Insurance Journal
QBE Automotive Protection, in partnership with Repair Ventures, has launched a new product for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to provide customers with enhanced vehicle protection in the event of a total loss. Vehicle replacement insurance o...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Alphabet unit Waymo recalled 3,067 of its vehicles in the United States over a software issue which was fixed through an update, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Dec. 11. The company had recalled certain vehicles with t...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
A Florida House subcommittee this week approved a bill that would mandate human involvement in property insurance claims denials, a sign of the times as insurers employ more artificial intelligence on multiple fronts. House Bill 527 is sponsored by s...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
InvestSM, an educational nonprofit administered by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big I) announced that Nicole Carter, vice president of personal lines sales, strategic distribution and agent experience at Grange Insurance...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
The company that makes one of the two most widely used brands of formula for premature babies is threatening to stop. That is, unless US health officials and Congress help protect it from lawsuits related to infant deaths allegedly tied …
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
A Gadsden County, Florida, jury awarded $779 million, believed to be a record for the county near Tallahassee, to the family of a security guard who was killed at what was called an illegal internet gambling café in 2023. Ben …
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Bankrupt subprime auto dealer Tricolor Holdings is preparing to sue the company’s founder for allegedly masterminding a massive fraud that led to the company’s collapse into bankruptcy, according to a court filing. Daniel Chu is already f...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple approved SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange and Elevate Reciprocal Exchange’s requests for a 7.5% average rate decrease on the carriers’ more than 73,000 homeowners policyholders and 17...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Westfield Specialty International announced its intention to expand its business from a Lloyd’s-only vehicle into the company market. Subject to regulatory approval, Westfield Specialty will launch a Luxembourg subsidiary and use this platform...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies were among a handful of organizations to send a letter to federal lawmakers in support of a bill to reform the Federal Emergency Managemen...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
French insurer AXA SA said it’s exercising greater caution on the artificial intelligence build-out when backing financing for the sector, amid growing awareness of emerging risks in private markets. “We are convinced of the medium-term t...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Enterprise Risk Associates (ERA), an insurance brokerage platform focused on mergers and acquisitions of independent insurance agencies, announced it has received an investment from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance that will provide up to $150 mil...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
South Korea’s biggest online retailer Coupang said on Wednesday that CEO Park Dae-jun has resigned, taking responsibility for a huge data breach at the company that has triggered a growing backlash in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Coupan...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized a supertanker carrying Venezuelan crude for export, according to shipping data. The seizure, announced by President...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas. “We’ve just seized a tanke...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, part of the Trump administration’s broad dismantling of environmental justice initiatives. Federal a...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
OpenAI on Wednesday warned that its upcoming artificial intelligence models could pose a “high” cybersecurity risk, as their capabilities advance rapidly. The AI models might either develop working zero-day remote exploits against well-de...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Driverless taxis are a bit like buses. You wait ages for one, and then a fleet arrives all at once. The US firms Waymo and Uber have both said their vehicles will be on the streets of London in 2026. …
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
To maintain an edge in the volatile, non-stop world of cryptocurrency trading, it helps to be chronically online. Telegram, Discord and Reddit forums are full of investors swapping tips, memes and — when they get lucky — posting screenshots of …...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Fitch Ratings’ outlook for the EMEA insurance sector is “neutral” for 2026, as Fitch expects the underlying operational and business conditions to remain mostly unchanged, compared to those in 2025. Core credit drivers trend in diff...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Fitch Ratings’ outlook for the EMEA insurance sector is “neutral” for 2026, as Fitch expects the underlying operational and business conditions to remain mostly unchanged, compared to those in 2025. Core credit drivers trend in diff...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
Acrisure said it is acquiring Vave, a managing general agent, from parent Canopius. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vave will continue to operate under its brand name, and its management team, led by CEO Marek Shafer, will continue …
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
After years of asking for rate increases to help drive consumers to the private market and reduce its exposure, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is now asking for a rare decrease in homeowners’ rates. The corporation’s Bo...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a Medford contractor $128,345 for safety violations after an inspection reportedly found the company exposed employees to multiple hazards, including a potentially deadly fall from heights. The...
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
A safety inspection company and the owner of a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that was the site of a fire in July that killed 10 people are blaming each other for failing to address a faulty sprinkler system. Inspector Fire Systems …
Posted: Dec 11, 2025