Insurance Journal
The P/C insurance industry stands at a critical inflection point. Customer expectations, reshaped by their seamless digital experiences with companies like Amazon and Apple, are pushing insurers to transform quickly. With claims now a decisive factor...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Camp Mystic, the Christian girls’ camp where 25 young campers and two counselors died during the July 4 flooding, will reopen one of its campsites in 2026, according to an email shared with families. Camp Mystic officials said in the …
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
As cyber security threats continue to evolve, more businesses are trusting insurers to offer guidance on proactive protection and prevention. In fact, 86% of business leaders are confident in the cybersecurity guidance from insurance carriers—a highe...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
King Risk Partners has expanded again in the Southeast with the acquisition of LH Griffith & Co., an agency with offices in Walterboro and Goose Creek, in southeast South Carolina. Griffith agency was founded 25 years ago. Heath Griffith is ̷...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Every day, LaRanda Schoolcraft drives five minutes down the hill from her Terra Alta home to visit the family member she calls her “person.” “My grandpa has dementia now and doesn’t always make sense,” she said. “B...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he was “encouraged” by a recent talk with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and actions the company has taken in the wake of a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT guided a teenager to suicide. In &#...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Amynta Group announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively, “International Sureties”), a commercial surety broker based in...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced the launch of HUB Livestock Insurance in Canada, a scalable product with multiple specialized sub-programs, including equine, poultry and egg, dairy and cattle offerings, with othe...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Danish offshore wind developer Orsted can restart work on the nearly finished Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island, a federal judge ruled on Monday, after President Donald Trump’s administration halted the project last month. T...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
A federal appeals court says a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state’s sports league, overturning a previous ruling that upheld a ban on the school after it forfeited a high school girls basketball game against a team with ̷...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Autonomous trucking startup Gatik AI Inc. plans to operate 50 self-driving freight trucks in Canada by the end of next year, pushing toward driverless shipping with plans to remove the safety driver within months of deployment on public roads. Privat...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is extending the closure of its factories until October 1 following a cyberattack in early September that has left its operations paralyzed and smaller suppliers struggling. The luxury carmaker, owne...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
A hack hitting major airports across Europe followed by drone incursions in Copenhagen and Oslo are testing the weak spots of the region’s aviation infrastructure and raising fears about coordinated attacks leading to increased disruption. In D...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
As Typhoon Ragasa, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, approached Hong Kong this week, mass flight cancellations and lost revenue were not the only headache for airlines based at one of the world’s busiest airports. Ahea...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Super Typhoon Ragasa’s fierce winds have kept Hong Kong’s most severe storm warning in place for the second-longest ever duration, eclipsing storm Mangkhut but falling short of an all-out record. The city’s highest storm alert, sign...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Independent binding authority and wholesale brokerage XS Brokers recently announced Erik Wirkus has been promoted to chief executive officer. Wirkus has served as president of the Quincy, Massachusetts-based company since 2019. He has been with XS Br...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
The Trump administration’s hefty new visa fees for H-1B workers have prompted high-level talks inside companies in Silicon Valley and beyond on the possibility of moving more jobs overseas—precisely the outcome the policy was meant to stop. U.S...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
A company that snatched up distressed brick-and-mortar brands including RadioShack and Pier 1 Imports and promised investors big returns in a pivot to e-commerce operated as a Ponzi-like scheme, the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleged. When...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Atlanta-based insurance and benefits brokerage OneDigital is the beneficiary of a $2.3 billion investment – a majority stake to be taken by the Canada Pension Plan and Stone Point Capital. The investment comes through an acquisition of a stake from &...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
LP Insurance named Heather Thompson as its first chief financial officer. Thompson joined LP in 2018 as a financial analyst and was promoted to controller, overseeing all of LP’s accounting and finance operations in 2022. As CFO, she leads LP&#...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
California-based ALKEME Insurance reports it has acquired Gotham Brokerage Co., a New York City insurance agency specializing in insurance for condos, co-ops, and apartments with a concentration in the high-value real estate markets of Brooklyn and M...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Karen Read’s lawyers asked a judge on Monday to dismiss part of a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of her former Boston police officer boyfriend, whose killing she was acquitted of earlier this year after two highly publicized ̷...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Many fled when wildfires devastated Los Angeles earlier this year, but Guillermo del Toro rushed back in, determined to save his lifelong collection of horror memorabilia. It’s the same loyalty that finds him making another tough decision to pr...
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Root Insurance has brought its driving behavior insuring pricing model to Washington in an expansion of its West Coast footprint. Root now offers its product to drivers in Washington, Oregon and California. Root’s model is designed to measure d...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has reached two settlement agreements with the current and past owners of a paper mill in White Pigeon, Michigan. The two settlements secure funding for response activities to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub...
Posted: Sep 23, 2025