Insurance Journal
The European Union proposed a ban on the Nord Stream gas pipelines and the reduction of an oil price cap as part of a new sanctions package that aims to pile pressure on Moscow to end its war against Ukraine. …
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
Hainan Island is bracing for the first typhoon of the season in the western Pacific, with the storm expected to dump heavy rain across parts of southern China as the system nears the coast. The tropical depression — named Wutip …
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
he Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. The Environmental...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
When an S&P Global Ratings executive asked the leader of Travelers how current challenges like tariff uncertainty, inflation, geopolitical risks influence the insurer’s strategy, Alan Schnitzer delivered an answer than Larry Wilkinson may n...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
Canopius Group, headquartered in Chicago, appointed Tom Losquadro as vice president of underwriting for national hull and liability U.S. Losquadro brings extensive experience in marine insurance, having held senior roles at both AIG and Marsh McLenna...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
The rise of autonomous vehicles will force a reconfiguration of the $400 billion US auto-insurance industry, as accidents caused by human error decrease and costs are slashed, but questions about liability remain, according to Goldman Sachs. “A...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
Some Florida policyholders and their attorneys have long complained about real or perceived delays in the claims-handling process after a loss. A Florida appeals court ruled last week that telling a jury about those delays may be prejudicial and out...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and sports apparel and footwear company Adidas America have reached a settlement for $235,000 in penalties to resolve fall hazard and unsafe ladder violations The agreement also requires the co...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
Ryan Specialty announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of J.M. Wilson Corporation. JM Wilson is based in Michigan and its operations will become a part of RT Binding Authority, the binding authority specialty of &#...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
Alliant Insurance Services acquired Johnson Benefit Planning in Oregon. The Johnson Benefit Planning team will join Alliant. Johnson Benefit Planning is an employee benefits consulting firm with offices in Bend and West Linn, Oregon. Alliant is headq...
Posted: Jun 11, 2025
Introducing LightDutyWorks, the turnkey return-to-work solution to help agents not just diagnose mod problems, but fix them. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – June 11, 2025 — Emerge Apps announced the launch of the Mod Performance Suite, a first-of-i...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
San Diego, June 10, 2025 – Carrier Management is hosting the second event in a series of free “Demo Days”, designed to allow home insurers to experience rapid fire demos of cutting-edge risk tools. The latest online event offers insurance...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Following the “paradigm-shifting” Los Angeles wildfires in January, the 2024-2025 wildfire season will be remembered as a turning point for the insurance industry, and a warning that “wildfire is no longer a seasonal or rural phenom...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
The Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO), a division of the Texas Department of Insurance. announced three investigations that have led to guilty pleas: James Levorn Rias pleaded guilty to a first-degree murder charge following a May 2024 f...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Burns & Wilcox, a globally recognized leader in wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, promoted Bill Gatewood to executive vice president, personal insurance, effective July 1. Burns & Wilcox is a member of...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt and Kansas Department of Insurance staff will be on-site Tuesday, June 10 in El Dorado to assist Kansans affected by widespread flooding in Butler County, the department said. KDI staff will assist with ins...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Bally’s Corp. said it has settled a lawsuit brought by two white men and a conservative legal group that challenged a $1.7 billion Chicago casino project that offered ownership stakes only to women and people of color. The settlement comes R...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
With hurricane season underway and an above-normal activity forecast, some National Weather Service offices like Houston — where as many as 44% of positions are vacant — are operating with staff shortages, prompting concerns about their capacity to m...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Several people were injured after a skydiving plane crashed outside a small Tennessee airport, authorities said. The Federal Aviation Administration said a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter plane carrying 20 people crashed shortly after departing...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
The sheriff of an Alabama county mired in allegations of abuse was arrested on Monday for hiring officers without state training or certification, according to an indictment. Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith, 41, was indicted on six misdemeanors in s...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
A Baptist college in northeast Georgia has placed its president on leave while it investigates whether he ignored claims that a former administrator was abusing students. Trustees at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland announced on Friday that t...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Two people were killed by falling trees and tens of thousands were left without power as severe storms rolled through the South over the weekend. The storms downed trees and powerlines and brought heavy rainfall, hail and gusty winds as …
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Brown & Brown Inc. said it has entered into an agreement to buy Accession Risk Management, the parent company of specialty brokerage firm Risk Strategies and wholesaler One80 Intermediaries, for about $9.8 billion. Daytona Beach, Florida-based Br...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Fifty trucks will spend five months hauling Lahaina wildfire debris to a landfill in the center of Maui starting next Monday, Maui County said. There’s enough debris to fill five football fields five stories high. About two years ago the …...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025
Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance is still working to restore systems following a network outage that it revealed on Sunday. “A network outage impacting Erie systems continues. All available resources are working to restore access as soon as po...
Posted: Jun 10, 2025