Industry News
Cyber Attacks on U.S. Utilities Surged 70% This Year, Says Research Firm
U.S. utilities faced a near 70 percent jump in cyber attacks this year over the same period in 2023, according to data from Check Point Research, underlining the escalating ...
Hurricane Francine Weakens After Slamming Into Louisiana
Hurricane Francine weakened after slamming into the coast of southern Louisiana with 100 mile-per-hour winds.
The storm made landfall in ...
In Latest Salvo AIG Says Its Former Execs at Dellwood Are ‘Bad Leavers’
In its latest court filing to keep alive a lawsuit against start-up Dellwood Insurance, American International Group said its new competitor failed to explain why the suit cannot go on. AIG argued in ...
U.S. Nuclear Verdicts Break Records and Drive Social Inflation to 7% in 2023: Report
Nuclear verdicts in the United States are breaking records with 27 court cases each awarding compensation of more than $100 million during 2023, according to a compilation published this year. Swiss ...
Toxic Debris From Hawaii Wildfire Could Fill 5 Football Fields 5 Stories Deep
Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the Maui community where he still lives. At dawn, he would accompany his grandmother to a reef at ...
Florida-based FCCI Moving Into Excess and Surplus Market Oct. 1
Sarasota-based FCCI Insurance Group will soon start writing excess and surplus lines across much of the country, the carrier announced this week. Florida, Georgia and Texas insurance agents can ...
AM Best: Unfavorable Operating Performance Key Driver of Downgrades
Deteriorating market conditions and rising loss costs led to a 60 percent increase in rating downgrades of AM Best-rated U.S.-based insurers in 2023 compared with two years earlier, according to a ...
Akur8 Acquires Arius From Milliman
Akur8, an insurance pricing solution based on machine learning, announced that it has acquired Arius from Milliman Inc.
Arius, an ...
