Insurance Journal
The New York Times asked a judge to once again dismiss President Donald Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit, arguing the complaint is based on “implausible allegations” that cannot overcome First Amendment protections. The suit f...
Posted: Dec 18, 2025
Insurance broker NFP, an Aon company, announced the acquisition of Hamilton Insurance Agency, a property/casualty broker and benefits administration provider in Fairfax, Virginia. Hamilton has been a leader in the insurance market for the senior hous...
Posted: Dec 18, 2025
The cannabis world is buzzing about a possible move to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. If it happens, it will be a meaningful shift—especially for taxes and market access—but it will not ̷...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King announced more auto insurance rate reductions for motorists in the state—the second announcement in as many months. King credited tort-reform laws and stepped-up efforts to combat insurance fraud. “As we...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
Jencap, one of the largest wholesale brokerages in the U.S., announced that John Michael “JM” Edge, formerly of Amwins, is the new property and casualty binding team manager for Atlanta, Charlotte and Denver teams. Edge spent more than 10...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
“Megadeals” are ruling insurance industry mergers and acquisitions as action remained consistent throughout 2025, with the prospect that the need for growth with drive more deals in 2026. According to a new report from PwC, 93% of deal va...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Insurance Group and MGA Arrow Risk Management. A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Re Promotes Hunt to SVP, Head of Property Insurance Hamilton Insurance Grou...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
Insurance technology provider Zywave unveiled an agentic AI strategy, and what it calls the industry’s first suite of insurance-specialized AI agents. The agents will help insurance companies transform how they work and achieve unprecedented le...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
India’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to raise foreign direct investment in the insurance sector to 100% from 74%, a move that will help insure more people in the world’s most populous country. The increase in the FDI limit R...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet and Department of Insurance have launched a new vehicle insurance verification system, and auto insurers have until Jan. 15 to start getting on board. The new Kentucky Insurance Verification System, authorized...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
A Connecticut court has awarded $32 million to the estate of a child born prematurely who died three months later after being given a cow-based nutrition fortifier by Yale New Haven Hospital without the parents’ or any consent. The decision ...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
Rain will ease Wednesday across the Pacific Northwest after floods and winds left at least 600,000 without power, forced hundreds of people in Washington to flee their homes and killed at least one person. The respite is expected to be …
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to align premiums with real flood risk, driven higher...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
Brokerage Hub International said it has added former CNA chief executive officer and executive chairman Dino Robusto as chairman of the board, and former USAA president and CEO Wayne Peacock as director of the board. “The addition of both of &#...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
A California regulator has deferred an order for Tesla to suspend sales in its biggest U.S. market, giving the electric vehicle maker more time to address its accusation of misleading marketing and overstating self-driving capabilities. The Departmen...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
Specialist insurer CFC said it has named Justin Camara as chief executive officer of CFC USA Camara, a 30-year industry veteran, will arrive to lead CFC USA’s growth strategy in the U.S. from his latest role as executive vice president …
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
The European insurers that S&P rates displayed good operating performance in the life and non-life segments in 2025, and we expect they will largely continue to do so in 2026. The European insurance sector is exposed to many external risks, ̷...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
European investigators are probing whether Russian military hackers breached computer systems on a vessel owned by MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, the world’s largest container shipping group, according to people familiar with the matter...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
ATLANTA, G.A. (Dec. 17, 2025) – Risksmith Insurance Services, a specialty Managing General Underwriter (MGU) known for its expertise across the E&S property landscape, today announced the launch of its new Difference in Conditions (DIC) Earthquak...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
The lead defendant in a $1.5 million chop shop conspiracy was sentenced in U.S. District Court last week to 84 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio announced. Kahrese Tracey Scott Lee, 28, of Cincinnati, plead...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s government, targeting its main sour...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an Ohio commercial bakery after a federal investigation determined the employer had allegedly exposed workers to unsafe working conditions including chemical, caught-between and caught-in, pinch-point, and struc...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
A drought in South Texas caused Moody’s Ratings to downgrade the city of Corpus Christi, which projects demand for water will outpace supply by the spring of 2027. The ratings company lowered the city of roughly 320,000 people to A1 …
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
The European Union is set to propose softening emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines following months of pressure from the automotive industry. The proposal will allow carmakers to slow the rollout of electric...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025
The European Union pulled back from an effective ban on combustion engines and offered more flexibility for carmakers in the transition to cleaner transport after months of industry pressure. The move suggests a slower rollout of electric vehicles in...
Posted: Dec 17, 2025