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Acorn Owners Said to Weigh Options for £1 Billion UK Cab Insurer

The owners of British specialist motor and home insurer Acorn Group are exploring strategic options including selling a controlling stake in the company, according to people familiar with the matter. The London black cab insurer’s shareholders,...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Viewpoint: Why Unified Data, Not More Data, Will Decide Insurance’s Next Winners

The role of data across the insurance value chain has evolved noticeably. What was once used primarily for retrospective reporting is now becoming a source of real-time intelligence that shapes daily decision-making. This shift is being driven by thr...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

A 10-Year Wait for Autonomous Vehicles to Impact Insurers, Says Fitch

Fitch Ratings said it does not expect autonomous vehicles (AVs) to “have any meaningful impact” on insurers in the next decade. Therefore, impacts to credit ratings will be modest. However, over time, the technology “will indelibly...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

White House Says Trump to Rescind Climate Change Finding Key to Auto Emissions Rules

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to formalize on Thursday a move to overturn the Obama-era legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules, which will lead to the repeal of vehicle emissions rules, the White House said on Tuesday. White House …

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Trump to Rescind Climate Change Finding Key to Auto Emissions Rules

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to formalize on Thursday a move to overturn the Obama-era legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules, which will lead to the repeal of vehicle emissions rules, the White House said on Tuesday. White House …

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Trump’s Repeal of Climate Rule Opens a ‘New Front’ for Litigation

The Trump administration’s imminent repeal of an Obama-era scientific finding that greenhouse gases pose a public health threat could open up a new pathway for filing lawsuits against power-plant operators and other companies. Legal experts sai...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Injured Employee Loses Evidence Spoliation Bid Over Video Erased by Employer

A Virginia public school employee must proceed with his workers’ compensation claim appeal without the evidence of a video he believes shows how and when he was injured at work. His employer, the Newport News Public Schools, erased the video &#...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

Maryland Traffic Fatalities Declined 18% in 2025

The state of Maryland made progress in 2025 toward safer roads, with traffic fatalities falling by approximately 18% statewide, according to preliminary data. Motor vehicle crash deaths declined from 582 in 2024 to 480 in 2025, marking the first time...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

People Moves: Hinterland Insurance Names Krozy CUO, Harding VP Commercial Package and Property

Hinterland Insurance appointed Evan Krozy as the company’s chief underwriting officer and Kristine Harding as executive vice president, commercial package and property, reporting to Krozy. Krozy has more than 25 years of insurance experience, i...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

People Moves: Hinterland Names Krozy CUO, Harding VP Commercial Package and Property

Hinterland Insurance appointed Evan Krozy as the company’s chief underwriting officer and Kristine Harding as executive vice president, commercial package and property, reporting to Krozy. Krozy has more than 25 years of insurance experience, i...

Posted: Feb 11, 2026

AIG Underwriting Income Up 48% in Q4 on North America Commercial

Fourth quarter 2025 underwriting income in American International Group’s (AIG) General Insurance segment increased 48% compared with the prior year, to $670 million. The unit, which includes North America commercial, International commercial,...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

EPA Identifies Spilled Chemical Compound That Affected 260 Cars in Kansas

The EPA has identified the chemical compound spilled in Garnett, Kansas, on Dec. 31, 2025. Recent laboratory analysis corroborates EPA’s preliminary field screening results with a “high level of confidence” that the corrosive substa...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Rejection of Texas Law Blacklisting ‘Woke’ Firms Could Challenge Other Anti-ESG Laws

A Texas judge’s move to strike down a state law blacklisting “woke” financial firms, including BlackRock and HSBC, that used environmental, social or governance factors in investment decisions will likely drive a broader push to rep...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Liberty Mutual to Partner With Net-Zero Focused PE Firm Ara

Liberty Mutual Group Inc.’s asset-management arm agreed to back Ara Partners’ infrastructure and energy strategies, in the latest partnership between an insurer and an alternative investment firm. The collaboration includes an anchor comm...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

SC Wind Mitigation Grant Program Now Open for New Applications

South Carolina’s Safe Home Mitigation Program today, Feb. 10, began accepting applications for a new round of funding for resiliency grants. The program, which provides up to $6,000 in matching grants and up to $7,500 in non-matching grants, re...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Trump Threatens to Block Detroit-Canada Bridge in New Row

President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of a new bridge that connects Michigan and Ontario until the US was given compensation and ownership of half of it, saying he’d start negotiations immediately. “I will not allow this...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Louisiana Restaurants to Pay $34K in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Shreveport, Louisiana-based Minden Seafood, LLC, and Dorcheat Seafood, LLC, operators of restaurants Minden Seafood and Dorcheat Seafood and Grill, will pay a former employee $34,000 in back pay and emotional distress damages to settle a sexual haras...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Greece and Malta Hesitate Over EU’s Russia Oil Services Ban

Greece and Malta have emerged as the main obstacle to a European Union proposal to replace a Russian oil price cap with a ban on the services needed to ship the fuel. The two southern European countries raised concerns about …

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Six Charged in $1.7M Damage Claims Scheme With Florida Government

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, who quickly showed his cards on wasteful and fraudulent spending at the local level, has now announced a crackdown inside his own and other state government departments, related to fraudulent insurance claims....

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

AIG Completes Purchase of Minority Stakes in Re/Insurer Convex and PE Firm Onex

American International Group announced on Friday it has completed the acquisitions of strategic minority ownership stakes in Convex Group Ltd., a privately held, global specialty insurer, and Onex Corp., a publicly traded global asset manager. AIG ac...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Probe Begins Into Maine Pulp Facility Chemical Release That Killed Intern, Injured 9

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release that occurred on January 27, 2026, at the Woodland Pulp facility in Baileyville, Maine. The incident at the pulp production faci...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Risky Future Series: AI Tools for Aerial, Geospatial Intelligence ‘Demo Day’ on Feb. 11

Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for Aerial and Geospatial Intelligence” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for carriers, MGAs, claims professionals, underwriters,...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Labor Board Gives Up Oversight of Musk’s SpaceX

The US labor board is abandoning a yearslong legal battle against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and signaling it will steer clear of future cases against the company. Two years after issuing a complaint accusing the aerospace firm of firing eight engineer...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Majority of Striking New York Nurses Announce Tentative Deal With Hospitals

Two-thirds of nurses who walked out of major hospitals in New York City a month ago have reached preliminary agreements with their employers and may end the strike this week, the union representing 15,000 striking nurses said on Monday. The …

Posted: Feb 10, 2026

Insurify Starts App With ChatGPT to Allow Consumers to Shop for Insurance

Online insurance agent Insurify said it has launched a ChatGPT app to allow consumers to compare and shop for insurance. Insurify said the app is the first insurance app in OpenAI’s directory. “Shopping for car insurance has traditionally...

Posted: Feb 10, 2026