Insurance Journal

Carmakers Accused in Huge UK Lawsuits of Cheating Diesel Emissions Tests

Some of the world’s biggest carmakers manipulated diesel emissions tests because they “would rather cheat than comply with the law,” lawyers for over 1.6 million claimants told London’s High Court on Monday, at the start of a...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Qantas Says Stolen Customer Data Posted Online After Cyberattack

Qantas Airways Ltd. said customer data stolen during a cyber incident in July has been released online, and that it’s working with security experts and Australian authorities to determine the extent of the exposure. The breach involved 5.7 mill...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

UK Sees 50% Spike in Major Cyberattacks as Top Firms Targeted

The UK has seen a significant increase in major cyberattacks by criminals and hostile states over the last year, the country’s cyber security agency said, following a spate of high-profile incidents targeting companies from Jaguar Land Rover to...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

French Banks, Insurers Sell Bonds After Macron’s New Cabinet

French banks and insurers tapped the European market for bonds on Monday, with investor demand holding up for most offerings despite the country’s ongoing political crisis. BPCE SFH sold a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) covered bond, which saw more...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Fintech and AI Drive London Finance Job Vacancy Growth in Q3, Recruiter Says

A boom at financial technology firms and growing demand to get to grips with artificial intelligence lifted financial sector job vacancy numbers in London in the third-quarter, Morgan McKinley’s London Employment Monitor showed on Monday. Vacan...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Apple Sued Over Use of Copyrighted Books to Train Apple Intelligence

Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model. Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephe...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

AI’s Growth Leaves Financial Regulators Struggling to Catch Up

Regulators are still at an “early stage” in their efforts to track the risks posed to the financial system by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, global financial watchdogs warned on Oct 10. In a report to the G20, the …

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Samsung Hit With $445.5M Jury Verdict Over Wireless Communications Patents

A federal jury in Marshall, Texas found on Oct. 10 that Samsung Electronics owes patent owner Collision Communications nearly $445.5 million in damages for infringing on patents related to 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi communications standards. The jury said that...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Florida, National Groups File Suit Over ‘Anti-Public Adjuster’ Endorsements

At least six property insurers in Florida have opened a new front in their battle against public claims adjusters – policy endorsements that strongly discourage property owners’ use of public adjusters altogether. And the National Association o...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Vermont Stops Use of ‘Angi Certified Pro’ Marketing Term

Online platform Angi, formerly known as Angi’s List, has settled with Vermont’s attorney general over concerns about misleading marketing on its online platform, which connects consumers with more than 300 Vermont contractors or service p...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Gavin Newsom Stares Down LA Revolt in California Housing Fight

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at ramping up the housing supply, bucking opposition from detractors including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and neighborhoods around the state’s largest city. The legislation allows apartment bui...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

New California Law Aims to Stabilize Insurance for Those Unable to Get Private Coverage

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill that aims to prevent the state’s home insurer of last resort from running out of money following a natural disaster. The FAIR Plan is an insurance pool that provides policies to people &#823...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

People Moves: ICW Group in California Names Moretti Chief Claims Officer

ICW Group Insurance Companies named Lynn Moretti chief claims officer. Moretti will oversee the company’s claims operations nationwide. Moretti previously served as chief claims officer for AmTrust Specialty, managing international claims opera...

Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Bold Penguin Acquires SquareRisk to Expand Specialty, E&S Access

Insurtech Bold Penguin said it has acquired SquareRisk, a digital, artificial intelligence-enabled wholesale insurance marketplace. Bold Penguin said users of its quoting software will now have additional commercial insurance policy coverage options...

Posted: Oct 13, 2025

US Probes Driver Assistance Software in 2.9 Million Tesla Vehicles Over Traffic Violations

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it is opening an investigation into 2.88 million Tesla vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving system over more than 50 reports of traffic-safety violations and a seri...

Posted: Oct 13, 2025

Why Ethics CE Matters: Strengthening Professional Standards in Insurance

This post is part of a series sponsored by Risk & Insurance Education Alliance. In an industry where trust is everything, Gallup’s 2023 Honesty and Ethics poll (Brenan & Jones, 2024) found that only 12 percent of Americans rated the &#8...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Special Contingency Risks Offers Enhanced Victim Support Cover

Special Contingency Risks (SCR), a WTW business, has launched an Enhanced Victim Support insurance extension (EVS) to support hostage victims. The SCR initiative launches as part of an exclusive partnership with the charity, Hostage International. Th...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Higginbotham Acquires Texas’ Stephens Insurance Services

Higginbotham has acquired Lubbock, Texas-based Stephens Insurance Services, a benefits specialist. The collaboration pairs on-the-ground relationships with added resources to enhance combined service offerings across West Texas and into eastern New M...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

NC Woman Faces 170 Felony Charges in Insurance Fraud Involving Stolen GLP-1 Drugs

A North Carolina woman has been busy over the last three years, illegally obtaining weight-loss medication, administering it to people, and defrauding insurance companies of more than $87,400, the state Department of Insurance alleged this week. Heat...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Louisiana Police Video Counters Claim that LSU Star was Too Far From Fatal Wreck

Louisiana state police have released video evidence in a deadly 2024 car crash that authorities contend was caused by reckless driving by Kyren Lacy, a former Louisiana State University football star who took his own life days before a grand …

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Truck Driver Sues Fox NFL Broadcaster Over Fight in Indianapolis

A 69-year-old truck driver who was seriously injured in a fight that prosecutors say was started by former NFL quarterback and sports analyst Mark Sanchez is suing Sanchez and his employer, Fox Corporation, in Indiana state court. Lawyers for Perry &...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Recoop Disaster Insurance Names New CEO and CTO

Recoop Disaster Insurance announced the appointment of Greg Bailey as Chief Executive Officer and Charlie Turri as Chief Technology Officer. Together, Bailey and Turri bring deep experience in insurance, financial services, and technology innovation...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Ex-Fed Official Sees Secular ‘Shocks’ Ahead From Extreme Weather

The Federal Reserve’s former top-ranking official overseeing climate risk says the US economy faces a series of long-term, structural shocks as a result of increasingly extreme weather patterns. Kevin Stiroh, who left the Fed earlier this year...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

La Niña’s Back, but Will It Amp Up Hurricane Season?

La Nina, the cooler and at times costlier flip side of El Nino, has arrived to warp weather worldwide, meteorologists said Thursday. This natural weather phenomenon often turbocharges the Atlantic hurricane season, but this La Nina may be too weak &#...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Constellation Energy to Spend $340M to Improve Water Quality at Maryland Dam

Constellation Energy has agreed to spend more than $340 million to improve water quality at Maryland’s Conowingo Dam, which flows into the Susquehanna River and eventually ends up in the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest estuary, offic...

Posted: Oct 10, 2025