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New York Overhauls Health Insurance Dispute Rules; Key Changes Take Effect Aug. 26
DFS issued guidance implementing budget law that excludes Medicaid Managed Care from IDR, adds Empire Plan and Student E...
Insurance Agencies Turn to AI-Guided Handwritten Notes for Renewals and Claims
Vendors say robotic pens and CRM triggers can send personal notes at renewals, claims and life milestones, promising ret...
How Data and AI Are Rewiring Private Health Insurance
Rising costs, ageing populations and more demanding customers are pushing health insurers to use AI, digital care and pe...
Forecasters See 69% Chance of a Historic El Niño Event This Fall
NOAA puts the chance of a very strong 2026-27 El Niño above 90% and assigns a 69% probability to a historic October-Dece...
Auto Insurance Rates Rebound in 2026, With 32 States Projected to See Hikes
Insurify's mid-year report sees premiums rising after 2025's 6% drop, with Connecticut leading at +15%; repair costs, ha...
Everywhen Adds Parry to International Health and Benefits Team
The consultancy expands its international team to 11 with a private medical insurance specialist who has worked at Marsh...
AIG CEO: AI Data-Center Boom Is ‘Maxing Out’ P/C Insurers
Eric Andersen says AI data-center projects require construction, cyber, property and liability coverage at once — and th...
Pen Underwriting Doubles UK Property Owners Capacity to £120m in Sompo Deal
A new three-year Endurance Worldwide arrangement consolidates Pen's digital and manual property owners channels, adding ...
How Insurance Business UK Chose Its 2026 5-Star Construction Insurers
Insurance Business UK's broker-driven special report has recognised standout insurers in UK construction cover, with the...
Intact Insurance's AI Lead: Business Priorities, Not Data, Should Drive Transformation
Intact's Luca Piccolo says insurers should map AI to strategic goals, deliver returns through 'vertical stripe' projects...
Why Underwriters Say 'Yes' to Complex Risks: Trust, Preparation and Context
First Underwriting's Simon Taylor explains why underwriters back complex risks when trusted brokers do the groundwork, a...
Austrian Agency Redline Marketing Pushes Digital Funnels for Insurance Brokers
Redline Marketing promises data-driven online lead generation, automated WhatsApp pre-qualification and confirmed appoin...
All Three Slovak Health Insurers Report Half-Year Profit, Led by Dôvera
Dôvera earned €9.6m in the first half of 2026, VšZP €2.5m and Union ZP €1.3m, while all three met solvency and capital r...
Hannover Re H1 Net Income Rises 7% to €1.4bn as P&C Combined Ratio Hits 83.2%
Hannover Re lifted first-half 2026 net income 7% to €1.4bn as P&C combined ratio improved to 83.2%; full-year guidance o...
Suncorp Posts A$1.03bn Profit Despite A$254m Natural Hazard Overrun
Suncorp posted FY26 cash earnings of A$1.04bn and a 52c final dividend, but natural hazard costs ran A$254m over its all...
Washington Man Ordered to Repay $24,248 in Idaho Auto Insurance Fraud Case
Jeremy Joshua Antone pleaded guilty after claiming a 2024 collision knocked out all his teeth for an $80,000 dental insu...
Suez Canal Insurance Takes 12 Seats on Egyptian Insurance Federation Technical Committees
The insurer gains roles across reinsurance, microinsurance and claims as the federation launches new cyber and investmen...
UK Insurance's 25% Retirement Wave Puts Decades of Broker Knowledge at Risk
The CII says a quarter of the UK insurance workforce will retire within a decade. Broker leaders argue mentoring, flexib...
How Colombians Can Claim Natural Disaster Insurance After the August 10 Earthquake
Only about one in ten Colombian homes is insured against disasters. Here is what affected policyholders should do after ...
Workers' Comp Drug Screening Cuts Pharmacy Spend 18.4%, but Human Review Remains Central
A new Enlyte report puts a number on automated pharmacy screening in workers' comp; industry leaders say the technology ...
Record UK Heatwave Piles Pressure on Insurers Facing Subsidence and Wildfire Claims Surge
The UK's fourth heatwave of 2026 has triggered a Cobra emergency meeting, strained an insurance market already awash wit...
E-Scooter Injury Surge Widens UK Insurance Liability Gap to £108 Million
MIB data shows claims from e-scooter incidents have topped £108 million, with a structural legal gap leaving private rid...
Allianz Report: AI Data Centres Now Trigger Multi-Line Claims, Challenging Standard Insurance Models
Allianz Commercial’s new analysis shows hyperscale AI campuses can spark claims across six insurance lines simultaneousl...
MFA Once Negotiable; Now UK Insurers Just Say No Without It
UK cyber insurers have turned multi-factor authentication from a soft requirement into an outright dealbreaker, brokers ...
MGA Sector After the Boom: Quality Growth, Talent, and a Nuanced FCA Relationship
MGAA CEO Michael Keating outlines the MGA sector’s shift from rapid expansion to sustainable growth, emphasising pragmat...
PIC Completes £83m Buy-in for Royal Society of Chemistry Pension Scheme
Pension Insurance Corporation secures the benefits of 468 members in a full buy-in, with advisers pointing to strong pre...
First Actuarial Promotes Four Senior Actuaries to Partner
The actuarial consultancy, part of Gallagher, has elevated Marcos Abreu, Andrew Allsopp, Carl Fletcher and Scott Harriso...
Swiss Re Warns Europe's 'Chronic' Heat Risk Is Straining Economies and Insurers
Europe's fifth heatwave of the year has spurred Swiss Re to flag far-reaching consequences for health, infrastructure an...
Specialty MGA Hires Simon Woodage to Build North American Property Treaty Portfolio
The MNK Group-owned MGA taps a near-40-year reinsurance veteran to create a North American Property Treaty book from the...
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...