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Rise of AI Impacts Grand Rapids Region, Companies Face Talent and Market Challenges
Dec 12 2025 // West Michigan remains a leader in job and population growth across Michigan, but there are signs momentum has slowed amid staffing challenges, tariffs and the rise of artificial intelligence. Forty-six percent of Grand...
State Farm Files for Auto Rate Decrease, Homeowners Rate Increase in Louisiana
Dec 12 2025 // More than one million State Fam auto insurance policyholders in Louisiana should see a decrease in premiums in 2026, as Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple approved the carrier’s request for a 5.9% average rate...
AXA Warns on Data Center ‘Gambles’ as Private Credit Risks Rise
Dec 11 2025 // French insurer AXA SA said it’s exercising greater caution on the artificial intelligence build-out when backing financing for the sector, amid growing awareness of emerging risks in private markets. “We are...
After Years of Pushing Rate Hikes, Florida’s Citizens Now Wants HO Rate Decrease
Dec 11 2025 // After years of asking for rate increases to help drive consumers to the private market and reduce its exposure, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is now asking for a rare decrease in homeowners’...
Massachusetts Asks Judge to Block Kalshi From Operating Sports-Prediction Market
Dec 10 2025 // addictioA Massachusetts judge on Tuesday questioned whether prediction-markets operator Kalshi could legally offer the state’s residents the ability to place financial bets on something as “trivial” as...
EU Strikes Deal on Climate Target to Cut Emissions by 90% by 2040
Dec 10 2025 // The European Union agreed on Wednesday to set a legally binding climate target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% from 1990 levels by 2040, and buy foreign carbon credits to cover 5% of the emissions cuts, goals...
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...
Allianz, Oaktree Set Up Reinsurance Syndicate on Lloyd’s Market
Dec 8 2025 // Allianz SE and Oaktree Capital Management agreed to set up a reinsurance syndicate on the Lloyd’s of London market, the latest example of a private capital firm pushing into the non-life sector. The vehicle, named...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Nazareth Mutual
Dec 5 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb+” (Good) of...
The World’s Plastic Glut Is Set to Get Much Worse by 2040, Study Finds
Dec 4 2025 // Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies, humans are continuing to produce the material at accelerating rates. The result: Global plastic...
Deadly Floods’ $20 Billion Toll Shows Asia’s Rising Climate Risk
Dec 4 2025 // Devastating floods have killed more than 1,300 people and caused at least $20 billion in losses since late last month across parts of South and Southeast Asia, underscoring the increasing risks from climate change and...
Surveys Show Concerns About Florida Market, But Consumers Are Warming Up
Dec 4 2025 // New surveys of Florida homeowners show continued concerns about property insurance, premiums and hurricanes, but policyholders seem to be breathing a little easier in recent months. A poll by Florida Atlantic University...
Bank of England Sees Rising Financial Risks From AI and Lending
Dec 3 2025 // The Bank of England said on Tuesday that threats to Britain’s financial system had risen this year due to stretched valuations of companies investing in artificial intelligence, risky lending and bets with borrowed...
Black Sea Shipping Insurance Rates Rise After Ukraine Attacks on Tankers, Sources Say
Dec 2 2025 // The cost of shipping commodities through the Black Sea climbed on Monday after Ukrainian naval drones hit two tankers heading to a Russian port, with fears of further attacks driving up war risk insurance costs, industry...
Hong Kong’s Deadliest Fire in Decades Followed a Year of Safety Complaints
Dec 1 2025 // Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities last year that they faced “relatively low fire risks” after complaining...
Unlocking the Future Workforce in High School: The Impact of Emerging Talent Programs and Local Industry Engagement
Dec 1 2025 // The future of insurance is sitting in today’s classrooms. We hold this truth to be self-evident: when young people gain insurance knowledge, real exposure to professional pathways, and meaningful engagement with...
US E&S Outlook No Longer Positive: AM Best
Dec 1 2025 // AM Best revised its market segment outlook on the U.S. excess and surplus lines segment to stable from positive, the rating agency announced. The change comes as rates soften and premium growth moderates. “Although...
Washington Workers’ Comp Average Premium Going up 4.9% in 2026
Dec 1 2025 // The average cost of workers’ compensation insurance in Washington is set to rise 4.9% for 2026. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced that employers and workers will pay on average $1.37...
Nonstandard Auto Insurers Continue Profit Momentum in 2025: AM Best
Dec 1 2025 // The nonstandard auto insurance market in 2025 certainly looks to be maintaining the momentum it gained last year, according to a new report from AM Best. The insurance industry rating agency said U.S. private passenger...
Growth Momentum Continues for Program Business: TMPAA
Dec 1 2025 // Program business is growing at a rate that outpaces the broader commercial insurance market. Between 2010 and 2020, the program business sector grew from $17.5 billion in commercial insurance revenue to $53.8 billion. In...
