Relying on premium discounts is not enough to encourage adoption of mitigation.
The industry posted underwriting income of $61.2 billion in 2025.
- US Aims to Set Guardrails for Autonomous Vehicle Behavior
- White House Unveils AI Clearinghouse for Cybersecurity Risks
- UK Steps Closer to Creating ‘Internationally Competitive’ Captive Market
- Antares’ CEO Michael van der Straaten Dies at 58
- London Offices Without AC Face New Price Risk Due to Heat Waves
- AM Best Shifts Outlooks to Negative for Safety Insurance
- New York Approves 22% Workers’ Compensation Cost Reduction
- New Jersey Insurance Agents Are Not Exempt From Consumer Fraud Act: High Court
- New Cases Slow in New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- AM Best Shifts Outlooks to Negative for Safety Insurance
- People Moves: MEMIC Expands Northeast Underwriting Team with New Hire Rutledge
- One Weather Firm Warns New England Could See Big Hurricane This Season
- California Rivals Have Starkly Different Plans to Remake Home Insurance
- People Moves: Gabbay Elected to CopperPoint Board of Directors
- Busy Wildfire Season in West Tests Fire Bosses as They Juggle Resources
- Risk Theory Launches Jupiter Platinum Home E&S Product in California
- PG&E Says Power Shutoffs Required in California on Wildfire Risk
- Drought Pits Farms Against Towns and Industry in Scramble for Water in West
- Florida Regulators Mulling New Rules on Market Conduct Exams, Reporting
- Despite 2024 Ruling, Appeals Court Won’t Budge in Golden Corral COVID Case
- Palm Beach Rejects Data Center Near Mar-a-Lago After Backlash
- Man Fleeing Immigration Officers in Florida Struck and Killed by Tractor Trailer
- One Weather Firm Warns New England Could See Big Hurricane This Season
- AI Backlash Builds in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Backyard
- Texas Contractor Fined $343K Following Excavation Collapse
- Northeast Texas Counties Work to Form Groundwater District
- Texas Braces for Heavy Storms One Year After Deadly Floods
- Canada Suspends Animal Exports From Texas Due to New World Screwworm Concerns
- AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Arkansas’ WoodStar Reciprocal Exchange
- Texas Contractor Cited After Worker Dies in Elementary School Crawl Space
- People Moves: IMT Adds Hanraads and Cook to Global Risk & Benefits Practice
- Michigan AI Data Center Project Sparks Debate Over Farmland Protection
- In Michigan, 100K Live Downstream of Old, Decrepit Dams
- People Moves: Holmes Murphy Names Reavis as President
- NFP Acquires Ohio’s Total Benefit Advisors
- Indiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Victim of More Than $500K
National News
- Viewpoint: The AI Ransomware That Couldn’t Get Paid
- US Aims to Set Guardrails for Autonomous Vehicle Behavior
- Americans Are Angry About Data Centers and Politicians Are Feeling the Pressure
- White House Unveils AI Clearinghouse for Cybersecurity Risks
- Progressive Q2 2026 Net Income Up 4%
- In a Shifting Digital-Risk Landscape, Is Your GL Policy Leaving You Exposed?
- The Hanover Announces CEO Succession Plan; Roche to Retire at End of 2026
East News
- New York Approves 22% Workers’ Compensation Cost Reduction
- New Jersey Insurance Agents Are Not Exempt From Consumer Fraud Act: High Court
- New Cases Slow in New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
- AM Best Shifts Outlooks to Negative for Safety Insurance
- People Moves: MEMIC Expands Northeast Underwriting Team with New Hire Rutledge
- One Weather Firm Warns New England Could See Big Hurricane This Season
Midwest News
- People Moves: IMT Adds Hanraads and Cook to Global Risk & Benefits Practice
- Michigan AI Data Center Project Sparks Debate Over Farmland Protection
- In Michigan, 100K Live Downstream of Old, Decrepit Dams
- People Moves: Holmes Murphy Names Reavis as President
- NFP Acquires Ohio’s Total Benefit Advisors
- Indiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Victim of More Than $500K
They say weather cycle data suggests the hurricane could be as big as the famous New England hurricane of 1938.
Texas / South Central News
- Texas Contractor Fined $343K Following Excavation Collapse
- Northeast Texas Counties Work to Form Groundwater District
- Texas Braces for Heavy Storms One Year After Deadly Floods
- Canada Suspends Animal Exports From Texas Due to New World Screwworm Concerns
- AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Arkansas’ WoodStar Reciprocal Exchange
- Texas Contractor Cited After Worker Dies in Elementary School Crawl Space
Southeast News
- Florida Regulators Mulling New Rules on Market Conduct Exams, Reporting
- Despite 2024 Ruling, Appeals Court Won’t Budge in Golden Corral COVID Case
- Palm Beach Rejects Data Center Near Mar-a-Lago After Backlash
- Man Fleeing Immigration Officers in Florida Struck and Killed by Tractor Trailer
- One Weather Firm Warns New England Could See Big Hurricane This Season
- AI Backlash Builds in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Backyard
Iran is now signaling it could shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea.
West News
- California Rivals Have Starkly Different Plans to Remake Home Insurance
- People Moves: Gabbay Elected to CopperPoint Board of Directors
- Busy Wildfire Season in West Tests Fire Bosses as They Juggle Resources
- Risk Theory Launches Jupiter Platinum Home E&S Product in California
- PG&E Says Power Shutoffs Required in California on Wildfire Risk
- Drought Pits Farms Against Towns and Industry in Scramble for Water in West
International & Reinsurance News
- Drones, AI and White Paint: Europe Races to Protect Infrastructure From Heat
- Iran, US Step Up Attacks, Though Release of American May Signal Path to Climbdown
- Iran Warns Strait of Hormuz Is a ‘Red Line’ and Will Resist Until the End
- India Bars Seafarers From Hormuz Voyages After Attacks
- China Sends Robots Into the World to Learn How to Be Human
- London Offices Without AC Face New Price Risk Due to Heat Waves
- HSB (UK & Ireland) Names Former Munich Re Exec Götz as Dir. of Strategy, Value Propositions; Antares Appoints Interim CEO After Death of van der Straaten
Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns
- AI Without the Risk: A Small Agency’s Guide to AI Governance and Data Security
- Risk & Insurance Education Alliance’s Analysis of Risk Course Is Now Available in a Self-Paced Format
- The 5 Tech Stack Mistakes That Keep Scratch Agencies from Scaling
- Mitigating Urban Hurricane Risk with Grassroots Conversations
- Cyber Risk Discovers Insurance Infrastructure
- Life Sciences: Where Innovation Meets Risk
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| Erie Indemnity Company | ERIE | $225.94 | +7.49% |
| Goosehead Insurance, Inc. | GSHD | $55.17 | +6.82% |
| Root, Inc. | ROOT | $59.43 | +6.72% |
| Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | KNSL | $335.52 | +4.98% |
| Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. | SLDE | $20.60 | +4.36% |
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| Presurance Holdings, Inc. | PRHI | $5.05 | -7.73% |
| Lemonade, Inc. | LMND | $64.57 | -2.24% |
| W. R. Berkley Corporation | WRB | $69.90 | +0.03% |
| The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | THG | $207.00 | +0.05% |
| The Progressive Corporation | PGR | $205.80 | +0.28% |