Insurance Journal

Illinois Sues State Farm for Refusal to Release Homeowners’ Insurance Data

The State of Illinois is suing State Farm for refusing to provide nationwide homeowners’ insurance data at the request of the Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI). Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed the lawsuit on Oct. 14 on behalf of Direct...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Proactive Strategies for Managing Multifamily Housing Risks

Date: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 Venue: Zoom Time: 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT – HAI Group is pleased to announce its seventh annual Virtual Risk Management Conference, a free event tailored to housing and insurance professionals in &#82...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

UK Sanctions Russia’s Lukoil and Rosneft, Targets Shadow Fleet

Britain targeted Russia’s two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, and 51 shadow fleet tankers on Wednesday in what it described as a new bid to tighten energy sanctions and choke off Kremlin revenues. Lukoil and Rosneft were designated u...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Update: UK Sanctions Russia’s Lukoil and Rosneft, Targets Shadow Fleet

Britain targeted Russia’s two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, and 44 shadow fleet tankers on Wednesday in what it described as a new bid to tighten energy sanctions and choke off Kremlin revenues. Lukoil and Rosneft were designated u...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

People Moves: The Mutual Group Names Troy as CEO

The Mutual Group, LLC announced Tom Troy as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 5, 2026. Troy has over 30 years of experience at several major insurance carriers, including senior leadership roles at some of the largest and most well respected...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Credit Suisse Bondholders Given Fresh Hope by Swiss Court Ruling

A Swiss court has given fresh hope to Credit Suisse bondholders who sought damages after their investments were wiped out when UBS Group AG rescued the bank in a government-brokered deal over two years ago. The complainants, some 3,000 investors, &#8...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

People Moves: Miller Taps Menn From Intact/RSA as Head of France; Aon UK Promotes Beverely as Chief...

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurance brokers Miller and Aon in the UK. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Taps Menn From Intact/RSA as Head of France Miller, the London-based independent s...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

People Moves: Miller Taps Menn From Intact/RSA as Head of France; Aon UK Promotes Beverely as Chief...

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurance brokers Miller and Aon in the UK. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Taps Menn From Intact/RSA as Head of France Miller, the London-based independent s...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Texas Ag Commissioner at Odds with USDA Over Screwworm Control Methods

USDA slaps down Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller over New World Screwworm Kate McGee and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune October 14, 2025 Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is trading barbs with the Trump Administration over its re...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Stellantis to Invest $13B in the US, Focused on Midwest Plants

Stellantis STLAM.MI announced a $13 billion investment in the U.S. on Tuesday, a move it said will bring five new models to the market and add 5,000 jobs in plants across the Midwest over the next four years. The plan, …

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Specialist Risk Group Acquires Wholesale Team From Lockton

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced it has acquired a new wholesale team from Lockton. SRG said the move further strengthens SRG’s London market capability and expands its specialist proposition acros...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Alliant Expands Transportation Risk and Cross-Border Expertise in Texas

Alliant Insurance Services acquired Texas Insurance Agency in Laredo, one of the U.S.’s busiest international trade ports, specializing in cross-border trucking risk and insurance; as well as McAfee Insurance Agency in Mabank, a leading insuran...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

UK Is Making It Easier to Assess Public Flood-Defense Funding

The UK is making it easier for flood defense projects to access public funds as climate change increases the risk to homes. On Tuesday, the government announced changes to the way that funds are allocated to protect homes from river, …

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

North Carolina Plan Wipes Out $6.5B in Medical Debt for 2.5M People

More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort that offered hospitals extra Medicaid funds from Washington if they gave low- and middle-income patients the fin...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Semi-Trailer Crash Into Van Kills 7 on Northeast Georgia Highway

Seven people were killed in a fiery crash on a highway in Georgia on Monday afternoon when a semi-trailer struck a van and it burst into flames, according to law enforcement. The semi-trailer was following too close to the Dodge …

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Volvo, State Farm Partner on Point-of-Sale Auto Insurance

There has been another announcement of a relationship between insurance and an auto manufacturer. State Farm and Volvo are collaborating to provide Volvo customers across the U.S. with access to car insurance options when they buy a car. Volvo custom...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

IMF Warns of Elevated Risk of ‘Disorderly’ Global Market Correction

Global markets are too comfortable with risks, including trade wars, geopolitical tensions and yawning government deficits, which, combined with already overpriced assets, increase the chance of a “disorderly” market correction, the Inter...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Delaware Supreme Court Hears Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Package Appeal

Elon Musk’s lawyers will urge the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday to restore his $56 billion pay package from Tesla, as one of the biggest corporate legal battles enters its final stage nearly two years after a lower court judge …

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

1 Dead, 2 Missing And Dozens Rescued After Remnants of Typhoon Lashed Alaska

One person was dead and two were missing in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong over the weekend brought hurricane-force winds and ravaging storm surges and floodwaters that swept some homes away, authorities said. More than 50 people...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

SIAA Launches New Data Driven AI Tool to Boost Agency, Carrier Growth

The agency network, SIAA, today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence optimization platform called SIAA NXT, a platform that combines a suite of solutions and services designed to help members and partners connect and grow in an incre...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

New Hampshire’s Davis & Towle Acquires Tassey Group

Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, has acquired Tassey Group Insurance in Berlin, which is about 115 miles north of Concord. Davis & Towle also announced the merger of Tassey Group with Davis & Towle a...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

8 Auto Insurance Providers to Pay New York $19M Over Data Breaches

New York State is securing more than $19 million in penalties from eight auto insurance providers for violations of the state’s cybersecurity regulation. Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris said that inadequ...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

US Sanctions Online Scammers Who Stole Billions From Victims

The Trump administration sanctioned more than a hundred companies and individuals in Southeast Asia linked to online investment scams that have fleeced US victims of billions of dollars in recent years. The Treasury Department — in collaboration with...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

People Moves: Chamberlain to Lead Nationwide’s Small Commercial Operations; Duck Creek Gains New CEO...

Chamberlain Named Small Commercial Operations and Service Solutions Leader Nationwide has tapped Joe Chamberlain to lead its small commercial operations and service solutions organization. Chamberlain has over 30 years of underwriting and operations...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025

US Government Shutdown Threatens Home Sales in Flood-Prone Areas: Report

A shutdown of the U.S. government could hinder the accessibility of insurance coverage to prospective homeowners in flood-prone areas, and cost the already struggling housing market billions of dollars in delayed contract closings, data showed on Tue...

Posted: Oct 15, 2025