Insurance Journal
The medical officer for the Texas summer camp where 27 girls were killed in a flood last year testified Tuesday she still has not officially reported the deaths to the state health agency that regulates camps and is reviewing its …
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Utah-based insurance broker Trucordia reports it has acquired the Paradiso Financial and Insurance Services business located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Paradiso offers auto, home, life and business insurance and specialty lines across Connecti...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Insurance Resources Group, Inc. Located in Olathe, Kansas, this acquisition adds an experienced and versatile team to the expanding Inszone organization. Insurance Resources Group was founded in...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again in the coming days. Authorities in Kansas reported several people...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
While New York and the East Coast bake under an early-season heat spell, the Great Plains, Midwest and parts of the Northeast were pounded by wind and hail Wednesday and face a larger threat Friday. Sporadic power outages, along with …
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
The Texas grid operator warned power demand may quadruple from recent record levels by 2032 to feed booming data-center expansion and population growth, an increase that would require the equivalent of almost 300 new nuclear reactors. The Electric Re...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Allstate said it is starting to provide its customers with identity theft protection at no additional cost This added value expands recovery from physical damage to homes and cars to include digital protection as peak storm season approaches. The ben...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Allstate said it is starting to provide its customers with identity theft protection at no additional cost This added value expands recovery from physical damage to homes and cars to include digital protection as peak storm season approaches. The ben...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
U.S. cyber insurers in 2025 reversed a couple of years of decline in direct written premiums to post growth of 11% but, according to Fitch Ratings, there are some underwriting concerns brought on by developments with artificial intelligence. Fitch sa...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Tokio Marine Kiln and HDI Global. A summary of these new hires follows here. Tokio Marine Kiln Promotes Spencer and Burgess to Lead Fine Art & Specie Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) ̷...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Seattle, Washington-based Grange Insurance Association will rebrand as Granwest Insurance. The new name reflects both the organization’s agricultural roots and its focus on the communities it serves. “Gran” comes from the Latin word...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
The Old Dutch Mustard Co., a mustard and vinegar manufacturing company and its owner were sentenced last Friday in federal court for knowingly discharging acidic water into the Souhegan River that runs through southern New Hampshire. The sentencing c...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
After teacher Janet Rau learned that a carcinogenic gas was being released from an industrial plant near her school in 2019, she started a campaign for more oversight. Five years later, the Environmental Protection Agency issued rules requiring facil...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
The owner of a Baltimore broadcast tower and its painting contractor will pay $2.2 million to the state of Maryland for allowing lead paint chips and debris to spread across surrounding neighborhoods, contaminating parks, playground, and daycares. At...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
A number of Russian shadow fleet tankers are transporting oil with insurance certificates from a company that doesn’t exist as it’s described in the documents, according to an intelligence assessment from Ukraine. Seaguard P&I, based...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
A Delaware judge threw out lawsuits seeking to link the heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, freeing makers of the product from facing trials in the state over the cases. Superior Court Judge Francis “Pete” Jones concluded Monday lawyers for...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
The US and Iran are considering a two-week ceasefire extension to allow more time to negotiate a peace deal, according to a person familiar with the matter, reducing the risk of renewed fighting despite an intensifying standoff over the Strait …...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Russia’s intelligence services are now seeking to damage European infrastructure with cyber attacks rather than merely overwhelm websites with excess traffic, Swedish Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said. “Over the past year, Rus...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
European Central Bank supervisors are set to quiz bankers about the risks that Anthropic’s new artificial intelligence model might supercharge cyberattacks, one source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday. Anthropic’s Myt...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Africa’s leading multilateral insurer of trade risk is seeking around $500 million in capital from partners to support countries that face higher costs as a result of conflict in the Middle East, its chief executive told Reuters. African Trade...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Helvetia Baloise Holding AG said it aims to return some 2.8 billion Swiss francs ($3.6 billion) to investors over the period to 2028, as the newly-merged insurer sets financial targets for the first time. The company proposed a dividend of …
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Aon plc is expanding its proprietary Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP) with an additional $1 billion, increasing the program’s capacity to $3.5 billion. In addition, coverage will extend to include existing data centers coming off...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Scott Stephenson, former chairman, president, and CEO of Verisk Analytics, joined the board of directors at ZestyAI, a San Francisco, California-based risk and decision intelligence platform for the insurance industry. Stephenson spent more than two...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
For years, a segment of the Florida property insurance industry had lobbied for more access to the lower-cost reinsurance offered by the state-sanctioned Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund—mainly through a lowered retention, or deductible, level. Tod...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
For years, a segment of the Florida property insurance industry had lobbied for more access to the lower-cost reinsurance offered by the state-sanctioned Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund—mainly through a lowered retention, or deductible, level. Tod...
Posted: Apr 16, 2026