Georgia Blaze Shows How Climate Change Has Led to More Wildfires in the East
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Description: Often considered more a problem for Western North America, wildfires are becoming more intense, frequent and damaging in the East, such as this week’s blaze that destroyed dozens of homes in Georgia, fire scientists said. Researchers blame a number of …
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Register: Risky Future AI Tools for Commercial Auto, Telematics & Fleet Risks on April 29
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Description: Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “Commercial Auto, Telematics & Fleet Risks” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for commercial auto carriers, fleet underwriters, risk managers, brokers and more. This event features vendors …
Full content: Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “Commercial Auto, Telematics & Fleet Risks” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for commercial auto carriers, fleet underwriters, risk managers, brokers and more. This event features vendors …
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:54:57 +0000
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Lockton Unveils Plans for Future Global Headquarters in Leawood, Kansas
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Description: Lockton revealed new details this week of its future global headquarters located in Leawood, Kansas. The insurance brokerage will be based in a twelve-story building that will serve as the centerpiece of a 34-acre project. Lockton first announced the headquarters …
Full content: Lockton revealed new details this week of its future global headquarters located in Leawood, Kansas. The insurance brokerage will be based in a twelve-story building that will serve as the centerpiece of a 34-acre project. Lockton first announced the headquarters …
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Small Plane Crash in Minnesota Kills North Dakota Legislator and the Pilot
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Description: A small plane crashed just after taking off from Crystal Airport north of Minneapolis on Saturday, killing a North Dakota state legislator and the pilot, authorities said. North Dakota state Rep. Liz Conmy, of Fargo, was killed in the crash, …
Full content: A small plane crashed just after taking off from Crystal Airport north of Minneapolis on Saturday, killing a North Dakota state legislator and the pilot, authorities said. North Dakota state Rep. Liz Conmy, of Fargo, was killed in the crash, …
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People Moves: MGA Banyan Risk Taps Ex-SiriusPoint CEO Malloy as Executive MD; CFC Names Finn From Canopius as Head of Cyber Exposure, Proactive Risk
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Description: This edition of International People Moves details appointments at managing general agents Banyan Risk and CFC. A summary of these new hires follows here. MGA Banyan Risk Taps Ex-SiriusPoint CEO Malloy as Executive MD Banyan Risk Ltd., a specialty managing …
Full content: This edition of International People Moves details appointments at managing general agents Banyan Risk and CFC. A summary of these new hires follows here. MGA Banyan Risk Taps Ex-SiriusPoint CEO Malloy as Executive MD Banyan Risk Ltd., a specialty managing …
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Category: International & Reinsurance News
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Manufacturer Fined $80K Over Sex Discrimination Lawsuit at Oklahoma Plant
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Description: Sofidel America Corp., an international manufacturer of paper products with a plant in Inola, Oklahoma, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
Full content: Sofidel America Corp., an international manufacturer of paper products with a plant in Inola, Oklahoma, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …
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People Moves: Novatae Names Kadlic as VP of Strategic Partnerships; Alliant Names Miller as VP Within Employee Benefits Group
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Description: Novatae Risk Group, the wholesale insurance business of World Insurance Associates, announced that J. Clay Kadlic has joined the company as its new vice president of strategic partnerships. In this role, Kadlic will lead the development and execution of strategic …
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Markets/Coverages: Digital Lloyd’s Syndicate Ki Expands Follow Capacity
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Description: Ki, the algorithmically powered Lloyd’s digital-follow platform, announced it has added capacity to its platform, allowing brokers to access larger line sizes across six Lloyd’s syndicates. Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) will become Ki’s fifth capacity partner, utilizing Ki’s technology to …
Full content: Ki, the algorithmically powered Lloyd’s digital-follow platform, announced it has added capacity to its platform, allowing brokers to access larger line sizes across six Lloyd’s syndicates. Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) will become Ki’s fifth capacity partner, utilizing Ki’s technology to …
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How Pennsylvania Added 33,000 Insurance Agents in 3 Years
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Description: The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is touting its success in growing the insurance agent workforce in the state. Over the last three years, the state has made entry for new insurance agents into the insurance industry faster, while also encouraging …
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Cogitate Powers Bridge Specialty Group’s New Personal Lines Digital Marketplace
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Description: Bridge Specialty Group has started a personal lines digital marketplace built on insurance technology provider Cogitate’s DigitalEdge platform. The digital platform is designed to streamline agent quoting, enhance underwriting efficiency, and support scalable expansion of carrier access. As one of …
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Japan-Linked Tanker Carrying Saudi Oil Crosses Strait of Hormuz
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Description: Panama-flagged tanker Idemitsu Maru, carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi oil, crossed the Strait of Hormuz, LSEG shipping data showed on Tuesday, becoming the first Japan-linked crude tanker to do so since the Iran war began. Before the U.S.-Iran conflict …
Full content: Panama-flagged tanker Idemitsu Maru, carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi oil, crossed the Strait of Hormuz, LSEG shipping data showed on Tuesday, becoming the first Japan-linked crude tanker to do so since the Iran war began. Before the U.S.-Iran conflict …
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North Carolina Settles on 10% Dwelling Insurance Rate Increase Over 2 Years
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Description: North Carolina’s insurance commissioner has negotiated a 10% increase in average rates for dwelling insurance, for rental and non-owner-occupied properties, over the next two years. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, representing property insurers, last fall had filed for a 68% …
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Marsh Risk Unveils AI-Powered Risk Companion Suite
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Description: Marsh Risk, a business of Marsh, announced the launch of Risk Companion, the next iteration of its digital solutions suite designed to help clients effectively and efficiently manage unique risks. Risk Companion is enabled by an AI-powered analytics engine that …
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Simulations Predict Ground Motion for Earthquakes on Bay Area’s Hayward Fault
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Description: NEWSWISE — The Hayward fault, part of the larger San Andreas fault system, runs 74 miles through the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The fault is overdue for an earthquake that could cause extensive damage to such …
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Most US Companies Seen Sticking With Quarterly Reporting
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Description: Quarterly earnings reporting may soon become optional for U.S. firms—yet the vast majority of companies are unlikely to take advantage of lighter requirements as it could hurt valuations, investors and market participants say. A plan to move from quarterly to …
Full content: Quarterly earnings reporting may soon become optional for U.S. firms—yet the vast majority of companies are unlikely to take advantage of lighter requirements as it could hurt valuations, investors and market participants say. A plan to move from quarterly to …
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Renewables in Vogue as Iran War Drives Up Europe Power Prices
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Description: As the Iran war disrupts global flows of oil and gas and energy prices skyrocket, the Drin River, which descends through the mountains of northern Albania, is acting as a kind of shield. Swelled by winter rains and snowmelt, and …
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Viewpoint: Insurance’s Data Problem Comes Into Focus at Hormuz
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Description: Executive Summary: Rapidly shifting war-risk conditions are exposing structural weaknesses in delegated authority underwriting, according to Alex Babin, CEO of Hercules Systems, who notes that many underwriters still rely on delayed, inconsistent bordereaux data. While AI is accelerating data extraction, …
Full content: Executive Summary: Rapidly shifting war-risk conditions are exposing structural weaknesses in delegated authority underwriting, according to Alex Babin, CEO of Hercules Systems, who notes that many underwriters still rely on delayed, inconsistent bordereaux data. While AI is accelerating data extraction, …
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People Moves: WTW Names Lipkin Chief AI Officer, Wintrob Head of AI Acceleration; ReSource Pro Appoints Fu SVP of Data Strategy
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Description: WTW appointed Spike Lipkin as chief AI officer and Gordon Wintrob as head of AI acceleration. These new enterprise appointments will scale Newfront’s AI-native approach and innovative capabilities across WTW. Working in close partnership with WTW’s technology function and businesses, …
Full content: WTW appointed Spike Lipkin as chief AI officer and Gordon Wintrob as head of AI acceleration. These new enterprise appointments will scale Newfront’s AI-native approach and innovative capabilities across WTW. Working in close partnership with WTW’s technology function and businesses, …
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Cargo Theft Down for Quarter, But Criminals Are Getting More Savvy
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Description: A new report shows 767 supply chain crime events across the U.S. and Canada in the first quarter of the year, down 5.3% from the same period a year ago and down 12.2% the fourth quarter of 2025. However, a …
Full content: A new report shows 767 supply chain crime events across the U.S. and Canada in the first quarter of the year, down 5.3% from the same period a year ago and down 12.2% the fourth quarter of 2025. However, a …
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Another Appeals Court Balks at Class Action Over Auto Insurers’ ACV Methods
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Description: In another win for auto insurers, a federal appeals last week struck down a proposed class-action lawsuit over the methods carriers use to value totaled vehicles. At least five appellate courts in the last few years have said “no” to …
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FEMA Restoring Slashed Flood Mitigation Funds, Now With $20M for SE Projects
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Description: A year after the Trump Administration attempted to halt funding for some resiliency programs, the Federal Emergency Management Administration announced almost $20 million in flood mitigation grants around the Southeast. The funding for projects in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi and …
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Inside World’s Largest Art Heist When $500M of Boston Museum’s Paintings Disappeared
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Description: For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved. It remains the largest art theft in history — far surpassing more recent museum …
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Six Charged With Reprogramming Key Fobs, Reselling Stolen Autos in US and Africa
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Description: An indictment charges six in a sophisticated theft ring that shipped stolen vehicles to countries as far as Africa, according to an announcement by the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia. According to the indictment, at least 20 …
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Viewpoint: Implications for Insurance, Compliance After Medical Marijuana Changes
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Description: The Department of Justice issued an order on April 23, rescheduling state-licensed medical marijuana and Food & Drug Administration-approved cannabis products to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The order is also expected to jumpstart the stalled Drug …
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Mother and Son Cited $4.4M for Misclassifying Caregivers in California
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Description: A California company was fined $4.4 million for misclassifying caregivers as independent contractors. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Hart Placement Agency Inc., a Canoga Park based company, and its principals, Annie Ghaw and Hartmann Ghaw, for misclassifying 144 caregivers …
Full content: A California company was fined $4.4 million for misclassifying caregivers as independent contractors. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Hart Placement Agency Inc., a Canoga Park based company, and its principals, Annie Ghaw and Hartmann Ghaw, for misclassifying 144 caregivers …
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Liberty Mutual Says Safeco Brand Is Officially Retired
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Description: The Safeco Insurance brand has gone the way of the dodo bird. It’s now all Limu Emu, all the time. Liberty Mutual said on April 27 that it followed through with what it said about a year ago and officially …
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Supreme Court Split Over Bayer’s Fight Against Roundup Lawsuits
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Description: The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday over Bayer AG’s effort to shut down thousands of lawsuits accusing the company of failing to warn users that the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The justices heard arguments …
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Maryland Top Court Nixes Baltimore’s $152 Million Opioid Public Nuisance Verdict
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Description: The city of Baltimore suffered a defeat in its efforts to address the opioid epidemic last week when the Maryland Supreme Court vacated a $152 million public nuisance verdict won by the city against drug distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen. The …
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Midwest Braces for Severe Weather: Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana at High Risk
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Description: The Midwest is bracing for severe weather on Monday, including the threat of the excessive rainfall, hail damaging wind gusts and tornadoes. Missouri, Illinois and Indiana face the greatest risk of severe storms. Scattered large hail, flooding, severe and damaging …
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People Moves: Beazley Taps Khera From AXA XL as Head of Marine
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Description: Beazley, the specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Sundeep Khera as head of Marine, effective April 21, 2026. As part of the Marine, Accident & Political (MAP) Risks team, Khera will lead the Marine, Energy, Aviation and Space teams, …
Full content: Beazley, the specialty insurer, has announced the appointment of Sundeep Khera as head of Marine, effective April 21, 2026. As part of the Marine, Accident & Political (MAP) Risks team, Khera will lead the Marine, Energy, Aviation and Space teams, …
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:24:44 +0000
Local date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:24:44 +0000
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