Recent Insurance Industry News

Insurtech Looks to ‘Redefine’ Insurance With Autonomous AI Agents by 2026

• Navigating The Challenging US Liability Litigation Environment

• Employers Miss Out on Talent When Remote Work Isn’t Allowed: Survey

• Appeals Court Says DOGE Team Can Access Sensitive Data

• AIG CEO Zaffino Highlights Integration of GenAI to Create Digital Twin of Business

• 5-Year Cost of Litigation Funding to Commercial Insurers Could Top $25B

Israeli Insurance Software Firm Sapiens to Be Bought by Advent for $2.5 Billion

• Activist Investor 7Square Pushes Nuernberger to Entertain Rival Offers

• Thousands Flee Wildfires Across Greece as Heat Withers Crops

• Update: Typhoon Podul Slams Into Southern Taiwan, Hundreds of Flights Canceled

• People Moves: Aon Promotes Shukri as UK Reinsurance Client Services Leader; Blenheim Underwriting Taps Stratton-Thomsett From MS Amlin as Casualty Underwriter

• Finland Charges Eagle S Tanker Captain, Officers Over Cable Cuts

US Steel Plant Hit by Deadly Blast Has History of Accidents

• Men Collecting Workers’ Comp Caught Coaching Soccer, Flipping Cheesesteaks

• ‘Data-Driven’ Workers’ Compensation Writer Pie Insurance Enters Connecticut

• TWFG Insurance Acquires New York’s Angers & Litz Associates

• 2 Dead, 10 Injured After US Steel Plant Explosion Near Pittsburgh

• FAA Proposes to Extend Newark Airport Flight Cuts Until October 2026

Wisconsin Severe Storms Cause Flooding, Knock Out Power

• Judge Stops Hazardous Waste Shipments to Michigan Landfill

• Storms in Nebraska Kill 1, Displace Hundreds of Inmates

• Helicopter Crash Kills 2 Workers Repairing Powerlines Near Mississippi River

• People Moves: Coterie Insurance Names Albert and Egbert to Senior Leadership Team

• Minnesota Cities Consider Government-Run Marijuana Shops

AAIP Names 2025/26 Officers and Directors

• Texas Homeowners Question Whether to Rebuild After Floods

• Louisiana to Pay $9M Settlement to Man Partially Paralyzed by State Trooper

• Toxic Shale Drilling Wastewater Threatens Top Oil Fields, Texas Agency Warns

• Tesla Secures Texas Rideshare Permit for Robotaxi Operation

• Why Experts Say States Need to Get in the Business of Floodplain Buyouts

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Florida Complex Where Airman Was Shot by Deputy

• Greystar Reaches Deal in Justice Department’s Rental Market Collusion Case

• Ford Puts a Charge in EV Production with $2B Overhaul of Kentucky Plant

• South Carolina DOI Pitches Rate Cut on Some Credit Property Insurance

• Legacy Risk Solutions Merges With Atlanta-Based PointeNorth Insurance

• CDC Shooter Believed COVID Vaccine Made Him Suicidal, Father Tells Police

Nevada Court Clears Way for Former Raiders Coach Gruden to Sue NFL Over Emails

• The Sullivan Group Names Smith President And CEO

• California and Washington Companies Paying $145M to Settle FTC Charges

• Chevrolets, Hyundai Among Affordable Trucks and SUVs to Insure, Mercury Says

• California Stalls on EV Subsidies as Trump Cuts Federal Rebate

• While LA Burned, Rules to Protect Homes From Wildfires Were on Hold