Insurance Journal

Vineyard Wind Sues to Block GE Vernova From Abandoning Wind Farm

Vineyard Wind has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a wind turbine-supplying unit of GE Vernova rom terminating agreements and abandoning work on a $4.5 billion offshore wind farm in Massachusetts on the eve of completion. Vineyard Wind, a joint &#823...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

California Utility Bills Are 20% Higher Due to Wildfires

The escalating cost of wildfires now adds $41 to the average monthly power bill for residential customers of California’s largest utility, according to a government report that calls for a systemic overhaul of how the state responds to conflagr...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Five Charged With Murder in Deadly California Fireworks Warehouse Blast

Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at an illegal fireworks warehouse that killed seven people and shook a tiny farming community, authorities said Friday. The charges stem from a grand jury indictment...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Meta Must Face Massachusetts Lawsuit Alleging Social Media Harms Children

Social media giant Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by the state of Massachusetts alleging that it knowingly designed its Instagram platform to be harmful to children and has misled the public that it is safe. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial &#8...

Posted: Apr 13, 2026

Sole Proprietor Need Not Notify Insurer of Comp Injury by Deadline

By Andrew G. Simpson The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has concluded that an individual who is the sole owner and employee of a business is not required to provide his insurance carrier with notice of his work-related injury within 120 days …

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Rapper Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Ohio Deputies

By Maryclaire Dale The Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman won a defamation lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos in which he used home security footage to mock their raid of his home. “We did it, &#823...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

What Insurance Decision-Makers Actually Want from Marketing Content

Insurance professionals are producing more marketing content than ever before. Blog posts, emails, social media updates, videos, webinars, event recaps … the list keeps growing. Yet many still feel like their marketing efforts aren’t movi...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

What Matters in Recruiting

Leah Scoggins, vice president of talent operations at Higginbotham, said the number one topic young talent asks about in her world of agency hiring is culture. “Most of the early career applicants we hear from want to know who we …

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Oh, the Places You Can Go in Insurance

I recently had the opportunity to attend the CLM annual conference, hosted by the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, and one of the sessions that I was interested in was about the hiring gap that the insurance world is deep …

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

What to Do About the Homeowners Insurance Crisis?

I’m 100% certain that insurance company executives do not understand the significance of the homeowners insurance crisis. They are either caught up in losing too much money on property, or the executives are too immune in their own safer world....

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

How Delaware Courts Shape D&O Exposure

For directors and officers (D&O) insurers, the outcome of a claim is often shaped as much by where it is litigated as by what the policy says. Delaware’s courts, especially the Court of Chancery and the Superior Court’s Complex Commer...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Next Generation: Why Education, Culture and Opportunities for Growth Matter

By Andrea Wells Opportunities to grow, identifying challenges and having the ability to solve them, finding the right people and building strong relationships, and the satisfaction that comes with helping others–those are a few reasons that you...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Fostering Talent Growth Through Generational Knowledge Transfer

The insurance workforce is undergoing a fundamental shift. Aging demographics, evolving employee expectations, and accelerating technology adoption are converging. For insurers and brokers, this represents more than a hiring challenge–it signal...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Improving Communication with Carriers

Picture this scenario. A couple meets and they go through the courting period. Both parties try to look their best and pay extraordinary attention to each other. At some point they get engaged and formalize their relationship. They talk with …

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

2026 Viral Work Trends

Each year brings new viral job search trends, and 2026 is no different. Even in these early months, I have already noticed trends that, while not exclusive to the insurance industry, can and do influence agencies and could be critical …

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

AI Disintermediation

On Feb. 9 public insurance broker stocks fell by 9% on the news that two digital companies had launched chat-bot assistants using ChatGPT’s tools. While the valuation of those brokers’ stocks have largely recovered, at least a few analyst...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

5 Ways for Insurance Brokers to Avoid Liability to Clients

Insurance brokers often can get caught in between when the interests of policyholders and insurance companies diverge. In the obvious case of a claim denial, brokers should take care to protect themselves as well as their policyholder clients. But po...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Insurance Broker Valuations: The Elephant in the Room

While insurance broker valuations remained resilient in 2025, essentially staying near all-time highs, the elephant in the room–Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO)–has received little attention. From a valuation perspective, what happened with...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

About to Take Off? Legal Fights Emerge Over Toxic Fumes on Flights

By Ezra Amacher When passengers step onto an airplane, they’re accustomed to turbulence, seat kicking, and lengthy tarmac delays. Those are the predictable annoyances of air travel. But a far more serious risk to the safety of flyers has receiv...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Insuring Agreements vs. Exclusions

My November 2025 column talked about ambiguity in insurance policies. When litigation is initiated by an insured seeking coverage following a claim denial, often a primary assertion is that the policy language in question is ambiguous. If the court a...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Former Farmers Agent Sued by Insurer Over Sharing Confidential Data

By Ezra Amacher Farmers Insurance said in a lawsuit that a former agent in Oklahoma allegedly conspired to move Farmers’ insureds to other insurance companies, including an agency where his wife works. Farmers said Bradley McKinney broke his ag...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Florida Man Faked Brain Injury for Years in Attempt to Gain $6.6 Million in Auto Insurance Payout

When Thomas A. George and Tamika Hampton decided to defraud an auto insurer in 2019, they went big–claiming that George was so severely injured in a crash that he could no longer walk or talk, according to court documents. The …

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

A Little Behind Schedule, But Execs Say Sypher Insurance Is on Track for a mid-May Debut

It has taken more time than expected, but leaders of a startup Florida insurance reciprocal believe they’re just weeks away from writing their first policies–and all without the assistance of takeouts from the state-created property insur...

Posted: Apr 12, 2026

Iowa AG Sues Meta Over Alleged Deceptive Practices on Instagram

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has filed a lawsuit against Meta and several of its subsidiaries, including Instagram and Facebook, for breaking Iowa’s consumer protection laws. The Attorney General’s Office alleges Instag...

Posted: Apr 10, 2026

Inszone Acquires Oklahoma’s Schuessler

Inszone Insurance Services announced its expansion in Oklahoma through the acquisition of Schuessler Insurance, Inc., a long-standing independent insurance agency based in Alva, Oklahoma. Founded in 1973 by Harvey Schuessler, the agency began as a sm...

Posted: Apr 10, 2026