Recent Insurance Industry News

Hellman & Friedman’s Hub International Seeks $3 Billion in IPO

• Agent-Carrier Relationships Improving, Survey Shows

• People Moves: AIG Nabs Aon’s Williams for New Client, Broker Relationships Role

• FBI Probes Whether Alarum Unit Is Behind Co-Opted Home Devices

• Viewpoint: Methuselah Mutuals

• Cedents Find Competitive Market Conditions at Midyear Reinsurance Renewals: Brokers

Insurers Avoid €580 Million Hit From Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

• AI Poses Biggest Security Challenge of Decade, UK’s Cooper Warns

• Allstate’s SquareTrade Europe Launches Licensed Insurer Headquartered in Brussels

• Europe Faces Weeks of Extreme Heat as Fire and Power Risks Build

• Japan-Linked Ships Escaping Hormuz in Convoy Through Iran Route

• Europe Targets Shadow Fleet Tankers Falsely Using Cameroon Flag, Sources Say

New York City Investigating Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on Upper East Side

• Supreme Court to Weigh If States’ Assault Weapons Bans Violate Second Amendment

• New Jersey Busts Alleged $8 Million Auto Theft Operation Involving 63 People

• Co-Owner of Maine Lumber Mill Dies of Injuries From Fire and Explosion

• New York City, Northeast Swelter in Hottest Day of the Year

• Virginia to Allow Recreational Marijuana Sales in Retail Stores in 2027

Iowa Insurance Agent Charged With Identity Theft, Fraud

• Fatal Boat Capsizing Claims Three Lives in Wisconsin’s Geneva Lake

• People Moves: Shepherd Insurance Names Hill as CIO

• Ex-Michigan Police Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Salvage Vehicle Inspections

• People Moves: Alliant Hires Sorensen as EVP in Mergers & Acquisitions

• People Moves: Gerger Named CEO of Big I Illinois

Deadly Screwworm’s Leap Into the US Mystifies Health Experts

• Texas Doesn’t Require Training for All Emergency Coordinators

• AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation

• Oklahoma-Based Homebuilder Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination

• Texas Petrochemical Plants May Not be Ready for Fiercer Storms

• Camp Mystic Seeks Bankruptcy to Settle Texas Flood Wrongful Death Claims

Alabama DOI Lifts 16-Month Moratorium on New Captive Insurers

• Tiger’s Hospital Records to be Handed Over to Prosecutors in DUI Case

• Murdaugh’s Saga Continues With New Trial Date Set for April 5

• Florida Supreme Court Ruling Could Mean New Pressure to Settle High-Dollar Lawsuits

• Former Auto-Owners Claims Manager in NC Charged With Fraud in His Own Claim

• The Lull Before the Storms: Businesses Should Test Hurricane Plans, Panel Says

AM Best Places Credit Ratings of Topa in California Under Review

• Washington Labor & Industries Opens Inspections at State’s Other Kraft Paper Mills

• California Bans ‘Sell By’ Food Labels to Cut Food Waste

• DUAL North America Launches California Homeowners Product

• Washington Farm Labor Contractor Fined $700,000 for Breaking Worker Protection Laws

• Airbnb Must Face LA Lawsuit Alleging Price Gouging During 2025 Wildfires