News for January 2026

• California Accelerates Work on EV Rules, Tax Credits That Trump Opposes
• TDI Investigations Result in $50M for Fraud Victims
• Michigan AG Secures Judgment Against Contractors Over Consumer Scam
• Aon Reports Organic Growth of 6% for 2nd Straight Year
• Insurance Journal’s Agency Salary Survey to Close Tuesday, Feb. 3
• Detroit-Area Taco Bell Operators Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
• Texas Data Centers, Crypto Miners Reduced Power During Storm
• The Hartford Q4 Net Income Up 33% Led by Business Insurance
• Federal Judge Puts Brakes on New Hampshire Plan to Abolish Car Inspections
• Florida Committees Approve MGA, Litigation Funding Restriction Bills
• E&S Premium Growth Moderates Through Nine Months of 2025
• Worries Deepened in South After Days of Snow, Ice and Power Outages
• Markets/Coverages: Brit Announces Renewal of $200M Cyber Consortium
• North American Risk Professionals See Average 11% Salary Increase
• UK Warns of Pancreatitis, Deaths Tied to Obesity Drugs Wegovy, Mounjaro
• Crypto Money-Laundering Hit $82 Billion in 2025, Researchers Say
• Southern Africa Floods That Killed 300 Fueled by Global Warming
• China Plans $29 Billion Capital Injection Into Biggest Insurers
• Markets/Coverages: AXA XL Adds Coverages to Pollution and Remediation Liability
• Flood Risk Misconceptions Drive Underinsurance: Chubb
• Viewpoint: Seamless Lead Sharing a Quiet Advantage In a World of Complex Distribution
• Danone Recalls Batches of Aptamil Baby Formula in Germany, Letter Shows
• USAA Prevails in MSP Recovery’s Latest Class-Action Attempt
• People Moves: Trucordia Names Nelson VP of Public Relations; Hub Hires Ackerman as SVP, Private Client Risk Services
• Oregon Disabling Workers’ Comp Claims Fell in 2024
• Investigation Into Maine Plane Crash That Killed 6 Held Back by Weather
• LA County Told to Pause $4B in Abuse Payouts as DA Probes Fraud Claims
• Gas Smell at Nursing Home Reported Hours Before Deadly Explosion: NTSB
• Cape Cod Faces Highest Snow Risk as New Coastal Storm Forms
• Missouri DCI Requests Update of Catastrophe Response Contacts
• Marsh Reports Organic Growth of 4% for Q4, Full-Year 2025
• Owner of Assisted Living Home Where 10 Died in Fire Denied Access to Insurance Funds
• Waymo Probed After Robotaxi Struck Child Near California School
• AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Texas’ Aventus
• It’s Getting More Expensive to Live in Texas, Census Finds
• New Wrong-Way Detection System Cut Crashes on Michigan Highway
• Opportunity for Private Flood Insurers With Threat of Another NFIP Lapse
• Tampa Bay Rays’ New Stadium in Tampa: What We Know So Far
• Alabama Insurance Agent and Candidate Says Tuberville Lives in Florida
• Europe to Decide How Much Toxin in Baby Formula Is Too Much
• Fire in Connecticut Damages 5 Businesses Including Popular Restaurant
• Bumble, Panera Bread, CrunchBase, Match Hit by Cyberattacks
• Markets/Coverages: Arch Launches Event Cancellation Cyber Coverage
• US Handing Over Seized Tanker to Venezuela, Officials Say
• Australia Hits New Renewable Milestone of Over 50%
• Flood Losses Set to Soar 10-Fold in Southeast Asia, WTW Study Finds
• Berkely Says It’s No Longer Pressured to Push for Rate ‘Across the Board’
• People Moves: Marsh Risk Expands US Surety Team; AXA XL Appoints Billingslea as Head of Energy; Nixon Joins KCC Leadership Team
• Second Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Loses Control in Mediterranean
• US Marshals Are Investigating a Possible Digital-Asset Hack
• Breakdown Cover and Car Insurance Firm RAC Poised to Pick Banks for London IPO
• Winter Storm to Cause Billions of Dollars in Insured Losses: UBS
• Florida House Panel Approves Bill to Waive Permits on Work of Less Than $7,500
• Commerce Department Plans National AI Center in San Francisco
• Judge Allows Massachusetts Wind Project to Resume Construction, Blocking Pause
• People Moves: Brown Appointed Vermont Deputy Commissioner of Captive Insurance
• Trump Putting Zeldin in Charge of Permits to Rebuild After LA Wildfires
• Thousands of East Texans Remain Without Power After Winter Storm
• People Moves: Novi Underwiters Adds Three to Management Liability Lines
• Kansas Commissioner Supports Bill to Create Insurance Savings Account
• People Moves: Texas Mutual Names Cullison as SVP of Talent and Brand Strategy; Brown & Riding Adds Herbert to National Casualty Practice
• Australian Broker AUB Agrees to Buy Majority Stake in UK’s Prestige
• Google to Pay $135 Million to Settle Android Data Transfer Lawsuit
• People Moves: MEMIC Hires Coy as CIO
• Judge Allows Dali Manager’s Bid to Limit Liability for Baltimore Bridge Collapse
• Progressive Q4 Income Up 25%; CFO Sauerland to Retire in July
• California Seafood Distributor Paying $248K for Prop 65 Violations
• Howden-Driven Talent War Has Cost Brown & Brown $23M in Revenue, CEO Says
• Mississippi, Deep South Shiver Under Ice as Long Recovery Looms
• FAA’s Failure to Act on Safety Risks Blamed for Midair Collision at Reagan Airport
• Tokio Marine HCC Lists Top 10 Cyber Incidents in 2025
• Victims of Spectacular German Bank Heist File Lawsuits
• Hacking the Grid: How Digital Sabotage Turns Infrastructure Into a Weapon
• Businesses Pressured to Respond to ICE While Becoming a Target
• People Moves: BMS Re Appoints Grippa US Chief Strategy Officer
• Markets/Coverages: Coalition Starts Private Equity Practice for Cyber Risk
• Insurance Giant AXA XL, Enosis Capital Seal ‘Debt-for-Nature’ Tie Up
• Longtime Alabama Dentist Charged With Insurance Fraud in 2025 Office Explosion
• People Moves: CRC Adds DeJesus and Woita to Underwriting Leadership; Buckner Names Taylor President of Idaho
• Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Inks Contracts Worth $600 Million
• WTW Completes Acquisition of Specialty Broker Newfront
• Trump Orders Federal Takeover of LA Wildfire Rebuilding Efforts
• London Cyberattack Threatens to Hold Up Thousands of Home Sales
• Markets/Coverages: Apollo, ZenHedge Partner on Parametric Solution for Shippers
• Kin Moves Into Florida and Texas With Home-Auto Bundle Products
• GEICO Settles Call-Center Worker Suits for $940,000; Attorneys Get Half
• Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Can Be Treated as Self-Employed
• Do New Yorkers Pay Too Much for Auto Insurance?
• WalkerHughes Insurance Acquires Pair of Missouri Agencies
• Why Power Outages Do More Economic Damage Than We Think
• Updated: 6 Killed in Private Plane Crash at Maine Airport
• WR Berkely Turns in Record Underwriting Results for Q4, Year
• European Nations Issue Warning to Russia-Linked Shadow Fleet
• Markets/Coverages: Brit Launches Integrated Cyber, Financial Institutions Consortium
• North Sea Wind Push Sees Industry Vow to Spend €9.5 Billion
• Italy Declares Emergency as Storm Damage Tops €1.5 Billion
• Nvidia’s Rally Shows DeepSeek Fears Were Unfounded a Year Later
• Flood in Vale Mining Area Damaged Brazilian River, State Government Says
• NTSB Opens Probe Into Waymo Robotaxis Passing Stopped School Buses
• Ansay & Associates Expands Into Illinois With Preston Insurance Partnership
• Nvidia Launches AI Technologies to Aid Weather Forecasting
• EEOC Scraps Guidance That Expanded Workplace Protections for LGBTQ Workers
• Navigators Can’t Parse ‘Additional Insured’ Policy Wording in Georgia Explosion Case
• Cargo Theft Surges 60% in 2025, $725M in Estimated Losses
• Accuweather: Winter Storm to Cause Up to $115B in Damage, Economic Losses
• California Rehab Center to Pay $1.5M for Keeping Two Paycheck Protection Loans
• California to Get $379M in Funding for EV Charging Infrastructure
• ZEV Registrations in California Fell for the First Time Since 2020
• Gas Explosion, Fire on Top Floors of NYC Apartment Building Kills 1, Injures 14
• Man Who Stole $28 Million From Mars Inc. Sentenced
• US Deep Freeze Wreaks Havoc on Texas Oil Producers and Refiners
• Email Phishing Scam Targets New York Financial Services Firms, DFS Warns
• Customers’ Search for Better Auto Rates Has UBI Heating Up
• Georgia Financial Adviser Awaits Sentencing in $380M Ponzi Scheme
• FEMA Extends Housing Aid for Maui Wildfire Survivors Until 2027
• Ice, Snow and Crashes Across Much of the Southeast from Winter Storm
• Google Settles Google Assistant Privacy Lawsuit for $68 Million
• Post-Storm Freeze to Test US Power Grids as Demand Surges
• Markets/Coverages: Marsh Risk Expands Nimbus Facility for Major Data Center Projects
• Doordash, Uber Fail to Stop NYC Law Requiring 10% Tip Prompt
• Update: Second Winter Storm Set to Bring More Snow to Northern Europe
• EU Opens Probe Into X Over Grok’s Production of Sexualized Imagery, Lawmaker Says
• Danone Recalls Specific Baby Formula Batches Made in Ireland as Toxin Scare Widens
• AI Job Cuts Are Landing Hardest in Britain, Morgan Stanley Says
• North Sea Nations Will Vow to Jointly Build and Protect Wind Sites
• Illinois Man Accused of Setting Fire to Insurance Agent’s Office
• Texas House GOP Races to Center on Tort Battle
• Car Crashes Into Detroit-Area Airport Ticket Counter, Injuring 6
• AI-Driven Threats Driving Spending Plans: AXIS
• Texas Deep Freeze Shutters Some Energy-Consuming Industry Sites
• Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy
• Florida Board Drafting Rules That Could Stem Bogus Engineering Reports in Claims
• TV Show About the NYPD Becomes Legal Drama Starring City and Dr. Phil’s Son
• FAA Finalizes Airport Rules Imposed After Army Helicopter Collision With Airliner
• Hartford Opens Y‑Risk Office in San Francisco
• Storm Leaves 1 Million Without Power, Forces 10,000 Flight Cancellations
• New Exoskeleton System Said to Reduce Back and Strain Injuries by Almost Two-Thirds
• Sweeping US Winter Storm Threatens Blackouts and Snarled Travel
• Pacific Life Seeks to Dismiss Kyle Busch’s $8.5M Lawsuit Over Insurance Policies
• People Moves: Starwind Marine and Energy Announces Leadership Appointments
• People Moves: Coterie Appoints Seich as Chief Revenue Officer
• Hot Sauce Company Sues Manufacturer Over Exploding Bottles
• Prudential Japan Pledges Reforms After Widespread Misconduct
• Port of Los Angeles December Imports Fell 8% From Year Earlier
• Pennsylvania High Court Quashes Challenge to Uber’s ‘Clickwrap’ Arbitration Agreement
• Munich Re May Trim Headcount Through Voluntary Buyouts at Ergo Insurance Unit
• France Reports Second Baby Death Amid Tainted Formula Crisis
• Another Russian Shadow Fleet Oil Tanker Runs Into Difficulties
• People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Promotes Leaders Nationwide
• Poll: Most Americans Believe Cities Will Be Lost to Rising Sea Levels
• France Boards Russia-Linked Oil Tanker in Shadow Fleet Move
• Egan-Jones Ratings No Longer Recognized by Bermuda Regulator
• Big North European Investors Reassess US Exposure as Geopolitical Risk Mounts
• 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
• Update: House Committee Advances Bill to Extend Federal Terrorism Backstop
• 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

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