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Alabama DOI Needs Insurers to Light Up the Nascent Medical Pot Business in the State

May 5 2023 // Alabama lawmakers legalized medical marijuana two years ago this month. But it came with a high hurdle: Dispensaries, growers, processors and other license applicants must have at least $2 million of liability and casualty...

More Insurers Weigh Joint Strategy to Climate Change as They Assess Antitrust Risk

May 5 2023 // Insurers are being forced to rethink their approach to climate change as they assess the risk of being sued for antitrust violations.Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, recently backed out of the Net Zero...

Insurer Group Concerned Over FIO Climate-Related Data Collection Effort

May 4 2023 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is airing concerns over what the group calls a “duplicative data call” issued by the Federal Insurance Office on climate change.The concerns are being...

Banks and Insurers Increasingly Move Away From Coal: Report

May 4 2023 // Banks and insurers are more frequently adding coal exclusion policies to their investments while those with existing policies are toughening them up despite record profits in the sector, according to a report on...

Markets/Coverages: WTW Launches End-to-End Trading Platform to Connect Broker, Insurer Systems

May 2 2023 // WTW, the global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced the global launch of Neuron, a sophisticated digital insurance platform. Neuron uses cutting-edge technology to help underwriters and brokers connect and...

Specialty Re/Insurer Canopius Has Management Shake-up With 3 Execs Exiting

Apr 28 2023 // Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, has had a management shake-up, with three executives exiting the company.“Over the last 18 months, Canopius has reorganised our global underwriting...

Florida Senate Approves Amended Insurer Accountability Act, Removes Some Reporting

Apr 28 2023 // The Florida Senate has unanimously approved an amended version of the Insurer Accountability Act, removing some reporting requirements for property insurers. The amended bill would continue to bar insurers from altering...

Rising Oil Prices Complicate Russian Price Cap Checks for Insurers

Apr 28 2023 // Key figures in the insurance industry said rising Russian oil prices are making it harder for them to know if they can lawfully cover Russian cargoes.Since December, buyers of Russian crude oil have only been allowed to...

Ship Insurers Warn of Russian Oil Price Cap Evasion, Risks of Growing ‘Dark Fleet’

Apr 27 2023 // A rise in spot prices for Russian crude oil to above the $60 per barrel cap imposed by western powers has made ship insurers even more nervous of running foul of the rules as they are unable to independently track the...

Iowa Agent Charged With Defrauding Elderly Individuals and Insurance Companies

Apr 24 2023 // A federal grand jury in Des Moines, Iowa returned an indictment on April 19, 2023, charging a Clive man with seventeen counts of mail and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and two counts of...

W.R. Berkley CEO Says Insurer Isn’t Going to Chase D&O Market ‘Down the Drain’

Apr 24 2023 // W.R. Berkley Corp. President and CEO Robert Berkley said the insurer is not going to follow the directors and officers market “down the drain.”During a call with analysts to discuss first quarter earnings,...

ePayPolicy announces Finance Connect, integrating premium financing with online checkout for insurance companies

Apr 24 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas. April 24, 2023 – Today ePayPolicy announced the addition of Finance Connect to their suite of insurance payments and reconciliation products for insurance companies. Finance Connect enables insurance...

World Insurance Company Pensionmark Acquiring Xponential in California

Apr 21 2023 // Pensionmark acquired Xponential Growth Solutions in San Diego, California. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. XGS is a retirement benefits consultant. Pensionmark is a World Insurance Associates LLC company. Pensionmark...

Japanese Banks (and Insurers) Face Spotlight for ‘Gender Washing’ Women Managers

Apr 19 2023 // Some Japanese banks may soon come under the spotlight for potential “gender washing” over the way they count the number of women in management positions.Japan’s Financial Services Agency found a big...

Only 3 Insurers Sign Up for Florida Re Plan and Hopes for a New Plan Are Fading Fast

Apr 19 2023 // After five years of tweaks to Florida’s insurance and tort laws, all designed to reduce the vast amount of claims litigation and – eventually – bring down property rates, many in the industry argue that...

Texas Court: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers

Apr 18 2023 // Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas...

Japanese Insurer’s Plan to Sell Foreign Debt Flashes Market Warning

Apr 18 2023 // A Japanese insurer with $65 billion of assets plans to offload all its currency-hedged foreign debt holdings, foreshadowing what may become a renewed wave of selling by some of the biggest investors in global bond...

Florida Insurers Facing a New 1% Assessment on Premiums for Insolvent Insurer Claims

Apr 18 2023 // Florida property insurers are preparing for another assessment on premiums to help the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association fund outstanding claims from an insolvent insurer.The 1% emergency assessment on all premium for...

Breaking it Down: What Florida Insurers Need to Know about Bad Faith After Tort Reform

Apr 18 2023 // Bad-faith litigation is a hot topic in Florida following the passage of the new tort-reform measure known as House Bill 837. However, even in the face of reasonable legislative changes, it remains important for insurers...

Insurers Balk at Coverage for Firm Accused of Delivering Damaging Biofuel to Customers

Apr 17 2023 // Two Crum & Forster subsidiaries have asked a federal court in Massachusetts to declare that they have no duty to provide coverage to an insured heating oil company over its delivery of oil diluted with high quantities...