News for January 2026

• Commercial Lines Market Overall Remains Firm, Says Ivans
• AI Data Center Boom Risks Roiling Global Carmaker Supply Chains
• 20,000 AI Users at Travelers Prep for Innovation 2.0; Claims Call Centers Cut
• Security First Latest Florida Insurer to Roll Back HO3 Rates
• Washington Bill Granting Restitution to Insurance Consumers Passes State Senate
• Relation Insurance Acquires PT Business Solutions in California
• New Jersey Announces $16 Million More in Medical Debt Relief
• Estee Lauder Sued by Beauty Tech Startup for Alleged Theft
• People Moves: EverPeak Insurance Names Kranz President; Arrowhead Intermediaries Appoints Davis as CMO; Owens Joins Alliant as SVP
• Texas Officials Say State is Ready for Winter Storm
• Kentucky DOI Warns Agents to Be Careful Giving Investment Advice
• People Moves: Cottingham & Butler Names Hessling President; Blessing Named Office President of CRC Group Kansas City Operation
• Pennsylvania Blocked $227.9 Million in P/C Insurance Hikes in 2025, Says Regulator
• Markets/Coverages: AXA XL Launches Alternative Risk Solutions; Bouteille to Lead
• Georgia Farm Bureau Promotes Willis, LIRG Names Roche Marketing Chief
• Trial Underway for Ex-St. Louis Alderman Accused of Insurance Fraud
• Warner Pacific Builds SE Business With Brokers Holding Group
• Texas Power Grid Faces Major Test From Season’s Biggest Storm
• Brown Students Return to Tighter Security After Campus Shooting
• Bill to Extend Federal Terrorism Backstop Weighed in House Committee
• Forecasters Warn of ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ Storm From Texas to the Carolinas
• Chicago Tow Truck Driver Charged Over Vehicle Thefts
• Beazley Rejects Zurich Insurance’s £7.7 Billion Takeover Bid
• Japan’s TEPCO Pauses Nuclear Reactor Reboot Day After Milestone Restart
• Markets/Coverages: DUAL LatAm Partners With Ki to Expand Region’s Property Capacity
• People Moves: Fagan Joins Brown & Riding’s National Property Practice
• Dairy Giants Rush to Recall Infant Formula After Expanding Contamination Scare
• Water ‘Bankruptcy’ Era Has Begun for Billions, Scientists Say
• Trump Backs Down on Greenland Tariff Threats, Rules Out Use of Force
• AI Company Eightfold Sued for Helping Companies Secretly Score Job Seekers
• People Moves: Crawford & Company Launches New Structure, Names Hoberman CEO of US Operations; Converge Appoints Altman CTO
• Pace of Insurance M&A Lagged in 2025 With No ‘Mad Dash’: OPTIS
• Falls Were Most Common Safety Violation in Washington for 20th Straight Year
• What A Community Foundation Learned Spending $100M After The LA Fires
• Texas Braces for Arctic Mix of Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain
• New Jersey Extends Licensing, Insurance Mandate to All E-Bikes
• Gryphon Holdings Acquiring PrimeOne Insurance Company
• Appeals Court Allows for Separate Loss-of-Consortium Damages
• People Moves: Howden Launches US Cyber Practice
• Outlook on Reinsurance Has Changed; Pre-2023 Property Pricing Is Back: AM Best
• Risk Advisory Zurich Resilience Solutions Starts Data Center Practice
• Kalshi Cannot Operate Sports-Prediction Market in Massachusetts, Judge Rules
• Snowstorm Sparks 100-Vehicle Pileup in Michigan
• Severe Convective Storms Become Costliest Insured Peril of 21st Century: Aon
• Consumer Group Got $1.4M Intervening in California Rate Filings, CDI Says
• Travelers Q4 Net Income Up 20% on Underwriting, Lower Catastrophe Losses
• Wells Fargo to Move Wealth Headquarters to West Palm Beach
• New Regulations for Texas Hemp Industry Approved
• Texas Faces Freeze While Weekend Snow Risks Rise in New York
• Trucordia Continues Expansion With Acquisition of Florida Insurance Inc.
• Insurtech Lemonade Starts Autonomous Car Product With Tesla’s Data
• Japan’s TEPCO Restarts Nuclear Reactor for First Time Since Fukushima Disaster in 2011
• Experts Can Testify About Suspected J&J Talc Products’ Cancer Link
• EU ‘Fully Prepared’ to Hit Back Over Trump’s Greenland Tariffs
• CEO Revenue Confidence Hits 5-Year Low: PwC Survey
• PE Firm TowerBrook Takes Stake in Insurance Claims Company MSA Mizar
• Viewpoint: Inside the Machinery of Medical Abuse in Liability Claims
• Battle Between Applied Systems and Comulate Escalates With New Antitrust Lawsuit
• Allianz Executive Pushes EU to Pressure US With Market Volatility
• Bermuda Re/Insurers to See U/W Profit Drop; M&A Returns as Organic Growth Wanes
• Alabama DOI Report Shows Litigation Is Up, Raising Liability Costs and Rates
• World Insurance Acquires Jersey Coast Insurance
• Kaiser Permanente Affiliates Paying $556M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
• Judge Allows Virginia Offshore Wind Project to Restart in Another Setback for Trump
• Appeals Court Asks Arizona Justices to Define ‘Fortuitous Loss’
• Oregon Baby Still Battling Botulism After ByHeart Formula Exposure
• NHTSA Opens Probe Into About 600,000 GM Vehicles Over Engine Failure Issue
• Oklahoma Reaches Settlement With Poultry Company Over Litter Pollution
• Ohio Engineering Firm Penalized for 401(k) Plan Breach
• Michigan Bulletin Provides Guidance for AI Use in Financial Services
• Texas Forecast to Be Top Market for Data Centers
• Edison Sues LA County Over Fire Deaths for Delayed Alerts
• 10,000 Travelers Employees Get AI Assistants Via Anthropic Partnership
• Former County Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling From Labor Union
• Insurance Regulators, Trades Get Behind Latest Effort to Abolish FIO
• Dozens Killed After High-Speed Train Derails in Spain
• Britain Needs ‘AI Stress Tests’ for Financial Services, Lawmakers Say
• BHP Refused Permission to Appeal UK Judgment Over 2015 Brazil Dam Collapse
• Supreme Court to Hear Bayer’s Bid to Curb Roundup Cases
• Florida OIR Triples the Size of Citizens’ Rate Decrease
• Florida Insurance Law Certification Closer to Approval; Coverage College Set for March
• Insurica Acquires Florida-Based First Light Program Managers
• NYC Mayor Mamdani Widens Delivery-App Crackdown With Lost-Pay Lawsuit
• LA Fire Survivors Got a Rude Surprise That Could Hit More Americans
• People Moves: Cowbell Appoints Hughes as Chief Commercial Officer
• Grandson Not Covered Under Grandma’s Home Insurance
• AIG Announces Strategic Investment Partnership of Up to $3.5B With CVC
• Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley
• Toscafund Is Said to Explore Sale of Portuguese Insurer Caravela
• Trump’s Greenland Threat Puts Europe Inc Back in Tariff Crosshairs
• Chile Declares Catastrophe as Deadly Fires Force Evacuations
• South Africa Declares National Disaster After Deadly Floods
• California Attorney General Issues Cease and Desist Letter to xAI
• Allstate Can Proceed With Recovery in Texas RICO Case: Fifth Circuit
• Trump Officials Vow to Keep All US Coal Plants Running
• Dealmakers See More Retail Mergers, IPOs After Tariffs Sidelined M&A Last Year
• Texas Proposes 13,000% Fee Hike on Hemp THC Shops
• New Texas Law Expedites Medical Benefits for Injured Death Investigation Professionals
• Part That Broke on UPS Plane in Kentucky Failed 4 Times on Other Planes Years Ago
• AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Michigan Millers Mutual
• Wisconsin Medical Care Partnership to Pay $162K in Back Wages
• Thumbs Down on SELF DRIVE Act as Written, Says Industry Trades
• Georgia Seeks to Spend $1.8B to Unclog Interstate 75
• Federal Judge Allows Equinor to Restart New York Offshore Wind Project
• Tesla Gets 5-Week Extension in Probe of Full Self-Driving Traffic Violations
• People Moves: Lloyd’s Appoints Bichard From PwC as CFO, Succeeding Cliff
• Greensill Bank Sues UK Government for $441 Million Over COVID Loan Guarantees
• Venezuelan Oil Industry Is Running on WhatsApp After Cyberattack
• Fitch Warns of Eastern European Downgrades if Greenland Strife Cracks NATO
• Ex-PIMCO Executive Scores Milestone on Launch of Catastrophe Bond ETF
• NAIC Names Committee Leaders for 2026
• US Senators Introduce Long-Awaited Bill to Define Crypto Market Rules
• Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training
• South Africa Closes Kruger Park as Deadly Floods Kill Dozens
• Polish Premier Blames Russia for Cyberattack on Energy Facilties
• SC Workers’ Comp Commission Bans Most Wireless Devices in Courtroom
• Amwins Expands Professional Products as Stonetrust Moves Into South Carolina
• Virginia Strengthens Oversight of Nursing Homes
• NEXT Insurance in California Rebrands as ERGO NEXT Insurance
• New Jersey Adds Job Protections for First Responders Diagnosed With PTSD
• People Moves: Fallon to Lead CRC Specialty Expansion Into Virginia
• Maui Fire Survivors Brace for Possible End to FEMA Rental Assistance
• Twice Convicted Rhode Island Adjuster Sentenced for Federal Tax Crimes
• DoorDash, Uber Cost Drivers $550 Million in Tips, NYC Says
• New York State Police Report 37-Vehicle Pileup on I-81 Near Syracuse
• The Return Period for An LA Wildfire-Scale Event May Be Shorter Than You Think
• Food Distributor to Pay $1.1 Million Over Deadly Ammonia Release
• Oklahoma Senate Minority Leader Proposes Insurance Reform Bills
• Kansas Department of Insurance Recovers $56M in 2025
• Immigration Officers Descend on Meta Data Center, Arrest Drivers
• Trump Nominates WeatherTech’s MacNeil to Be FTC Commissioner
• People Moves: SCOR Names Swiss Re’s Forgeron as P&C Chief Underwriting Officer; Hamilton Re Promotes Steinhoff to CUO
• Georgia Lawmakers Move to Strike Savannah Ban on Guns in Unlocked Cars
• Registration Open for Florida OIR Insurance Summit in April
• Proposed California Billionaires’ Tax Rattles Silicon Valley, Entangles Governor
• Markets/Coverages: Berkshire (BHSI) Enhances UK D&O Liability Offering
• DeSantis Amplifies Warning on ‘Real Perils’ of AI, Data Centers and Pushes Regulation
• AI Is the Biggest Mover on Allianz Risk Barometer; Cyber Takes Top Spot for Fifth Year
• Surging Oil Tanker Insurance Points to Growing Black Sea Chaos
• People Moves: Mosaic Builds Out Global Transactional Tax-Risk Team; The Hartford Names Hill CUO of Small Business
• Financial Lines MGA Verde Risk Management Launched by Asta’s MGA Platform
• Two Dead in Thailand After Second Deadly Crane Accident a Day Earlier
• Dark Fleet Seeking Russian Protection as US Seizes Oil Tankers
• UK Regulators Agree Deal to Coordinate With EU on Critical Third-Party Tech Providers
• SIAA Announces Strategic Partnership With Progressive
• Denmark-US Rift Persists as NATO Nations Deploy to Greenland
• Cyber Breach Affected 750,000 Canadian Investors, Regulator Says
• People Moves: SPG Names Carpenter VP of Business Development, Infrastructure
• Scientists Confirm 2025 Was Third-Hottest Year, Trailing 2024 and 2023
• Oracle Sued by Bondholders Over Losses Tied to AI Buildout
• Florida Heads for Smallest Orange Crop in Nearly a Century
• $182M Settlement Reached in 2015 New York Train Crossing Crash That Killed 6
• People Moves: SAN Group Names Regional VP; RCM&D Hires Surety Division Director
• Musk’s xAI Faces California AG Probe Over Grok Sexual Images
• Two Big California Home Insurers to Raise Rates by 6.9%
• Driver Fails to Back Up Claim That Tesla Touchscreen Defect Caused Accident
• Supreme Court Does Not Issue Ruling on Trump’s Tariffs
• Update: Verizon Says Service Restored After Thousands Affected by Outage
• WV Program That Helped Tackle Abandoned Buildings is Running Out of Money
• CrowdStrike Defeats Shareholder Lawsuit Over Huge Software Outage
• FBI Says Arson Suspect Targeted Mississippi Synagogue That Was Bombed in 1967
• Baldwin Group Acquires Illinois’ Obie
• Business Moves: ALKEME Expands in US With Addition of 5 Agencies
• People Moves: Roggenbaum Named Amerisure Vice President of Strategic Growth
• Kansas Man Sentenced to Probation for Insurance and Identity Fraud
• Deadly Fire at Assisted Living Facility Prompts Massachusetts Safety Reforms
• Texts Show Texas Officials’ Confusion About Campers’ Fate Amid Flood
• Main Break Leaves Many El Paso, Texas Residents Without Water
• People Moves: AXA XL Reinsurance Promotes Longbottom and Pedro; Matthias Appointed Global Head of Zurich Resilience Solutions, Succeeding De Nil
• Expense Ratio Analysis: AI, Remote Work Drive Better P/C Insurer Results
• Tesla Agrees to Mediation That Could Resolve EEOC’s Racism Lawsuit
• Trade and War Worries Haunt Davos as World Seen ‘on a Precipice’: WEF Survey
• Consumer Acceptance of Telematics Widens, Says Survey
• 2025 Among World’s Three Hottest Years on Record: WMO
• Sedgwick Launches Global Specialty Platform in London
• Drones Hit Two Tankers in Black Sea, Driving Up War Insurance Costs
• UK Actuaries Sound Alarm on Loss Models Downplaying Climate Risk
• Warburg Mulls $1 Billion Sale of London Insurance Broker McGill
• Markets/Coverages: Aon Expands Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program to $2.5B
• India Digital Insurer Acko Said to Seek Banks for $350 Million India IPO
• EPA Aims to Speed Permitting for Energy, AI Infrastructure With Rule Change
• Fleets Must Stay on Top of Changes in Volume and Behavior to Reduce Crashes
• Adjusters Launch ‘CarFax for Insurance Claims’ to Vet Carriers’ Damage Estimates
• Viewpoint: What The Return of California’s ‘Death Discount’ Means for Litigation
• People Moves: Ames & Gough Appoints Marchetti as President; Gough Becomes CEO
• How Colorado Sparked a Global Push for Salary Transparency
• New York Governor Hochul Vows to Tackle Insurance Affordability, Litigation and Fraud
• Marshall+Sterling Acquires New York’s Sidle Insurance
• Oklahoma Homeowners Can Apply for Up to $10K Grants for Fortified Roofs
• Business Moves: United Risk to Acquire DUAL Crisis Management Program, Team
• People Moves: Packer Named to MD Board; Parkhurst New TDCI General Counsel
• Railroads and Their Regulators Thwart Safety Fixes, Analysis Finds
• Markets/Coverages: ATA Launches $750M Insurance Facility for AI Infrastructure Boom
• Court Orders Justice Family Coal Companies to Pay $1M to Liberty Mutual Unit
• Markets/Coverages: FM Bumps Up Limits for Data Centers to $5B
• Iowa Landlord to Pay $325K Settlement in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
• Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud
• California Wants to Mix Hydrogen With Gas to Cut Pollution. Critics Say That Poses Risks
• APCIA Backs Federal Bill to Require Litigation Funding Disclosure
• People Moves: Chaucer Taps Carpenter’s Loh as CEO Singapore; Price Forbes Singapore Names Carpenter’s Heath as Head of Reinsurance and Wholesale
• Door of Swiss Bar Where 40 Died in Fire Was Locked, Says RTS
• Markets/Coverages: Berkshire (BHSI) Expands Casualty Lines in Italy
• Factbox: Elon Musk’s Grok Faces Global Scrutiny for Sexualized AI Deepfakes
• BBC Defends Documentary Targeted by Trump in $10 Billion Suit
• Wildfires, Storms Fuel 2025 Insured Losses of $108 Billion: Munich Re Report
• Schrager Hampson Aviation Acquires Delaware’s Einstein Insurance
• Experian: AI Agents Could Overtake Human Error as Major Cause of Data Breaches
• Florida Lawmakers Ready for Another Shot at Litigation Funding Limits
• Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement
• Judge Lets Orsted Resume Rhode Island Offshore Wind Project Halted by Trump
• Ex-Insurance Agent Sentenced for 2 Fraud Counts Faces Additional Charges
• Experts Wary of Privacy, Liability From AI Health Gadgets at CES in Nevada
• FAA Notice Warned of Slackline Before Deadly Arizona Helicopter Crash
• Sexual Assault Charges Dropped Against Former AIG Exec McElroy
• Michigan Auto Industry Faces ‘a Critical Time,’ Report Says
• People Moves: Rockford Mutual Announces Leadership Transition
• Texas Staffing Agency to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
• Texas Medical Marijuana Industry Sprouts New Businesses, Patients
• Alliant Latest to Sue Howden US Over Alleged ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Poaching
• Companies Work to Handle Safety Challenges of New Venezuelan Oil Exports: Sources
• Business Moves: Nexus Acquires Medical Tourism MGA; SRG Buys North of England Broker Kennett; Jensten Buys 3 Brokers, Gaining 1st Entry in Scotland
• Data Centers Will Need $3 Trillion Through 2030, Moody’s Says
• Georgia Republicans Move to Scrap State Income Tax by 2032 Despite Concerns
• SC Lab and CEO to Repay $6.8M in Kickback Scheme Exposed by Whistleblower
• Rideshare Drivers Protest Robotaxis as California Considers More Regulations
• South Carolina Measles Outbreak Grows, Spreads to NC and Ohio
• Delaware Reports Avian Flu in a Commercial Poultry Flock
• North Carolina May Lose $50M in Federal Funds Over Immigrant Trucker Licenses
• Markets/Coverages: Brit Launches Property Direct & Facultative in Bermuda
• Fed Served With DOJ Subpoenas; Powell Vows to Stand Firm
• US Seizes Fifth Vessel Taken in Venezuela Blockade
• Finnish Police Release Russia-Linked Ship Held in Cable Sabotage Case
• Indian Insurer’s Worker Posts Draft Earnings in WhatsApp Status
• One Dead in Australian Wildfires That May Burn for Weeks to Come
• Supreme Court to Weigh FCC Power to Fine in New Regulatory Clash
• CEOs on Guard as Trump Rattles Companies With Series of Edicts
• California Bill Seeks to Add ‘Transparency’ to Aerial Images Used by Insurers
• Starkweather & Shepley Acquires DiMatteo Brokerage in Connecticut
• Billionaire NFL Owner Suing Over Billboards Near His LA Stadium
• New York AG Demands Instacart Hand Over Information About Price Tests
• Newsom Seeks $200 Million to Replace EV Tax Credits Cut by Trump
• Switzerland Mourns Fire Victims as Country Seeks Answers; Insurers Assess Damages
• Supreme Court Set to Issue Rulings as Trump Awaits Fate of Tariffs
• NC Insurance Commissioner Urges President to Not Pardon Greg Lindberg
• People Moves: Munich Re Syndicate Taps HDI’s Ogden as CEO; HDI Global UK & Ireland Names Hunt as Interim CEO in UK & Ireland as Ogden Departs
• Baldwin Group Acquires Capstone Group in Philadelphia
• How Trump’s Tariffs Ricochet Through A California Business Park
• Surge of Supercharged Hurricanes Prompt Call for Cat 6 Classification
• Law Firm Faces Sanctions for Failing to Vet Ugandan Claims in $6B 3M Case
• Company Hit With $9 Million Fine for 2023 Oil Spill off Louisiana Coast
• Russian-Bound Tanker Hit by Drone in Black Sea, Maritime Sources Say
• China Urges Nestlé to Work Quickly on Baby Formula Recall
• Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Insurance Launches Bermuda Excess Casualty Business
• Insurers Buy Erste SRT Deal Linked to €10 Billion Loans for M&A
• CRC Group Completes Acquisition of Lloyd’s Managing Agency Atrium
• Japanese Insurer Sompo to Ramp Up Overseas Credit Investments
• Detroit Suburb to Pay Settlement in the Case of Woman Improperly Declared Dead
• Texas Congresswoman Wants Legal Status for Migrant Construction Workers
• People Moves: IICF Names Marohn Chair, McDonough Vice Chair of Board of Governors; AXA XL Promotes Stitham to CUO, Casualty, Americas
• Insurance Journal Opens Nominations for Annual Agents of the Year Awards
• Goldman Sachs Warns US Grids Face Power Crunch by 2030
• Fire Safety Inspections Lapsed for Years at Swiss Bar Where 40 Died in New Year’s Blaze
• People Moves: Patriot Growth Appoints Rogers: Alliant Adds Lowe
• Less Than a Dozen Homes Have Been Rebuilt a Year After LA Wildfires
• Andover Companies Completes Reorganization
• Union Warned of Mass Resignations With Return-to-Office. They Haven’t Happened.
• Trump Prosecutor Targeting NY’s Letitia James Is Disqualified
• ‘Call Your Mother’ Bagel Shop Settles With ‘Call Your Bubbi’
• Procter & Gamble Tweaks Toothpaste Packaging for Texas AG’s Fluoride Concerns
• People Moves: Moore Named General Counsel at Aspire
• Minneapolis Cancels School as Killing Fuels Anti-ICE Protests
• Abbott Names Crawford Texas Insurance Commissioner
• Volvo Cars Recalls Over 413,000 US Vehicles Due to Rearview Camera Issue
• Markets/Coverages: CFC Offers Customer BI for SMEs; Amwins SRU Launches Primary Construction Casualty Program
• Google, AI Firm Settle Florida Mother’s Lawsuit Over Son’s Suicide
• 10 Highest Class-Action Settlements in 2025 Eclipsed $70B Total: Duane Morris
• Update: Storm Goretti Batters Europe With Violent Winds, Power Cuts
• Florida Insurance Agency VP Sentenced to 3 Years in Massive ACA Fraud Scheme
• Two Killed in South Carolina When Scissor Lift Hit Power Lines
• Duffy Pulls $160 Million From California Over Truck Licenses
• Newsom Plans Crackdown on Corporate Homebuying in California
• Nearly Half of 100 Largest P/C Insurers Destroy Value: ACORD
• Bridge Specialty Acquires Pennsylvania Wholesale Broker
• Progressive Approved for Personal Auto Rate Decreases in Louisiana
• Blenheim Partnerships Launches Specialty Trade-Related MGA
• Octave Ventures’ Statera Gets Approval to Be Lloyd’s Managing Agent
• Intruder Causes $28K in Damage at Vice President Vance’s Ohio Home
• German Minister Says EU Must Take Legal Steps to Stop Grok’s Sexualized AI Photos
• Australian State Faces Catastrophic Fire Risk From Heat Wave
• Tesla Door Design Is Targeted by New US Automotive Safety Bill
• Nestle Infant Formula Recall Widens to Africa, the Americas and Asia
• German Dentists’ Fund Sues Advisers Over €1.1 Billion Loss
• People Moves: Roxborough Named 2026 CHSWC Chair
• 4 Injured in Nursing Home Explosion File Negligence Lawsuit
• Orsted’s NY Wind Project Challenges US Suspension of Lease
• Berkshire Hathaway Raises New CEO Abel’s Salary to $25 Million
• Germania Insurance Places First Cat Bond Through Handshake Re
• The MEMIC Group Closes Acquisition of The Dakota Group
• California Bill Would Require Insurer Claims Handling Plans, and Double Penalties
• US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker and Another Tied to Venezuela

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