Viewpoint: Japan’s $550B Bet on America—What it Means for the US Insurance Market April 17, 2026 By Kenyu Okuda Five hundred and fifty billion dollars. That is the figure at the center of the landmark strategic investment agreement the...
Markets/Coverages: Allstate Offers Free ID Theft Protection; NFP Starts US Flood Practice April 16, 2026 Allstate said it is starting to provide its customers with identity theft protection at no additional cost This added value...
AI Use in Cybersecurity Could Show Holes in Short Term, Says Fitch April 16, 2026 By Chad Hemenway U.S. cyber insurers in 2025 reversed a couple of years of decline in direct written premiums to post growth of...
Toxic Gas-Emitting Plants Get Pollution Reprieve Under Trump April 16, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman and Zahra Hirji After teacher Janet Rau learned that a carcinogenic gas was being released from an industrial plant near her school in...
Zantac Suits Tossed by Delaware Judge for Flawed Cancer Link April 16, 2026 By Jef Feeley A Delaware judge threw out lawsuits seeking to link the heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, freeing makers of the product...
Aon Expands Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program Capacity to $3.5B April 16, 2026 Aon plc is expanding its proprietary Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP) with an additional $1 billion, increasing the program’s...
People Moves: Former Verisk CEO Stephenson Joins ZestyAI Board of Directors; WTW Appoints Li to North America PPCU Consulting Team April 16, 2026 Scott Stephenson, former chairman, president, and CEO of Verisk Analytics, joined the board of directors at ZestyAI, a San Francisco,...
Viewpoint: Why Brokers Have Little to Fear and Everything to Gain From AI April 16, 2026 By Martin Henley The world’s largest insurance brokers recently found themselves caught in an “AI scare trade” after news that Tuio home insurance...
Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming, but Can They Improve Forecasts? April 15, 2026 By Mary Hui, Eric Roston and Joe Wertz A few days before Christmas, Howard Qin was scrutinizing weather forecasts on two laptops at home in Shanghai when he...
Progressive Q1 2026 Net Income Up 10% April 15, 2026 First quarter 2026 net income at Progressive Corp. increased 10% compared to the same period a year ago to nearly...