Insurance Journal

Renaissance Acquires Business of Evolution Partners

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

Another Carrier, Vision Insurance Exchange, Sets Up Shop in Florida

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

Markets/Coverages: Ryan Expands E&O Program for Small, Medium Insurance Agents

Managing general underwriter Ryan Financial Lines has expanded its national Insurance Agents & Brokers E&O Program, now offering an admitted product that is available to retail agents in most states. The enhanced program is tailored for proper...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

New York Marijuana Shops Sue State Over Mistaken Openings Too Close to Schools

A group of marijuana dispensaries in New York sued the state on Friday after cannabis regulators admitted they accidentally allowed pot shops to open too close to schools, putting the future of the businesses in jeopardy. The lawsuit asks a …

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

CVS Not Covered by Insurance for Opioid Lawsuits, Delaware Supreme Court Rules

CVS Health is not entitled to coverage from insurers, including AIG and Chubb, against thousands of lawsuits over its role in the nation’s opioid crisis, Delaware’s highest court ruled on Monday. The Delaware Supreme Court concluded that...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Qantas Airways Fined $59M for Illegal Pandemic Layoffs

A judge on Monday fined Qantas Airways 90 million Australian dollars ($59 million) for illegally firing more than 1,800 ground staff at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The penalty is in addition to the A$120 million ($78 million) in …

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Markel Insurance Completes Sale of Reinsurance Renewal Rights to Nationwide

Global specialty insurer Markel Insurance reported that it has completed the sale of the renewal rights for its $1.2 billion global reinsurance business to Nationwide. This transaction was previously announced on July 30 and is part of what Markel ci...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Inigo Provides Excess DIC/DIL Cover on Financial Fraud Policies

Inigo Ltd., the Lloyd’s specialty insurer, has launched a product that provides top-up cover on financial fraud policies. The product, called Inigo Crime Excess, is an excess DIC/DIL (difference in conditions and difference in limits) policy de...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Mumbai Drenched by More Rain as Highest Alert Issued for City

Mumbai is facing more heavy rain after a deluge that’s delayed flights, disrupted train services and closed schools, with India’s weather agency issuing its highest warning for the financial hub. Intense rain spells and wind gusts as high...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

North Carolina Man Charged With More Than $1M in Travel Insurance Fraud

Investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance last week charged a man with swindling almost $1 million and attempting to gain another $887,500 from travel insurance companies from 2020 to 2024. Michael Gerard Renna, 50, of Clayton, ne...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Newsmax Settles Dominion Defamation Case for $67 Million; Says It Couldn’t Get Fair Trial

Newsmax Media has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over false claims that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 election against U.S. President Donald Trump, it said on Monday. &#82...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Newsmax Settles Dominion Defamation Case for $67M; Says It Couldn’t Get Fair Trial

Newsmax Media has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over false claims that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 election against U.S. President Donald Trump, it said on Monday. &#82...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Insurance Agent Earned Town’s Trust. But Officials Say He Ran a $95M Ponzi Scheme.

For decades, Miles “Burt” Marshall was the man you went to see in a stretch of upstate New York if you had some money to invest but wanted to keep it local. Working from an office in the charming village …

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

$3.75M to Estate of Unarmed Man Fatally Shot by Oregon Police

The city of Portland, Oregon, is set to pay $3.75 million to the estate of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by police in 2022 after being mistaken for an armed robbery suspect. The city settled with Immanueal …

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Judge Strikes Down Trump Guidance Against DEI at Schools and Colleges

A federal judge last Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Marylan...

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Coastal Communities Restoring Natural Defenses Against Storm Surges, Rising Seas

In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the New York and New Jersey coasts, beaches ravaged by Superstorm Sandy underwent extensive restoration. In Alabama, a rebuilt spit of land is …

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires

The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and flames. But three new studies suggest the cost to human health from the Maui and Los Angeles wildfires was substantially higher. Two …

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Rockford Mutual Launches Commercial Insurance Offerings in Michigan

Rockford Mutual announced the official launch of their suite of commercial insurance products in the state of Michigan, effective August 18, 2025 This strategic expansion includes Businessowners Policies (BOP), Commercial Package Policies (CPP), and...

Posted: Aug 18, 2025

Swiss Re Tops List of Largest Reinsurers on its Shift to IFRS-17 Accounting: AM Best

Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers as a result of its adoption of the IFRS-17 accounting standards, which also led to a shuffle among the top-tier reinsurers, according to AM Best. Swiss Re had previously …

Posted: Aug 18, 2025

Swiss Re Tops List of Largest Reinsurers on Its Shift to IFRS-17 Accounting: AM Best

Swiss Re tops the list of the world’s 50 largest reinsurers as a result of its adoption of the IFRS-17 accounting standards, which also led to a shuffle among the top-tier reinsurers, according to AM Best. Swiss Re had previously …

Posted: Aug 18, 2025

Temporary Barriers Spared Alaska’s Capital From Severe Flooding, Long-Term Fix Elusive

The glacial flooding that sent residents of Alaska’s capital city scrambling this week has become an annual ordeal for those who live along the picturesque river that winds from the nearby Mendenhall Glacier. This year, a giant wall of reinforc...

Posted: Aug 18, 2025

Arthur J. Gallagher Completes $13.5 Billion Acquisition of AssuredPartners

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has closed the previously announced acquisition of U.S. insurance broker AssuredPartners, further expanding its retail middle-market property/casualty and employee benefits focus across the U.S. Gallagher an...

Posted: Aug 18, 2025

US Plans $750M Fly Factory in Texas to Stop a Flesh-Eating Cattle Parasite

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging the American cattle industry. Secretary Brooke &#...

Posted: Aug 18, 2025

Six Killed in Michigan Collision Between Truck and Van Carrying Amish Group

A pickup truck went through a stop sign in rural Michigan and crashed into a van carrying members of an Amish community, killing at least six people, authorities said. The crash occurred last Tuesday afternoon in Tuscola County’s Gilford Townsh...

Posted: Aug 18, 2025

Michigan Man Wins $60M in False Charges Case

A jury awarded nearly $60 million last week to a man who accused a disgraced Michigan prosecutor and a police officer of violating his rights in filing sexual abuse charges in a case that was ultimately dismissed by the state …

Posted: Aug 18, 2025