Nine-Month 2025 Results Show P/C Underwriting Gain Skyrocketed February 9, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Insurers through the first nine months of 2025 recorded an underwriting profit of $35.3 billion—far above a $4 billion result...
Nationwide Acquires Surety, Fidelity Renewal Rights From Main Street America February 9, 2026 Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide announced Feb. 5 that it entered into an agreement to acquire the renewal rights for surety and...
US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Efforts to Ban DEI February 9, 2026 By Nate Raymond A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to ban diversity,...
Allstate CEO Wilson Takes on Affordability Issue During Earnings Call February 6, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Allstate posted significantly higher net and underwriting income for the fourth quarter and full year. With affordability top of mind,...
WTW Reports Q4 Organic Revenue Growth of 6%; Data Center Clients Boost Business February 6, 2026 By L.S. Howard Insurance broker WTW reported fourth quarter revenue of $2.94 billion, a decrease of 3% compared to $3.04 billion for the...
Study Ties Particle Pollution From Wildfire Smoke to 24,100 US Deaths Per Year February 6, 2026 By Dorany Pineda Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States,...
Planet and Goosehead Insurance Announce Franchise Partnership February 6, 2026 Independent personal lines agency Goosehead Insurance and newly launched Planet Insurance Agency said they have a strategic franchise partnership for...
Uber Jury Awards $8.5 Million Damages in Sexual Assault Case February 6, 2026 By Isaiah Poritz and Natalie Lung Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she...
Zurich Insurance’s Beazley Bid Sets the Stage for More Insurance Deals February 5, 2026 By Charlie Conchie, Amy-Jo Crowley and Jemima Denham Zurich Insurance’s bid to buy British insurer Beazley will set the stage for further deals in the sector as buyers...
Chubb CEO Greenberg on Personal Insurance Affordability and Data Centers February 5, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Presumably, many insurers in the next couple of weeks will continue to announce very favorable quarterly and full-year earnings—the kind...