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Fleet Operators Want More From Their Insurers: Survey
Sep 11 2025 // A newly released report suggests that nearly 90 percent of fleets believe claims service needs to improve, sparking a turning point for the commercial insurance industry. AI native insurer Nirvana released its 2025 Claims...
Bankruptcy Judge Rules Church Insurers Lack Standing to Contest Abuse Claims
Sep 10 2025 // Insurers that have not indicated they will pay claims from sexual abuse survivors currently have no standing to contest certain claims as they are being considered, a federal bankruptcy judge recently ruled in a case...
Direct Home Insurer Kin Raises $50M in Series E Financing
Sep 8 2025 // Direct-to-consumer homeowners insurer Kin said it has raised an oversubscribed $50 million Series E financing, at a pre-money valuation of $2 billion. The digital insurer also closed on a $200 million debt facility, $145...
California Insurance Commissioner’s Conservation & Liquidation Office Issues RFP Seeking Independent Consultant for Rehabilitation Plan for Conserved Insurer
Sep 8 2025 // The California Insurance Commissioner’s Conservation and Liquidation Office (CLO), as Conservator of California Insurance Company (CIC), is seeking an Independent Consultant to assist the Conservator in performing...
Carrier Revenue Growth Expected to Outpace Hiring in Next Year
Sep 8 2025 // Approximately 81% of insurance companies expect to increase their revenue in the next 12 months, but only about 53% expect to increase their staff in that same period, according to a new insurance labor market outlook...
Mass. Orders Insurers to Cover State-Backed Vaccines, Even Without CDC Support
Sep 5 2025 // Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said Thursday the state had ordered insurers to cover vaccines backed by its health department, even if the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issue narrower...
Florida OIR Fines Carriers for Adjuster Appointments, Lack of Disclosure Statements
Sep 3 2025 // Florida Insurance Comissioner Michael Yaworsky this year has levied more than $2 million in fines against eight property insurance companies over claims-handling practices flagged by recent market conduct...
California’s new take on wildfire loss models, and what this means for property insurers
Aug 26 2025 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has made some serious moves to tackle the state’s insurance crisis head on, last year launching its Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). With the SIS came a set of...
7 Ways Producer Data Helps Carriers Determine Broker Compensation
Aug 26 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The first most expensive aspect of an insurance carrier’s business is claims—no surprise there. But often the second most expensive line item in the insurance...
Japan FSA Plans New Division to Oversee Asset Managers, Insurers
Aug 26 2025 // Japan’s financial regulator plans to set up a division to oversee the asset management and insurance industries, as part of its efforts to drive improvements in the sectors. The new bureau would seek to advance the...
Missouri’s Mutual Insurance Companies Report Stronger Results in 2024
Aug 22 2025 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) announced the state’s mutual insurance companies reported a considerable reduction in net losses from $17.7 million in 2023 to just $4.8 million in 2024. In...
People Moves: Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MGA Optio Names Deloitte’s Hallett Head of Insurer Partnerships
Aug 22 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Aon and the MGA Optio Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon’s Commercial Risk Business Promotes Smaje to Lead...
Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say
Aug 22 2025 // Yet another property insurance carrier has been approved to do business in Florida, this one a sister company to Monarch National Insurance, based in Tallahassee. Viceroy Preferred Insurance Co. is at least the 15th new...
Bank of America Says Autonomous Vehicles Can Boost Insurers’ Profitability
Aug 22 2025 // The shift to autonomous vehicles represents a great unknown for the auto insurance industry, but to analysts at Bank of America Corp. it will be a potential goldmine. Investors are concerned about liability when driverless...
Update: Another Carrier, Vision Insurance Exchange, to Set Up Shop in Florida
Aug 19 2025 // Regulators have tentatively approved another new property insurer for the Florida market – Vision Insurance Exchange – led by former Florida Peninsula Insurance CEO Roger Desjadon. The Florida Office of Insurance...
Georgia Commissioner to Fine 22 Health Insurers $20M for Lack of Mental Health Parity
Aug 18 2025 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner announced plans to fine 22 health insurers a total of $20 million for failing to cover mental health treatments as required by law, but he did not name the insurance companies in the...
California’s new take on wildfire loss models, and what this means for property insurers
Aug 18 2025 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has made some serious moves to tackle the state’s insurance crisis head on, last year launching its Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS). With the SIS came a set of...
Carrier Revenue Growth Expected to Outpace Hiring in Next Year
Aug 18 2025 // Approximately 81% of insurance companies expect to increase their revenue in the next 12 months, but only about 53% expect to increase their staff in that same period, according to a new insurance labor market outlook...
3 Ways for Insurers to Spread Catastrophe Risk Literacy to Homeowners, Minimal Lift Required
Aug 15 2025 // Homeownership has long been synonymous with the American Dream. And it’s no wonder: owning property allows you to customize where you live, build stability, and, perhaps most importantly, it gives you the opportunity...
Nigeria Gives Insurers a Year to Boost Capital Fivefold
Aug 14 2025 // Nigeria increased capital requirements for insurance businesses fivefold and gave operators a year to comply or risk losing their licenses. The capital threshold for non-life insurers was raised to 15 billion naira ($9.8...
