Insurance Journal

Three Killed in Fiery Truck-Car Pileup on Georgia Interstate

CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others injured in a fiery wreck involving multiple vehicles and semi-trailers on the interstate that connects Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. The crash closed all of the southb...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Brett Favre’s Defamation Suit Against State Auditor Can Move Forward, Court Says

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A defamation lawsuit filed by retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre against Mississippi Auditor Shad White for his comments on a welfare scandal will move forward after Mississippi’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied White&#8...

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: Advocus Names Moore SVP of Illinois Operations

Advocus National Title Insurance Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, named Mike Moore senior vice president of Illinois operations. Moore has been part of Advocus (formerly ATG) for over 30 years, and most recently served as vice president o...

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: CRC Names New Underwriting Leaders and Senior VP

Birmingham-based CRC Group, a wholesale and specialty insurance broker, announced new hires in underwriting and company leadership. JV Franks, with some 25 years in the insurance brokerage business, was named underwriting team leader, based in New Or...

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: AIG Taps Colombo From Swiss Re as CEO, Latin America and Caribbean; Willis Names Forme...

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at American International Group and Willis. A summary of these new hires follows here. AIG Taps Colombo From Swiss Re as CEO, Latin America and Caribbean American International Group (AI...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Slide Secures $250M Cat Bond as Hurricane Season Looms

Tampa-based Slide Insurance announced it has finalized a $250 million catastrophe bond through Purple Re Ltd., expanding Slide’s hurricane protection in Florida and South Carolina. “Securing cat bonds over the past couple of years and bui...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Hedge Fund Fermat Sees 20% Surge in Catastrophe Bond Market

Hedge fund Fermat Capital Management expects the market for catastrophe bonds to grow 20% this year, as a product based on disasters gains ground in a world increasingly shaped by extreme weather, population density and inflation. The market “h...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Coinbase Says Bribed Workers Leaked Data to Hacker Seeking $20 Million in Ransom

Coinbase Global Inc. said hackers bribed contractors or employees outside the US to steal sensitive customer data and demanded a $20 million ransom, in one of the most high-profile security breaches of a crypto trading platform. The largest US crypto...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Workers’ Comp Premiums Fall 3% in 2024; Combined Ratio Holds at 86: NCCI

Workers’ compensation remained a healthy and profitable line in 2024 but claims severity grew with an increase of 6% for medical claim severity and 6% for indemnity claim severity. That’s according to the National Council on Compensation...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Xiaomi EV Sales Fall After Deadly Crash, False Advertising Claims

Xiaomi Corp. electric vehicle sales in China have taken a hit since March after a fatal highway accident and consumer unhappiness around the marketing of one version of its car. Orders for Xiaomi’s SU7 sedan plunged to around 36,000 units &#823...

Posted: May 15, 2025

‘Synchronization’ of Europe’s Financial Rules With US, UK Is a Priority: France’s Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that getting European regulation to be more in sync with the United States and the United Kingdom was one of his priorities for the banking and insurance sectors. Speaking at JPMorgan’s markets...

Posted: May 15, 2025

2024 P/C Insurance Combined Ratio: Best in More Than a Decade

With combined ratios for personal and commercial lines landing only 0.4 points apart last year, the property/casualty insurance industry’s aggregate 2024 combined ratio was 96.5—marking the lowest figure since 2013, a new report shows. Fine-tun...

Posted: May 15, 2025

2024 P/C Insurance Combined Ratio Best in More Than a Decade

With combined ratios for personal and commercial lines landing only 0.4 points apart last year, the property/casualty insurance industry’s aggregate 2024 combined ratio was 96.5—marking the lowest figure since 2013, a new report shows. Fine-tun...

Posted: May 15, 2025

State Farm VP Apologizes to Homeowner While Allstate Gets Grilled at Senate Hearing

It’s not just a few Florida-domiciled insurance carriers that have allegedly altered field adjusters’ reports on property damage in recent years. It’s also major national insurers, including Allstate and State Farm, adjusters and po...

Posted: May 15, 2025

TIMBY Specialty Launches Warehouse Legal Liability Coverage

Inland marine managing general underwriter TIMBY Specialty Insurance Solutions launched its Warehouse Legal Liability Coverage, a product specifically for public and contract warehouses that handle third-party property. With limits up to $5 million p...

Posted: May 15, 2025

In Tesla’s Wake, More Big Companies Propose Voting ‘Dexit’ to Depart Delaware

In the coming weeks, investors in nine public companies worth at least $1 billion each will vote on proposals to ditch Delaware as their place of incorporation, potentially denting the state’s longtime reputation as Corporate America’s ca...

Posted: May 15, 2025

People Moves: Roberts Joins Alliant in Boston; MEMIC Promotes Amoateng and Finn

Paul Roberts joined Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the consultant has expertise in employee benefits, risk management and r...

Posted: May 15, 2025

New York Sues Capital One for Cheating Savings Depositors

Capital One was sued on Wednesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who accused the bank of cheating depositors with its flagship “high interest” savings accounts out of millions of dollars in interest. The lawsuit followed the...

Posted: May 15, 2025

LA County Wildfire Alert Mistakenly Sent to Millions Due to Tech Glitch

A technological glitch caused an emergency alert to be mistakenly sent to millions of Los Angeles County residents in January rather than only those in the proximity of a wildfire, according to a congressional report. The mistaken alert on Jan. &#823...

Posted: May 15, 2025

Waymo Recalls 1,200 Self-Driving Vehicles After Minor Collisions

Alphabet’s Waymo is recalling more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles to update software and address risks of collisions with chains, gates and other roadway barriers after U.S. auto safety investigators opened a probe last year. The recall affec...

Posted: May 14, 2025

More Than 200 Firefighters Battled Warehouse Blaze in Baltimore. No Injuries Reported

More than 200 firefighters battled a massive blaze that broke out at a west Baltimore warehouse, disrupting Amtrak service in the area and prompting officials to move dozens of area residents. Commuter rail service was canceled Tuesday amid fears the...

Posted: May 14, 2025

Report: California Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Highest in 14 Years

Written premiums in California stabilized in 2022 through 2024 after the large swings during the pandemic, while the combined ratio rose to the highest level in 14 years, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of...

Posted: May 14, 2025

Business Moves: Insurtech wefox to Sell Italian Businesses to PE Firm J.C. Flowers

German Insurtech wefox has agreed to sell its Italian businesses, wefox MGA S.r.l. and wefox Services Italy S.r.l., to U.S. private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2015, wefox has &#8230...

Posted: May 14, 2025

Missouri Lawsuit Filed Against Natural Gas Company Over Fatal Home Explosion

Missouri’s attorney general sued a natural gas company Monday over the explosion of a home in a small town that killed a 5-year-old boy, accusing the utility of violating a state safety law. Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit came l...

Posted: May 14, 2025

Texas AG Secures $60M Judgment in Pollution Case

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week announced a judgment of more than $60 million against David Polston and his companies, Inland Environmental and Remediation, Inland Recycling, and Boundary Ventures, for allegedly dumping pollutants in Texa...

Posted: May 14, 2025