Insurance Journal
Hub International Limited (HUB), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, named Andrea Baldrica as chief sales officer of U.S. Employee Benefits. Baldrica will be responsible for driving HUB’s national employee benefits sales strategy and comprehens...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association testified on Capitol Hill Jan. 3 in support of the Fix Our Forests Act. The legislation, led by Reps. Bruce Westerman, R-Ariz., and Scott Peters, D-Calif., was passed by the House following the Jan...
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
It’s probably too late for 2026 legislative session, but by this time next year, a newly formed Florida group hopes it will be well on its way toward a new set of laws that will help Florida become a powerhouse …
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said she will be nominate Susan Ochs, a financial services and economic policy expert, as Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI). Ochs served as a senior advisor to the head of the …
Posted: Feb 04, 2026
Insurer Chubb booked fourth quarter net income 24.7% higher than a year ago at about $3.2 billion. Results included record P/C underwriting income of $2.2 billion, up nearly 40% over the same period in 2024. The P/C combined ratio was …
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), and Everest Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Names Quest as UK CEO, Succeeding Lay Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointm...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Plaintiffs claiming punitive damages in lawsuits must meet a high bar, a Florida appeals court found in overturning a trial court’s decision in a fatal accident involving an online car-sharing platform. Turo Inc., a firm that connects renters w...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Allianz Commercial announced it is relocating its Chicago office to a newly designed workspace at 155 North Wacker Drive, located in the city’s Financial District. The new office spans nearly 28,000 square feet and was designed to support the c...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Specialty Program Group, a specialty platform headquartered in Chicago, is consolidating its transportation businesses under a single platform: SPG Transportation. Avant Brokerage, Avant Underwriters, BizCHOICE Transportation and MOVER’S CHOICE...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
A McDonald’s franchisee in Oklahoma has settled a federal lawsuit alleging a teenage worker was sexually harassed by a male supervisor. Arch Fellow North, LLC, owner and operator of eight McDonald’s restaurants in eastern Oklahoma, will p...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Texas’ environmental regulator last week issued the largest air pollution permit in the country to an enormous planned complex of gas power plants and data centers near the oilfields of the Permian Basin, according to an announcement from the p...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Consumers of auto insurance in the U.S. received a respite overall from several years of premium increases, but don’t tell that to drivers in some states and don’t look for it to continue. According to online insurance agent Insurify, the...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Florida endured another day of bitter cold that damaged the state’s citrus crop and prompted a local utility to ask residents to reduce electricity use. Freeze warnings and cold weather advisories cover a large portion of the state, the Nationa...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
The late January winter storm will caused insured losses of $6.7 billion, making it one of the costliest winter storms since 1950. The estimate comes from catastrophe modeler KCC, headed by modeling pioneer Karen Clark. The tally includes privately i...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
The late January winter storm will cause insured losses of up to $6.7 billion, making it one of the costliest winter storms since 1950. The estimate comes from catastrophe modeler KCC, headed by modeling pioneer Karen Clark. The tally includes …...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
All five offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration in December can resume construction following a federal judge’s ruling on Monday that cleared Denmark’s Orsted to proceed with its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of Ne...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets, Syndicate announced the launch of The Pandemic Consortium, a Lloyd’s market initiative which will be focused on offering parametrically triggered catastrophic communicable disease insurance. The consortium...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
More than $3 trillion. That’s the staggering price tag to build the data centers needed to prepare for the artificial intelligence boom. Not even the world’s biggest technology companies—not Amazon.com, not Microsoft or Meta Platforms—ar...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
The Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker off the east coast of Britain in March last year was found guilty in a London court on Monday of causing the death of a crew member …
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
The European food safety body on Monday advised a maximum threshold for the cereulide toxin used in infant formula, prompting some French producers to withdraw additional products from the market. Cereulide, a toxin that can cause nausea and vomiting...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) announced the hiring of Meagan Myers Hanson as department vice president, advocacy, campaigns, and coalitions. Hanson will lead APCIA’s integrated advocacy campaigns, coordinate natio...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
An active 2026 tornado season is expected for the Central Plains, with approximately 15% more tornadoes than the 20-year average, according to the Kansas Institute of Tornado Dynamics (KITD). Factors influencing this forecast include persistent La Ni...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
India’s government proposed a 200 billion rupees ($2.2 billion) program to ramp up the deployment of carbon capture utilization and storage technology, to help mitigate the emissions of five heavily polluting sectors. The plan would target powe...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
The global boom in the construction of data centers – driven by the growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning – is creating organic growth opportunities for major brokers such as Aon and Marsh. “Over the next five &...
Posted: Feb 03, 2026
Move over Florida and Texas. The United States has new hot spots for growth, and they both have Carolina in their name. North Carolina last year attracted more new residents, 84,000 people, from other parts of the country than any …
Posted: Feb 03, 2026