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Hong Kong Plans New Crypto, Infrastructure Rules for Insurers
Dec 22 2025 // The Hong Kong Insurance Authority is proposing a slate of new rules to channel insurance capital into assets including cryptocurrencies and infrastructure — an unprecedented move that would redirect funds to...
Three Top P/C Insurers Account for Most of Insurance AI Patents
Dec 22 2025 // Three property/casualty insurers have dominated the industry’s artificial intelligence patent activity since 2014. State Farm, USAA and Allstate account for 77% of all AI patents by insurers in that time, according...
British Regulator Cracks Down on Home, Travel Insurers
Dec 19 2025 // Britain’s financial watchdog on Thursday laid out its efforts to raise standards in the home and travel insurance market after a consumer group made a rare “super-complaint” against the regulator,...
AM Best Removes Ratings of Pet Health Insurer From Under Review
Dec 18 2025 // AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of pet health...
Viewpoint: AI Offers Key Engine for Insurers – From Prediction to Intelligent Decisioning
Dec 18 2025 // When Albania appointed the world’s first AI-powered cabinet minister in September 2025 in an effort to help stamp out corruption from public procurement, reactions ranged from optimism to disbelief. Whether symbolic...
Georgia Commissioner Touts More Auto Rate Reductions by Major Insurers
Dec 17 2025 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King announced more auto insurance rate reductions for motorists in the state—the second announcement in as many months. King credited tort-reform laws and stepped-up efforts to combat...
Auto Insurers Must Soon Submit Info to New Kentucky Insurance Verification System
Dec 17 2025 // Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet and Department of Insurance have launched a new vehicle insurance verification system, and auto insurers have until Jan. 15 to start getting on board. The new Kentucky Insurance...
Viewpoint: The 2026 Forecast for European Insurers Is Partly Cloudy
Dec 17 2025 // The European insurers that S&P rates displayed good operating performance in the life and non-life segments in 2025, and we expect they will largely continue to do so in 2026. The European insurance sector is exposed...
Washington Commish Tells Insurers to Give Relief on Payments, Cancellations
Dec 17 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer issued an emergency order that includes asking insurers in the state to provide grace periods for premium payments and a cancelation moratorium. The order was drafted to...
Washington Commissioner Issues Letter to Insurers Outlining Post-Flood Expectations
Dec 16 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer issued guidance for flood survivors and the insurance companies and adjusters handling their claims following the evacuation of thousands of Western Washington residents from...
German Insurers Hold $108 Billion Illiquid Debt Pile, EIOPA Says
Dec 15 2025 // German insurers are the most exposed in Europe to illiquid corporate bonds, a top watchdog said in one of the most detailed reports to date on the industry’s investments in private credit. At €91.8 billion ($108...
Washington Commissioner Fines Illegal Health Insurer $350,000
Dec 15 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer fined ClearShare Health, Clearwater Benefits LLC, and three related companies $350,000 for selling unauthorized health insurance. Kuderer also ordered the companies to stop...
Viewpoint: Stable Operating Conditions Expected for European Insurers in 2026
Dec 11 2025 // Fitch Ratings’ outlook for the EMEA insurance sector is “neutral” for 2026, as Fitch expects the underlying operational and business conditions to remain mostly unchanged, compared to those in 2025. Core...
Is a Mass. Auto Insurer Allowed to Refuse to Offer Coverage Due to Flood Warning?
Dec 10 2025 // Can an auto insurer in Massachusetts refuse to offer collision and comprehensive coverages during a flood warning despite a state law that makes it mandatory to offer such coverages? The industry and public are on the road...
Swiss Insurer Helvetia Baloise to Cut Up to 2,600 Jobs Following Merger
Dec 9 2025 // Newly created Swiss insurer Helvetia Baloise plans to cut up to 2,600 jobs in the coming years to boost profitability, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Switzerland’s largest multi-line...
BNP Paribas Raises Stake in Belgium’s Largest Insurer Ageas in Deal Worth $3.5 Billion
Dec 8 2025 // BNP Paribas plans to increase its stake in Belgium’s largest insurer Ageas to 22.5% from 14.9%, cementing its position as top anchor investor in a two-leg transaction worth 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion), the...
‘Dream Is in Sight:’ Chamber, Reinsurers, Insurers Urge Florida to Stay the Course
Dec 5 2025 // The message from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit was loud and clear: Don’t mess with legislative changes that have all but restored the state’s property insurance market. And while you’re...
People Moves: Flagg Reappointed to Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board
Dec 4 2025 // Brett Flagg Brett Flagg, of Frisco, Texas, has been reappointed to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board of directors by Gov. Greg Abbott. His board term for Texas Mutual—a policyholder-owned company and the...
Nine Insurers OK’d to Sell Group Health to Washington Employers
Dec 4 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer approved nine health insurers to sell group health plans to small employers in 2026. The insurers are: Asuris Northwest Health, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the...
State Farm Sued Over Policies Backed by Distressed Insurer PHL
Dec 3 2025 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. faces a lawsuit accusing it of fraud and unjust enrichment for selling products from PHL Variable Insurance Co., which authorities say has a $2.2 billion capital shortfall that...
