Insurance Journal
You may have heard that online insurance agent Insurify launched a ChatGPT app to allow consumers to compare and shop for insurance. What followed was a stock market crash. Following the announcement, U.S. insurance broker stocks took a dive on ̷...
Posted: Feb 22, 2026
I spend a fair amount of time on LinkedIn posting and reading about insurance. Not long ago, there was a discussion about Instacart’s announcement that it would discontinue the use of an AI-powered tool that enabled retailers to charge customer...
Posted: Feb 22, 2026
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts governors issued state of emergency orders and a halt to non-essential travel as a major storm was expected to bring up to 24 inches of snow and strong winds to the region. Around …
Posted: Feb 22, 2026
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts governors issued state of emergency orders and a halt to non-essential travel as a major storm was expected to bring up to 24 inches of snow and strong winds to the region. Around …
Posted: Feb 22, 2026
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will brief lawmakers on Capitol Hill next week about the temporary closure of airspace around El Paso, Texas, earlier this month. Duffy told reporters Friday that he stood behind the Federal Aviation Admini...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Qumis, a lawyer-built AI-driven platform for commercial insurance coverage intelligence, announced a $4.3 million oversubscribed seed round led by MTech Capital, with new strategic investor American Family Ventures and participation from all prior in...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
AM Best said the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs will help to “ease uncertainty across the insurance industry.” “Managing through unknowns is a challenge...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon plc and Arch Insurance International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Fraccalvieri as CEO of Global Facultative Re, Succeeding Laing Insurance broker Aon p...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Palantir Technologies Inc.’s surprise announcement that it’s moving from Denver to Miami is even more surprising because, at least initially, it’s going to be anchored at a co-working space. A regulatory filing lists the companyR...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced her office has secured a consent judgment against a Michigan construction company for accepting deposits for construction projects that were never finished and then failing to return the funds. Nessel f...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Erie Insurance said Tim NeCastro, president and chief executive officer, will retire on Dec. 31 after 10 years leading the company. NeCastro, who was named CEO in 2016, led the company’s growth to nearly $13 billion in premium and more …
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week fined an Alabama utility contractor $257,700, six months after three workers died from sewage gas while installing sewer lines. Construction Labor Services, based in Eight Mile, near Mo...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
TotalEnergies SE is fighting a lawsuit in Paris that seeks to block one of Europe’s top oil and gas producers from starting new fossil fuel exploration and extraction projects. A group of non-governmental organizations and the Paris town hall a...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down on Friday President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, rejecting one of his most contentious assertions of his authority in a ruling with major &...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
The leaders of a $180 million scheme to sell Affordable Care Act insurance plans to homeless people and others who did not qualify were sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and full restitution. Cory Loyd, 47, who was a …
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
The group of 15 backcountry skiers headed out on a three-day trek organized by Blackbird Mountain Guides into pristine wilderness near Frog Lake in California’s Sierra Nevada as a powerful winter storm moved into the state. The skiers made thei...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
The co-founder of Fermat Capital Management says the market for catastrophe bonds is drawing in new issuers at a rate that’s unlike anything he’s seen before. John Seo, managing director and co-founder of Connecticut-based Fermat — a hedg...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has pulled her proposal to allow commercial robotaxi services in smaller cities outside New York, a spokesperson for the governor said on Thursday. “Based on conversations with stakeholders, including in the legis...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
More than two-thirds of independent agencies plan to increase use of artificial intelligence in the next 12 month though just 8% said AI is currently embedded in their daily workflows, according to a new report from The Big “I” Agents ...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages ($34 billion). Global warming also meant that sudde...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
While floods are becoming more frequent in recent years, you should still be able to buy reasonably priced home insurance. That reassurance exists largely because of Flood Re. Launched in 2016, Flood Re is a national public–private reinsurance scheme...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
India temporarily extended permission for four Russian insurers to cover tankers calling at its ports, as the government seeks to sustain crude imports while also managing US pressure to end shipments from Moscow. The stopgap move lasts for one month...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Markel announced a new collaboration with Upfort to provide eligible U.S. cyber policyholders with an expanded suite of tools to help them safeguard their businesses and help reduce the risk of cyberattacks. Upfort Shield, a multi-layer cyber defense...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Amwins Appoints Yuko and Shapiro to Lead New Hospitality Practice Amwins, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, named Michelle Yuko and Joey Shapiro as leaders of its new hospitality practice, a dedicated industry-focused group designed to supp...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026
Live Nation Entertainment Inc. must face an antitrust trial on some claims brought by the US Justice Department and various states for allegedly monopolizing the live events market, after a federal judge rejected the company’s request to dismis...
Posted: Feb 20, 2026