Full content: Casualty claims are becoming more expensive at a faster rate, but medical professional liability stands out as one casualty line where compounding factors are turning severity deterioration into a heightened risk. According to an S&P Global Market Intelligence report, written …

Full content: New York’s attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets COIN.O and Gemini Titan GEMI.O on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling. In petitions filed in state court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James said Coinbase and …

Full content: SterlingRisk, headquartered in Woodbury, New York, promoted Marci Waterman, Esq., to deputy chief executive officer, and appointed John S. Beres as chief operating officer (COO). Waterman joined SterlingRisk in 2013 and served as COO for nearly a decade. In addition …

Full content: New York state lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would curb some investors’ ability to buy distressed sovereign debt and sue for full repayment, a move that would reshape the legal landscape for sovereign international bonds. The proposal would amend the …

Full content: Hackers linked to foreign governments are now behind the majority of “nationally significant” cyberattacks targeting the UK, the country’s top cybersecurity official is set to warn. Richard Horne, chief executive officer of the National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, is …

Full content: First quarter 2026 net income at insurer Chubb was up more than 74% compared to the same period in 2025, with property/casualty underwriting income up 306%. Net income for the first three months finished at $2.3 billion. Underwriting income was …

Full content: Brokerage World Insurance Associates announced John Newell will become chief executive officer, succeeding founder and long-time CEO Rich Eknoian. Most recently, Newell was chief commercial officer at Newfront, a technology-enabled specialty brokerage platform. There, he led business units across insurance, …

Full content: Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows on Monday targeted Roblox for alleged child endangerment, after learning the platform offered a simulation of the 2022 Uvalde mass shooting. Burrows instructed lawmakers to study ways to strengthen child safety and accountability for virtual …

Full content: Relatives of a jail inmate whom investigators determined died after a Kansas sheriff’s deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for one minute and 26 seconds have filed a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for the family of Charles Adair …

Full content: Specialty cyber insurance provider Cowbell said it has launched Prime One, a non-admitted cyber insurance product designed for U.S. organizations with advanced digital risk profiles and annual revenues between $250 million and $1 billion. Prime One delivers up to $10 …

Full content: Beware, agents. That email from the National Insurance Producers Registry may not be legit. NIPR said it has learned of an active phishing email campaign referencing past-due invoices. The emails may look like they are from trusted sources such as …

Full content: A federal jury on Monday said Uber should pay $5,000 to a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a driver she booked through the app, as the company faces thousands of similar claims. The Raleigh, North Carolina jury …

Full content: The US Supreme Court expressed little enthusiasm for curbing one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s most important enforcement tools, as the justices weighed restricting the financial watchdog’s power to collect ill-gotten gains. Hearing arguments in Washington Monday, the court …

Full content: Fraudulent messages promising safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency have been sent to some shipping companies whose vessels are stranded west of the waterway, Greek maritime risk management firm MARISKS has warned. The U.S. has …