Recent Insurance Industry News
National News
State Farm Inked $1.5B Underwriting Profit for 2025 but HO Loss Persists
State Farm reported an underwriting gain of $1.5 billion for its property/casualty businesses in 2025, representing a turnaround from an underwriting loss of more than $6...
Walmart to Pay $100 Million to Settle FTC Case on Driver Wages
Ford Recalling 4.3 Million US Vehicles Over Software Issue
Vanguard Settles Collusion Suit for $29.5 Million
CDC Declares ByHeart Infant Botulism Outbreak Over, Probe Continues
From Dating Scams to Fake Lawyers: OpenAI Details ChatGPT Misuse
International & Reinsurance News
Zurich Insurance Said to Near Beazley Deal Funded by Equity Sale Next Week
Zurich Insurance Group AG is nearing an agreement to acquire UK specialty insurer Beazley Plc and raise billions of dollars in equity to help fund the deal, according to people...
Hacker Used Anthropic’s Claude to Steal Mexican Data Trove
After Hedge Fund Interest, UK’s Flood Re Plans More Cat Bonds
Corporate Treasuries Are Slow to Adopt AI, Survey Finds
UK Appoints Barclays Executive as Top Bank of England Regulator
How China Is Masking Drone Flights in Potential Taiwan-Invasion Rehearsal
East News
AI-Generated Job Ads Discriminated Against US Workers, Says Civil Rights Unit
The Department of Justice (DOJ) reported it has secured a settlement agreement with a Virginia information technology services firm that is says discriminated against U.S....
Many State Flood Maps Are Not Up to Date. Connecticut Is Trying to Fix That.
US Judge Again Refuses to Allow New Hampshire to Abolish Auto Inspections
New York Sues Video Game Developer Valve, Says Its ‘Loot Boxes’ Are Gambling
Gas Explosion Engulfs House in Flames, Injures Mother and Child in Massachusetts
Cleaning Up Potomac River Sewer Spill Could Take Months
Midwest News
Higginbotham Acquires Illinois-Based Monarch Solutions
Higginbotham announced it has acquired Monarch Solutions Inc., a firm that supports high-net-worth individuals with insurance related strategies that are intended to provide tax...
Texas / South Central News
State Farm to Issue $136M in Dividends to Louisiana Drivers
State Farm will issue dividends to Louisiana drivers totaling $136 million following stronger than expected underwriting performances nationally. State Farm, which writes...
Pentagon Laser Downs Customs Border Patrol Drone in Texas
Lead Detected in New Orleans Homes Amid Delayed Pipe Replacement
Families of Flood Victims Texas Over Camp Mystic Disaster Response
TWIA Board Sets $4.3B as 1-in-50 Probable Maximum Loss for 2026 Storm Season
Vistria Acquires Texas-Based MGA Lumen
Southeast News
Florida Appeals Court Pulls the Plug on Physician Dispensing in Workers’ Comp
For more than a decade, insurance companies and physician groups have battled it out over the true meaning of Florida statutes: Are doctors considered pharmacists, allowed to...
Former Tennessee Agent Charged With Keeping Premium Payments
Crews Battled a 25,000-Acre Wildfire Near Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
People Moves: Byrd Joins Alliant as Employee Benefits SVP in North Carolina
King Risk Expands With Acquisition of Lewis Agency in Georgia
Florida Cabinet Approves Land Transfer for New Rays Stadium in Tampa
West News
SPG Acquires Property Specialist Proper in Montana
Specialty Program Group LLC has acquired Proper Insurance headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. As part of the transaction, Michael Grimland has been named president of Proper....
OSHA Penalizes Businesses Over 6 Deaths at Colorado Dairy
Court Tosses Judgment Blaming Montana Asbestos Deaths on BNSF
San Diego Approves $6M Settlement With Insurers for Flood Damage
People Moves: Delos Insurance Promotes, Hires Leadership Team Members
Former California Insurance Agent Arraigned on Grand Theft And Embezzlement Charges