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#1 Commercial Lines Market Overall Remains Firm, Says Ivans

Jan 23 2026 // Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines, except workers’ compensation, according to fourth quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index.“The commercial insurance market remains...

#2 Private Equity Firms Expected to Unleash Middle-Market M&A Deals, Survey Says

Jan 7 2026 // M&A activity is expected to rise among midsize companies as private equity firms become more willing to do deals, according to a Citizens Financial survey of about 400 companies.Executives at middle market companies...

#3 The Hartford Q4 Net Income Up 33% Led by Business Insurance

Jan 30 2026 // Net income at The Hartford increased 33% to about $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter 2025.Property/casualty written premiums increased 5% compared to Q4 2024, led by growth of 7% in the business insurance segment. CEO...

#4 People Moves: Mosaic Builds Out Global Transactional Tax-Risk Team; The Hartford Names Hill CUO of Small Business

Jan 15 2026 // Mosaic Insurance, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, has expanded its North America and international transactional tax-liability teams to meet heightened demand in the sector, with the recent addition of four tax-risk...

#5 Delaware Reports Avian Flu in a Commercial Poultry Flock

Jan 12 2026 // Delaware officials announced Sunday that preliminary testing of a commercial broiler flock in Kent County has returned presumptive positive for avian influenza.The Delaware Department of Agriculture said it quarantined the...

#6 EEOC Scraps Guidance That Expanded Workplace Protections for LGBTQ Workers

Jan 27 2026 // The U.S. agency that enforces laws prohibiting workplace discrimination on Thursday rescinded legal guidance that had strengthened protections against unlawful harassment for LGBTQ workers and women who have abortions.The...

#7 Rokstone Launches Commercial Agriculture and Farm Property Program

Feb 2 2026 // Rokstone Agriculture, part of the International Speciality (Re)Insurance MGA Rokstone, has announced the launch of its new U.S. non-admitted Commercial Agriculture and Farm & Ranch Property Program.Available in all...

#8 People Moves: Cowbell Appoints Hughes as Chief Commercial Officer

Jan 20 2026 // Simon Hughes Cowbell named Simon Hughes chief commercial officer. Hughes, who previously served as senior vice president, global distribution and general manager, U.K., will oversee Cowbell’s global commercial...

#9 Q4 Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 4%, in 6th Quarterly Decline: Marsh

Feb 4 2026 // Global commercial insurance rates declined by 4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of rate decreases, after seven years of increases, according to the Global Insurance Market Index...

#10 Chesapeake Employers Insurance Declares $60 Million Policyholder Dividend

Feb 4 2026 // (TOWSON, MD)—Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company’s Board of Directors declared the company’s highest-ever policyholder dividend of $60 million for 2026.This marks the ninth consecutive year that the...