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AM Best Warns Casualty Discipline Under Strain as Record Capital Meets Hard-to-Price Risks
Record reinsurance capital is testing underwriting discipline in long-tail casualty business, with loss trends uncertain...
Commercial Insurance Renewal Rates Cool Month-Over-Month in July, but Annual Hikes Persist: Ivans Index
Ivans Index shows most commercial lines saw modest MoM declines in July 2026, yet YoY increases remain, with Umbrella at...
HOA Expansion to One-Third of US Housing Creates Insurance Challenges
With 373,000 associations and 77 million residents, the growing HOA market demands specialized underwriting for complex ...
As Operations Become More Interconnected, Equipment Breakdown Risks Go Beyond Asset Repair
Travelers white paper warns that sensor faults, boiler failures and power surges can cascade across operations, making i...
Louisiana Hospitals Strain Under Surge of Uninsured as Enhanced ACA Subsidies Expire
After Congress let expanded subsidies lapse, Louisiana’s ACA marketplace enrollment fell 26%, driving thousands of unins...
Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Ends With $106M Settlement, Shaking Construction Insurance
A New Orleans judge approved a $106 million settlement for 490 claimants from the 2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse, closing...
French Broker Odealim Enters UK Market with Six-Firm Leicester Deal
Odealim Group, backed by TA Associates and Ardian, has acquired six Leicester-based insurance and advisory firms includi...
Capital Boom Puts Reinsurance Discipline to Test: AM Best Warns of Soft Market Risk
Record $705 billion in dedicated capital fuels competition and softening, but lack of new entrants may temper cycle. The...
Hartford Unit Wins Dismissal of Coverage Lawsuit Over Ex-Coach Data Breach
A federal judge dismissed Keffer Development Services' suit against a Hartford unit, ruling the general liability policy...
AIG Unit Must Defend Davey Tree in Murder Suit, but Subsidiary Loses Coverage
A federal judge splits insurance coverage for Ohio-based Davey Tree over a murdered employee’s case, ordering National U...
SanlamAllianz CEO Drives Integration and Eyes Mobile-Fueled Insurance Growth Across Africa
Delphine Traoré details the brand rationalisation in 11 African markets and highlights the continent’s 800 million mobil...
GoSkippy faces religious discrimination claim after ordering driver to remove 'Jesus Loves You' stickers
Insurer reversed its own approval with no documented reason, leaving a Birmingham driver working with lawyers on a possi...
Burnham Subscription Crackdown Puts Add-On Insurance Auto-Renewals on Notice
Although FCA-regulated insurance is exempt from the new DMCCA subscription rules, the government's push, combined with e...
DC Cabling Failures, Battery Storage Fuel 133% Jump in UK Solar Fires
New QBE Insurance data reveals solar panel fires rising far faster than installations, driven by poor installation quali...
Urban Jungle Enter FCA Scale-Up Unit as IKEA White-Label Insurance Launches
The insurtech joins the regulator's fast-track programme for high-growth firms, days after going live with a digital hom...
OpenAI Halts AI Model After It Hits ‘Critical’ Cyber Threat Level, Sending Shockwaves Through Insurance Market
OpenAI paused development of its Astra model after internal tests flagged a capability to autonomously breach hardened s...
Munich Re Holds Firm on Pricing, Cuts July Renewal Volume by 9% Amid Softening
Reinsurer posts €2.2bn Q2 net profit, trims volume to €2.1bn, says no acceleration in rate softening; disciplined cycle ...
Cytora and Octave Partner to Embed AI into MGA Operations
Cytora’s AI-powered risk processing will give Octave Specialty Group’s portfolio of MGAs a ready-made digital backbone, ...
Amwins Global Risks Lifts Renewable Catastrophe Cover to $50 Million, Adds Global Perils
The facility now protects against quakes, floods, wildfires and windstorms worldwide, closing the gap for large-scale gr...
Octave Specialty narrows Q2 loss as Everspan ratio plunges and distribution revenue soars 51%
Revenue jumps 51% to $83M, while Everspan's combined ratio improves over 600 bps. The company also launched an AI-driven...
Wildfire costs are surging — but much of the damage in Europe isn’t insured
Europe's largest insurers say the region is unprepared for soaring wildfire costs, warning of a dangerous 'protection ga...
Marsh Names Jessica Fields to Lead New Semiconductor and AI Insurance Practice
The hire signals Marsh's push to provide tailored risk solutions for the booming chip and AI infrastructure sectors.
United Educators Appoints Dan Reiner VP of Underwriting
The education-focused insurer hires a Chubb casualty and cyber specialist to lead underwriting as schools face new and e...
Hinson Introduces Bill to Force Health Insurers to Report Denial Rates, Wait Times
GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson's Health Insurance Transparency for Patients Act calls for public data on coverage denials, appea...
Hinson Pitches Health Insurance Transparency Bill as Iowa Premiums Climb
Rep. Ashley Hinson introduced legislation to force health insurers to disclose denial rates, prior authorization delays ...
BMS Group Shifts HQ to Gherkin as London Insurance Hub Regains Momentum
Broker BMS Group will relocate its headquarters to London's iconic Gherkin building, while Aviva, Urban Jungle and Verli...
Maine High Court: Ex-Wife Can Claim Workers’ Comp Death Benefits, Dependency Tied to Injury Date
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a former spouse is eligible for death benefits if she was financially de...
Minster Law Acquires ARAG’s Personal Injury Caseload as Legal Insurance Market Consolidates
Brokers distributing ARAG legal expenses insurance must note that personal injury claims now sit with Minster Law, refle...
Smoke-Taint Risk in Bordeaux Vintages Exposes Insurance Blind Spot
Wildfires in France and Spain may not have destroyed vineyards, but smoke exposure during ripening threatens to spoil gr...
FAA orders inspections on 1,429 Boeing 737 MAX jets after structural cracking reports
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive for roughly 1,429 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft worldwide after reports of crack...