Insurance Journal
Airline stocks were hammered on Monday, while airfares soared as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sent oil prices surging, sparking fears of a deep travel slump and the potential for the widespread grounding of planes. Oil prices were trading more R...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
Zurich Insurance Group AG agreed to buy Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s RedClick unit for €337 million ($389 million) in cash to expand its non-life business in Ireland. The two companies announced the deal in separate statements Monday, confirmin...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
The Trump administration announced a $20 billion reinsurance program aimed at reviving shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, where traffic has all but stopped amid the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. The US International Development Finance Corp. said Fr...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
The UK’s flood insurer of last resort says the country’s mortgage banks aren’t doing enough to prepare for the risks facing homeowners across Britain. “Their assumption is they don’t need to do anything,” Perry Tho...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
Key Takeaways EZLynx is leading the market through technology that supported 14.3 million policies and more than 600,000 sales wins in 2025. Automation tools saved more than 1 million hours of administrative time this past year. EZLynx is committed t...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
Training Arm of HAI Group, a Leading Public and Affordable Housing Insurance Provider, Continues 30-Year Commitment to Multifamily Training CHESHIRE, Conn., [March 2026] — The training arm of HAI Group®, a leading provider of public and affordable ho...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
Why the Future of Insurance BPO Lives Inside Your AMS Most insurance BPOs still work in spreadsheets, ticket portals, or offshore email chains. They move data between systems, not inside them. That model worked when volume was low and expectations &#...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at fighting cybercrime — including fraud and extortion — directing officials to identify robust tools to combat transnational criminal organizations preying on American families, businesse...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
President Donald Trump ousted Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security, a move announced Thursdaythat will also have major implications for the nation’s top disaster agency. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which falls...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
Liberty Mutual’s underwriting results across its businesses came in ahead of targets the company set three years ago when the business was unprofitable, the chief executive reported yesterday, also giving a sense of future strategies. “In...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
The share of insurance companies planning to maintain their current staff size over the next 12 months has reached a 15-year high—while just 7% of insurers plan to reduce headcount in 2026. Aon and The Jacobson Group’s Q1 2026 Insurance …
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
The share of insurance companies planning to maintain their current staff size over the next 12 months has reached a 15-year high—while just 7% of insurers plan to reduce headcount in 2026. Aon and The Jacobson Group’s Q1 2026 Insurance …
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
Five insurance carriers cannot be expected to defend or indemnify a Georgia boarding school where child sexual abuse took place decades before the liability policies were written, the Georgia Court of Appeals has found in a ruling that reversed a ...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
A private jet that crashed in Maine in January, killing all six people aboard, remained on the ground 8 minutes longer than it should have after receiving a deicing treatment in a snowstorm, according to a preliminary report issued Friday …
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
The search has been called off for any survivors after a commercial fishing vessel with two people aboard sank off Cape Cod, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday. Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a notification just before noon …...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
NFP hired Michelle Ross as vice president, head of property/casualty broking, for its West region. Ross was previously NFP’s California broking leader. With more than three decades in the commercial insurance industry, Ross has partnered with m...
Posted: Mar 09, 2026
Florida’s landmark 2022 and 2023 legislative changes have had a big impact on the state’s economy, thanks to lowered insurance costs that have freed up money for other investments and have attracted new companies to the state, says a repo...
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
By Andrea Wells Small businesses are not immune to the increasing frequency and intensity of severe weather-related events. Even a lengthy power outage from a winter storm can be a threat to small businesses, leading to economic damage that is …...
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
Small businesses are not always the owners of the building where they operate. That can limit what can be done to prepare for a natural disaster, but every business should be prepared regardless. “Small business owners may be tenants of …
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
Power outages in the U.S. are rising at an astronomical rate. And the surge is not just affecting homes and communities but also businesses–disrupting operations; damaging equipment and inventory; and costing billions in lost revenue, productiv...
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
With climate-related disasters rising in the past decade, business interruption claims have surged, said Ross Sinclair, founder and CEO at UK-based EIP, an embedded insurance program provider. Sinclair believes parametric insurance coverage can play...
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
The global boom in the construction of data centers–driven by the growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning–is creating organic growth opportunities for major brokers such as Aon and Marsh. “Over the nex...
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
It’s safe to say it’s been a rough start to 2026 in terms of winter storms in the United States. Every winter, the country is at risk of extreme cold and severe weather that tests the limits of infrastructure and …
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
As we move further into 2026, insurers are taking stock of evolving market conditions and crystallizing the opportunities and priorities shaping the year ahead. In the specialty space, the outlook varies depending on your vantage point. Historically,...
Posted: Mar 08, 2026
Defense attorneys for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles held a news conference Thursday to call for his release from jail in light of new evidence they say shows he is not responsible for …
Posted: Mar 06, 2026