Insurance Journal

Door of Swiss Bar Where 40 Died in Fire Was Locked, Says RTS

A service door that might have offered a second escape route at the Swiss bar where a deadly fire claimed 40 lives on New Year’s Eve was locked at the time of the incident, one of the managers told Swiss …

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Markets/Coverages: BHSI Expands Casualty Lines in Italy

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced the introduction of primary casualty policies for national and multinational risks in Italy. “We are pleased to launch our modular, proprietary primary casualty solution, expressly designe...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Markets/Coverages: Berkshire (BHSI) Expands Casualty Lines in Italy

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced the introduction of primary casualty policies for national and multinational risks in Italy. “We are pleased to launch our modular, proprietary primary casualty solution, expressly designe...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Factbox: Elon Musk’s Grok Faces Global Scrutiny for Sexualized AI Deepfakes

Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia are cracking down on sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok on X, launching probes, imposing bans and demanding safeguards, in a growing global push to curb illegal mat...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

BBC Defends Documentary Targeted by Trump in $10 Billion Suit

The British Broadcasting Corp. signaled some of its defenses against President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit, telling a judge that the documentary at the center of the case was fair despite a misleading edit of one segment. The...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Wildfires, Storms Fuel 2025 Insured Losses of $108 Billion: Munich Re Report

Global insured losses from natural disasters fell to $108 billion last year, Munich Re said in a report on Tuesday. That compared with an inflation-adjusted $147 billion in 2024, the German reinsurer said, as the U.S. mainland avoided hurricanes for...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Schrager Hampson Aviation Acquires Delaware’s Einstein Insurance

Schrager Hampson Aviation Insurance Group (SHAIG) announced the acquisition of Einstein Insurance Inc., an aviation insurance agency based in New Castle, Delaware, Einstein Insurance Inc. became part of Schrager Hampson Aviation Insurance Agency, a d...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Experian: AI Agents Could Overtake Human Error as Cause of Data Breaches

Artificial intelligence continues to be at the center of Experian’s annual breach forecast for 2026, with the scope, frequency and cost of cyber incidents heavily influenced by the technology. AI makes its way into many of the predictions in Ex...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Experian: AI Agents Could Overtake Human Error as Major Cause of Data Breaches

Artificial intelligence continues to be at the center of Experian’s annual breach forecast for 2026, with the scope, frequency and cost of cyber incidents heavily influenced by the technology. AI makes its way into many of the predictions in Ex...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Florida Lawmakers Ready for Another Shot at Litigation Funding Limits

Florida property-casualty insurance leaders have said they are not expecting big changes from the Legislature’s 2026 regular session that begins today, given the much-touted impact that 2022 reforms have already had on excessive litigation cost...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the Boy Scouts of America’s landmark $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims in a case involving a group of abuse survivors who wanted to pursue lawsuits against …

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Judge Lets Orsted Resume Rhode Island Offshore Wind Project Halted by Trump

A federal judge on Monday cleared Danish offshore wind developer Orsted to resume work on its nearly finished Revolution Wind project, which U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration halted along with four other projects last month. The ruli...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Ex-Insurance Agent Sentenced for 2 Fraud Counts Faces Additional Charges

A Baltimore County judge sentenced Michael C. Okolo, of Parkville, Maryland, to six months incarceration for two counts of insurance fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. A jury found Okolo guilty of those charges on December 4 last …

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Experts Wary of Privacy, Liability From AI Health Gadgets at CES in Nevada

Health tech gadgets displayed at the annual CES trade show make a lot of promises. A smart scale promoted a healthier lifestyle by scanning your feet to track your heart health, and an egg-shaped hormone tracker uses AI to help …

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

FAA Notice Warned of Slackline Before Deadly Arizona Helicopter Crash

Federal aviation records show that a week before a fatal helicopter crash, a notice was issued that a tightrope would be stretched across a mountainous area of Arizona, providing a warning for pilots to watch out for the temporary obstacle …

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Sexual Assault Charges Dropped Against Former AIG Exec McElroy

Authorities in Vermont have dropped sexual assault charges against David McElroy, a former executive at American International Group (AIG). According to a document filed in Vermont Superior Court in Lamoille County, the state’s attorney for Lam...

Posted: Jan 13, 2026

Michigan Auto Industry Faces ‘a Critical Time,’ Report Says

Michigan needs to confront risks to its $348 billion piece of the global automotive industry this year and move decisively toward keeping jobs, engineering and production in the state. That message comes from Glenn Stevens, executive director of stat...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

People Moves: Rockford Mutual Announces Leadership Transition

Rockford Mutual Insurance Company announced CFO Mark McWethy has decided to retire effective June 30, 2026. McWethy will continue to serve the company in an advisory capacity alongside two significant leaders being promoted into their new roles. Effe...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Texas Staffing Agency to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Peak Performers, incorporated as St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Services of Texas, Inc., an Austin-based staffing agency providing staffing and recruitment services for workers with disabilities, agreed to pay $160,000 to a disabled former employ...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Texas Medical Marijuana Industry Sprouts New Businesses, Patients

After lawmakers blunted expansion for years, Texas’ medical marijuana industry is slated to see more marijuana operators coming online, current ones opening more facilities and more Texans enrolling in the program this year. In September, Texas...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Alliant Latest to Sue Howden US Over Alleged ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Poaching

Alliant Insurance Services is the latest to join a group of brokers suing new competitor Howden US over what it calls Howden’s “smash-and-grab” strategy to take teams from other brokers. The suit also names three former employees—Je...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Companies Work to Handle Safety Challenges of New Venezuelan Oil Exports: Sources

Oil companies aiming to participate in new exports of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro are in hasty discussions to find tankers and put together operations to transfer the crude safely from vessels and &#8...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Business Moves: Nexus Acquires Medical Tourism MGA; SRG Buys North of England Broker Kennett; Jenste...

Nexus Buys Medical Tourism MGA Sure Insurance Services Nexus Underwriting, the London-based MGA and a Brown & Brown subsidiary, announced it has acquired Sure Insurance Services, a leading provider of specialist solutions for the medical tourism...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Data Centers Will Need $3 Trillion Through 2030, Moody’s Says

At least $3 trillion is set to flow into data-center-related investments over the next five years, capital that will rely on the might of multiple areas of the credit markets to provide, according to Moody’s Ratings. Trillions of dollars will &...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026

Georgia Republicans Move to Scrap State Income Tax by 2032 Despite Concerns

Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply cutting state funding for educatio...

Posted: Jan 12, 2026