

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

Axios Software Tool Used by Millions Compromised in Hack

Axios, a tool widely used to develop software applications, was compromised overnight, introducing a vulnerability in a key part of the internet’s plumbing. An unknown hacker was able to breach one of the few accounts that can release new versi...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

Florida’s Hatcher Insurance Group Acquires Benefits Firm, Moves to New HQ

Orlando-based Hatcher Insurance Group, part of Unison Risk Advisors for almost a year, has expanded its employee benefits practice with the acquisition of Level 3 Benefit Advisors. The Level 3 firm, founded in 2021, is based in Winter Park. Founder &...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

People Moves: Galaviz Succeeds Patriot Growth Founder Gardner as CEO

Pennsylvania-based insurance brokerage Patriot Growth Insurance Services announced the appointment of John Galaviz as chief executive officer. Galaviz succeeds Matt Gardner, who founded Patriot Growth in 2019, as CEO. Gardner has left the company to...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

District of Columbia AG Wins $530K, Seeks $600K More From Bad Drivers From Maryland and Virginia

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that the District has won judgments in nine lawsuits that will cost 14 drivers from Maryland and Virginia a total of $531,192 in unpaid fines, penalties and fees for traffic citations....

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

District of Columbia AG Wins $530K, Seeks $600K More From Bad Drivers

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that the District has won judgments in nine lawsuits that will cost 14 drivers from Maryland and Virginia a total of $531,192 in unpaid fines, penalties and fees for traffic citations....

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

How California’s Ambitious Car Pollution Rules Made Everyone’s Air Cleaner

Cars on the road today are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result. In Los Angeles, where I live, lead levels in the air were 50 times …

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

Moynihan Named CEO of Marsh Management Consulting and Oliver Wyman

Marsh announced Ted Moynihan will become president and CEO of Marsh Management Consulting and Oliver Wyman, effective April 1. He will succeed Nick Studer, who earlier this month was appointed president and CEO of Marsh Risk. Moynihan will serve on &...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

European Watchdogs Review How Insurers Value Private Credit

European insurance watchdogs are taking a closer look at how the industry values its investments in private credit amid widespread concerns about the asset class. Authorities in France and Germany are among those to recently step up their scrutiny, a...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

Sole Proprietor Need Not Notify Insurer of Injury by Deadline for Workers’ Compensation

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has concluded that an individual who is the sole owner and employee of a business is not required to provide his insurance carrier with notice of his work-related injury within 120 days to qualify for workers’ &#8...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Level as Unprecedented Heat Smashes Global Records

Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are crucial to Earth’s …

Posted: Mar 31, 2026

Illinois Cannabis Company Sued for Sexual Harassment

Cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company’s Collinsville, Illinois facility to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) char...

Posted: Mar 31, 2026