Insurance Journal

Miami Football Player Charged With Vehicular Homicide Following May Crash

University of Miami linebacker Adarius Hayes has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of reckless driving with serious bodily injury, all of which followed the investigation into a May crash that killed three people. Hay...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Brightway Expands with Acquisition of GlobalGreen Agency

Jacksonville-based Brightway Insurance has acquired GlobalGreen Insurance Agency, a multi-state network writing $270 million in annual premium. GlobalGreen is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, and has affiliate operations across the country. J...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Brightway Expands With Acquisition of GlobalGreen Agency

Jacksonville-based Brightway Insurance has acquired GlobalGreen Insurance Agency, a multi-state network writing $270 million in annual premium. GlobalGreen is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, and has affiliate operations across the country. J...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Penn-America Acquires Commercial Insurance Distribution Marketplace Sayata

Global Indemnity Group announced that its subsidiary Penn-America Underwriters has completed the acquisition of Sayata, an AI-enabled digital distribution marketplace and agency operations platform for commercial insurance. Global Indemnity Group sai...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Trump Administration to Revoke Approval of Another Massachusetts Offshore Wind Farm

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke federal approval of Avangrid’s planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The legal maneuver is the latest move by U.S...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

River Valley Underwriters Acquires Texas’ Patriot National Underwriters

River Valley Underwriters, Inc has announced that it will be acquiring the book of business from Patriot National Underwriters, Inc, as well as the current employees. The parties expect to complete the transaction effective September 1, 2025. RVU is...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

South Dakota Father and Son to Pay $4M in Crop Insurance Fraud Case

A South Dakota father and son have been ordered to pay over $4 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act arising out of their 2018 and 2019 crop insurance fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of …

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Oak Global Launches Retro Syndicate at Lloyd’s

OAK Global is launching a new strategic business unit, OAK Enterprise, which will be focused on underwriting retrocession business with an appetite for property and specialty classes. The newly formed Lloyd’s Syndicate 1440 has received in-prin...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Shipping Company Fined $2M for Maritime Pollution

A global ship management and maritime services company was ordered to pay $2 million for improperly discharging oily waste into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Louisiana announced last week. V.Ships Norway A.S...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Spain and Portugal Fires Were More Intense Because of Climate Change: Research

Climate change made the extreme weather conditions that fueled the wildfires in Portugal and Spain about 40 times more likely to happen and the blazes themselves 30% more intense than if the world hadn’t warmed, research scientists said. The 10...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

European Private Credit Market to Catch Up With US, Moody’s Says

The European private credit market is gaining ground on the US, according to a report from Moody’s Ratings. Over the last several years, the depth of the market in Europe has lagged behind the US, mostly because of regulatory and …

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Judge Questions DOJ Decision to Drop Boeing Independent Monitor

A U.S. judge on Wednesday held a three-hour hearing to consider objections to a deal between the Justice Department and Boeing that allows the planemaker to avoid prosecution on a charge stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that …

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

The Year So Far: Liberty Mutual Improves Most Among Nationals; Discipline Tested

A Carrier Management summary of earnings metrics for the year so far reveals a second-quarter average combined ratio of roughly 88, and a year-to-date ratio of just under 92 for a cohort of 27 insurers. Among the group, made up …

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

EU Regulator Flags Surge in Online Sales of Counterfeit Weight-Loss Drugs

The European Union’s medicines regulator said on Wednesday there has been a surge in illegal medicines marketed as weight-loss and diabetes medicines online in recent months across the region, and warned about a serious risk to public health. G...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

With Storms, Flooding and Potential FEMA Cuts, Parametric Flood is on the Rise

With inland flooding, storm surge losses and government cutbacks on the rise, parametric flood insurance may finally be having a moment in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast. “It’s starting to get some traction. We’re seeing mor...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

With Storms, Flooding and Potential FEMA Cuts, Parametric Flood Is on the Rise

With inland flooding, storm surge losses and government cutbacks on the rise, parametric flood insurance may finally be having a moment in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast. “It’s starting to get some traction. We’re seeing mor...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

US P/C Insurance Industry First-Half Underwriting Profit Triples

The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $11.5 billion and net income of $49.1 billion for the first-half of 2025, according to a new report. “The lack of any significant natural catastrophes in the seco...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Forklift Error at New York Beauty Products Warehouse Spurs Chemical Leak and Fire

A chemical leak and fire at a suburban New York beauty products warehouse Tuesday may have been caused by a forklift mishap, officials said, warning neighbors to stay indoors. Commuter trains were temporarily stalled in the area ahead of the …

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Pennsylvania Man Charged in $400 Million ATM Fraud

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with tricking people into investing money he claimed would be used to buy thousands of automated teller machines, causing more than $400 million of investor losses, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday. Daryl Heller,...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

California, Oregon And Washington Form Health Alliance Amid Federal Vaccine Tensions

U.S. states of California, Oregon and Washington said on Wednesday they have launched a new health alliance to provide unified vaccine recommendations amid growing tensions over federal immunization policies and public health directives. Under the We...

Posted: Sep 04, 2025

Korea Slaps Hefty Fine on SK Telecom for Years of Negligence

South Korea’s largest mobile operator was hit with a fine and stern criticism from the country’s privacy regulator after a cyberattack disclosed in April compromised the data of about half the nation’s population. The Personal Infor...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Goldman Sachs Fights £9 Million Claim From Manager Who Won Paternity Leave Suit

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is fighting an £8.9 million ($11.9 million) claim from a former compliance manager who won a sex-discrimination ruling that he was unfairly fired after taking six months of paternity leave. Jonathan Reeves, who worked in Gold...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Relation Acquires Illinois’ Joseph M. Wiedemann & Sons

Relation Insurance Services announced their acquisition of the assets of Joseph M. Wiedemann & Sons, Inc. (JMWS). The transaction went into effect on August 1, 2025; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. JMWS, a fourth-generation family-ow...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Tropolis Completes Acquisitions of 8 Agencies in 3 States

Tropolis Insurance Services said it has completed eight agency acquisitions across the United States. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. The tech-enabled brokerage providing property/casualty and employee benefits solutions out of Ann Arbo...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025

Two Planes Collide Midair at Colorado Airport, Killing 1 And Injuring 3

One person was killed and three were injured when two small planes collided midair as they tried to land at an airport in northeastern Colorado, authorities said. A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 collided Sunday morning while trying &#8230...

Posted: Sep 03, 2025