All the headlines from our Carriers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2025 // The state-created captive insurer handling Connecticut homeowners’ claims for crumbling foundations is in line for another $100 million in bond funding in the biennial budget now awaiting Gov. Ned Lamont’s...
Jul 3 2025 // Embracing artificial intelligence in insurance is a race, but one that experts describe as a race to the starting rather than the finish line.“I think this is sort of a race to the starting line,” said Indico...
Jul 3 2025 // An employee cannot file a tort lawsuit against her employer until after it has been determined that she is not eligible for a workers’ compensation claim. And that compensability determination can only be made by an...
Jul 2 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer convened her first Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board meeting in Seattle this week to look at the insurance industry’s use of AI and to get recommendations on...
Jul 1 2025 // When a hurricane or a wildfire strikes, the economic damage is usually very visible — roofs are ripped off or charred homes line roads. Heat waves cause financial damage, too, but it’s more diffuse: Farm crops...
Jul 1 2025 // South Carolina’s Department of Insurance is reminding carriers that it may soon give extra scrutiny to liquidity and capital as well as investments in subsidiaries’ securities, thanks to a law approved by state...
Jul 1 2025 // China wants commercial insurance firms to invest in the development of homegrown medicines, Beijing’s latest bid to support its burgeoning biotech and pharmaceutical sector.Commercial insurers have been encouraged to...
Jun 30 2025 // One of the giant Generali signs that crown the Italian insurer’s head offices in Milan collapsed on Monday, remaining atop the 170 meter-high (558 ft) skyscraper but at risk of crashing to the ground, firefighters...
Jun 30 2025 // Two more property insurers have put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims...
Jun 26 2025 // Marine, aviation, cyber, and terrorism insurers face immediate underwriting pressures and potential accumulation losses as a result of heightened hostilities between Iran and Israel, according to Morningstar DBRS.In...
Jun 24 2025 // Being able to predict the environmental risks that follow a major natural disaster represents an untapped business opportunity for the insurance sector, according to the head of reinsurance firm Swiss Re AG’s China...
Jun 23 2025 // North Carolina authorities have charged a 65-year-old man and his two sons with insurance fraud for allegedly submitting false and exaggerated claims to one of the state’s property insurers of last resort.William...
Jun 20 2025 // Health and life insurer Aflac on Friday said it is investigating a breach on its U.S. network that may have exposed customers’ personal information, making it the latest insurance provider to be targeted in a...
Jun 20 2025 // A 6.5 billion rand ($361 million) lawsuit has been lodged in a South African court by a Japanese insurance company for a claim arising from flood damages suffered in 2022 by Toyota Motors Corp.’s plant near...
Jun 19 2025 // Alabama’s insurance commissioner this week urged property insurers to be judicious in the use of drones and aerial imagery in making nonrenewal decisions, but stopped short of issuing new regulations.“If an...
Jun 19 2025 // Brookfield Corp.’s insurance unit has pulled back from investments in private credit as surging demand from rival bidders pushes yields down.Brookfield Wealth Solutions started to reduce its allocation to private...
Jun 18 2025 // Descartes Underwriting, the Paris-based parametric insurer for climate and emerging risks, announced a strategic investment by Battery Ventures, a technology-focused investment firm.Financial details of the investment were...
Jun 18 2025 // Finland’s Sampo Oyj appointed Morten Thorsrud to succeed retiring Torbjorn Magnusson as chief executive officer, in a sign of continuity at the helm of the property and casualty insurer.Thorsrud, who currently runs...
Jun 17 2025 // Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry vetoed a bill last week that would have limited bad faith lawsuits against insurers, a move that raised criticism from the insurance industry.SB 111, sponsored by Sen. Alan Seabaugh, R-Many,...
Jun 16 2025 // Carrier Management is hosting the second event in a series of free “Demo Days”, designed to allow home insurers to experience rapid fire demos of cutting-edge risk tools. The latest online event offers...