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Litigation Funding, Other New Laws in SE States Could Impact Liability Insurance

Jan 2 2026 // New laws in Southeastern states took effect this week, impacting several aspects of property and casualty insurance. In Georgia, Senate Bill 69 puts new restrictions on third-party litigation financing, a lawsuit funding...

Definity Financial Completes $2.4B Acquisition of Travelers’ Canadian Businesses

Jan 2 2026 // Definity Financial Corp., the Canadian property/casualty insurer, announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of the personal insurance business and the majority of the Canadian businesses of The...

People Moves: Alliant Hires Johnson as EVP in M&A Specialty

Jan 2 2026 // Adam Johnson Alliant Insurance Services hired Adam Johnson as executive vice president within Alliant Specialty. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Johnson has experience in insuring venture capital and private equity...

AI, Litigation Funding and Market Currents: What CM Readers Cared About in 2025

Dec 31 2025 // As 2025 unfolded, Carrier Management readers gravitated toward features that explored the intersection of technology, economics, and strategy. From artificial intelligence transforming underwriting to litigation funding...

[Video] Wildfires, Lawsuits, AI, and M&A: A Look Back at Insurance in 2025

Dec 31 2025 // Insurance Journal recaps the biggest stories of 2025—across all of our regions—from record-breaking wildfires and climate losses to broker mega-deals, litigation reform, cyber threats, AI-driven layoffs, and signs of...

Colorado Faces $24M Funding Cut for Illegal Commercial Driver’s Licenses

Dec 30 2025 // The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state of Colorado for what he described as a slow response to a major violation of federal commercial...

Funding Cuts Put America’s Consumer Watchdog on the Brink of Collapse

Dec 30 2025 // When Bianca Jones, a 33-year-old special education teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, decided a couple of years ago that she wanted to buy a house, she started digging into her Experian credit report. She was shocked by what...

SiriusPoint’s IMG to Acquire Emergency Travel Services Firm Assist America

Dec 30 2025 // Global specialty insurer and reinsurer SiriusPoint Ltd. announced that its subsidiary International Medical Group (IMG) will acquire Assist America, a New Jersey-based provider of global emergency travel assistance...

People Moves: Gallagher Taps EY’s Hughes as Tax Specialist in Private Equity/M&A Team

Dec 24 2025 // Gallagher Taps Hughes From EY as Tax Specialist in Private Equity and M&A Practice Gallagher announced the UK appointment of specialist corporate M&A tax adviser Tom Hughes as director of Tax Insurance to its...

Massachusetts Approves Reorganizations, Mergers for Andover Companies

Dec 24 2025 // Massachusetts regulatory officials have approved a plan of reorganizations and mergers for two domestic mutual insurers, Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co. The plan calls for a...

McGowan Acquires Westcap Insurance Services

Dec 24 2025 // The McGowan Companies, one of the nation’s largest insurance conglomerates, has announced the acquisition of Westcap Insurance Services through an asset purchase agreement. According to a press release, the...

AM Best Places Jet Insurance Ratings Under Review Following Acquisition

Dec 23 2025 // AM Best has placed under review with developing implications the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Jet Insurance Company, following the...

Vantage Group to Be Acquired by Ackman-Backed Howard Hughes Holdings for $2.1B

Dec 18 2025 // Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., the privately held specialty re/insurer, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (HHH) for approximately $2.1 billion. The Vantage deal, which is...

NFP Acquires Hamilton Insurance in Virginia

Dec 18 2025 // Insurance broker NFP, an Aon company, announced the acquisition of Hamilton Insurance Agency, a property/casualty broker and benefits administration provider in Fairfax, Virginia. Hamilton has been a leader in the...

Confie Acquires Texas’ TGS Insurance Agency

Dec 16 2025 // Confie announced the acquisition of TGS Insurance Agency, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based standard personal lines insurance agency. The acquisition advances Confie’s strategy to scale InsureOne into a leading national...

World Insurance Associates Acquires SilverLeaf Insurance in Arizona

Dec 16 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of SilverLeaf Insurance Group in Scottsdale, Arizona. SilverLeaf was established in 2009. It offers business, health, life and personal insurance lines to clients in...

Trucordia Acquires Global Financial & Insurance Services

Dec 16 2025 // Trucordia, a U.S. insurance brokerage, today announced its acquisition of Global Financial & Insurance Services, an insurance and financial services business based in Irving, Texas. The business has a presence in...

NSI Insurance Acquires Florida-Based Mutual Insurance Group

Dec 16 2025 // Miami-based NSI Insurance Group has acquired another Miami-headquartered brokerage, Mutual Insurance Group, adding another milestone for the company that has doubled in size in recent years. “We are pleased to...

World Insurance Reports It Acquired The Fidella Agency of New Jersey

Dec 16 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced this week that it acquired the business of The Fidella Agency of Lakewood, New Jersey in September. Fidella was founded in 2011 by Joseph Deutsch. The agency specializes in commercial...

YA Group Acquires Texas’ J.M. Reagan Consulting

Dec 16 2025 // YA Group announced the acquisition of the business of J.M. Reagan Consulting (JMR), a multidisciplinary consulting business specializing in property damage consulting and construction claims. The strategic acquisition...