Insurance Journal
Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living community, a church, two schools and a busy park that hosts numerous youth sports leagues. “What are you …
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cybersecurity firm, announced the launch of its Active Cyber Insurance in France through its subsidiary, Coalition Insurance Solutions GmbH. French companies with revenues of up to €...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
CNA Financial Corp., headquartered in Chicago, made several leadership appointments across key business segments. David Haas has been appointed president global specialty, where he will oversee financial lines, healthcare, affinity and warranty. A se...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to Ukraine. Instead of normal programing, Ukrainian viewers saw parade footage beamed in from Moscow: waves o...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Allianz SE sold $1.25 billion of perpetual notes Tuesday, the German insurer’s latest batch of risky bonds that investors said could set the tone for the subordinated debt market. The Restricted Tier 1 bond has an annual coupon of 6.55%, …...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Solar and wind energy companies are betting on a novel form of insurance to protect their assets against wild and volatile weather — the very type of climate risk they were set up to fight. Renewable power projects can lose …
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Less than a year after it purchased The General auto insurer, Sentry Insurance is leasing 105,000 square feet of office space in Nashville, giving The General new headquarters. The General, one of the largest non-standard auto insurers in the country...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
The fatal explosion last week at U.S. Steel’s Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertainty. The fortunes of steelmaking in the U.S....
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
California’s clean-air regulator is pressing ahead with work on new rules for auto emissions in the state and possible new tax credits for electric cars to counter the Trump administration’s effort to corral the state’s regulatory h...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday agreed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and two other companies that the U.S. National Labor Relations Board’s structure is likely unlawful and blocked the agency from pursuing cases against them. The ruling by the...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Consumer advocates in the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation report recovering $1.2 for residents, bringing the year-to-date total to more than $3.7 million. In the second quarter, consumer advocates reported getting 1,367 complaints, with insur...
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
JPMorgan Chase & Co. lost an attempt to stop an 85-year-old widow from pursuing claims in arbitration that the company failed to prevent her son from siphoning more than $8 million from her bank accounts. The widow, Susan Kraus, in …
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Tesla must face a certified class action by California drivers who said Elon Musk misled them for eight years about the self-driving capabilities of his company’s electric vehicles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said the common question of wheth...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Progressive North Ridgeville, LLC, a healthcare facility in North Ridgeville, Ohio, agreed to pay $5,000 and take corrective action to resolve a race discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
The US government is forecasting a record corn crop this year, but pictures of ugly-looking plants spreading fast through social media have triggered concern about the upcoming harvest. The photos show corn with missing kernels as a result of uneven...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Missing an ear and his front legs detached, Brighty the Burro certainly has seen better days. The 600-pound (273-kilogram) bronze statue used to greet visitors at the Grand Canyon Lodge on the national park’s North Rim. The nearly century-old b...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda for the second special session of the year for the Legislature, focusing first on flood-related legislation. A...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Deep-red Texas needs to build power plants at an astonishing speed and scale to keep its economy humming. President Donald Trump just made that much harder. So many data centers, crypto-mining operations and factories are planned for the Lone Star &#...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Taps Hughes From IAG as CEO of New Zealand Howden, the London-based global insuran...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Brown & Riding, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, named Lauren Root as vice president of its national property practice. Based in the firm’s Houston, Texas, office, Root specializes in property and inland marine coverage with expertise in cat...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
W.R. Berkley Corp. announced the formation of Berkley Edge, a new business providing professional liability and casualty insurance for small to mid-sized businesses. Berkley Edge will focus on hard-to-place and distressed risks, offering coverage exc...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Four major heat waves, dry conditions and strong winds have turned Europe into a tinderbox this summer, fueling the most destructive wildfire season in nearly two decades. Blazes have scorched about 8,948 square kilometers (3,455 square miles) across...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Albert Geraci, area president of wholesale broker Risk Placement Services, has taken the helm as president of the Florida Surplus Lines Association. He replaces Virginia Clancy, who was in the role for 2024-2025. “This year, we will continue to...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Renaissance, a network of independent insurance agencies, has acquired the agency network business of Evolution Partners, a California-based membership group that helps independent insurance agencies secure direct appointments with insurance carriers...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025
Regulators have approved another new property insurer for the Florida market – Vision Insurance Exchange – led by former Florida Peninsula Insurance CEO Roger Desjadon. The Cape Coral-based Vision is the 15th property-casualty firm to set up shop in...
Posted: Aug 19, 2025