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forbes.com - Randy Sadler - The Costly Insurance Assumption Finance Leaders Can't Afford
The Costly Insurance Assumption Finance Leaders Can't Afford
Forbes

Randy Sadler is a risk management expert and serves as principal and CMO at CIC Services, a captive insurance management firm. An insurance program can renew on time, look sound in a presentation and still leave a company exposed in ways leadership…

bbc.co.uk - Gerry Bradley - Fake insurance: Driver from Londonderry warns of ghost broker scam
Fake insurance: Driver from Londonderry warns of ghost broker scam
BBC

A world champion Irish dancer has been left with a criminal conviction after being conned into thinking she had car insurance by a 'ghost broker' who sold her a fake policy. Amie Donaghey is one of 'thousands of unsuspecting motorists' across the…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Hartford Insurance Group Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Hartford Insurance Group Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
MarketWatch

Shares of Hartford Insurance Group Inc. HIG rose 1.23% to $134.26 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.77% to 7,501.24 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA…

irishtimes.com - Joe Brennan - Intact chief Kevin Thompson: 'We want to be Ireland's most respected insurance company'
Intact chief Kevin Thompson: 'We want to be Ireland's most respected insurance company'
The Irish Times

Kevin Thompson represented Ireland in his youth as a cross-country and mountain runner and still clocks 10-12 kilometres several mornings a week in Marlay Park in south Dublin, before arriving at his desk at Intact Insurance Ireland in nearby…

seekingalpha.com - Asian Value Investor - Universal Insurance: Valuation, Fundamentals, But Headwinds Squeeze Growth Opportunities
Universal Insurance: Valuation, Fundamentals, But Headwinds Squeeze Growth Opportunities
Seeking Alpha

Universal Insurance Holdings remains operationally resilient, with disciplined underwriting, prudent risk diversification, and a strong balance sheet supporting performance. Revenue growth has slowed, reflecting conservative risk transfer, lower…

wsj.com - Kimberly Lankford - What Life Insurance Companies Look for in Your Driving Record
What Life Insurance Companies Look for in Your Driving Record
Wall Street Journal

Life insurance companies check your motor-vehicle record when you apply for a policy. Your driving record affects your mortality risk and has a correlation with other risks. You usually can't qualify for the best life insurance rates if you have a…

businessinsurance.com - Best downgrades captive insurer NASWIC
Best downgrades captive insurer NASWIC
Business Insurance

A.M. Best said Wednesday it had downgraded the financial strength rating of NASW Insurance Company, a Washington D.C.-domiciled captive insurer, to B++ from A-. NASWIC's credit ratings remain under review with negative implications, the Oldwick…

cnbc.com - Joshua Brown - Josh Brown calls a breakout in this insurance stock that has been going sideways for a year
Josh Brown calls a breakout in this insurance stock that has been going sideways for a year
CNBC

(This is The Best Stocks in the Market, brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Pure and simple, Allstate (ALL) is a breakout in progress. It's not quite there, but it's close enough. I'm calling…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited (PLGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited (PLGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha

Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited (PLGO) Q1 2026 Earnings Call May 14, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Miranda Hunter - Group Head of Investor Relations Daniel Burrows - Group CEO & Executive Director Allan Decleir - Group CFO, Bermuda CEO & Executive Director…

globalnews.ca - Karen Bartko - Adjustable rate cap part of 'care-first' auto insurance model coming to Alberta
Adjustable rate cap part of 'care-first' auto insurance model coming to Alberta
Global News

Alberta drivers will see changes to how their auto insurance rates increase starting next year, as the province rolls out a new adjustable rate cap alongside its planned “care-first” no-fault insurance system. A report was…

businessinsurance.com - Most D&O insurance rates flat or lower: Report
Most D&O insurance rates flat or lower: Report
Business Insurance

Directors and officers liability insurance premiums stayed stable or declined for most public companies this year, according to a recent survey of more than 250 public companies by the Baldwin Group and Nasdaq. Fifty-four percent of respondents…

medpagetoday.com - Joyce Frieden - Doctors Skeptical of Insurers' Pledges to Rein in Prior Authorization
Doctors Skeptical of Insurers' Pledges to Rein in Prior Authorization
Medpage Today

Physicians remain skeptical that health insurers' pledges to ease prior authorization hassles will result in any meaningful action, an American Medical Association (AMA) survey found. In June 2025, a group of about 60 insurers said that they would…

businessinsurance.com - Cybersecurity firm, Acrisure team up on E&O insurance program
Cybersecurity firm, Acrisure team up on E&O insurance program
Business Insurance

Cybersecurity firm Huntress and broker Acrisure on Tuesday launched a cyber insurance program to allow businesses using qualifying Huntress software to access cyber and technology errors and omissions coverages with no deductibles. Organizations…

politifact.com - Samantha Putterman - Florida is only state removing kids from low-cost insurance
Florida is only state removing kids from low-cost insurance
PolitiFact

The way Florida treats kids enrolled in its low-income children's health insurance program is an outlier in the United States, a Democratic congresswoman said. 'Governor (Ron) DeSantis is breaking the law,' U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., wrote…

businessinsurance.com - Indiana court wipes out $10M pollution cleanup verdict against excess insurer
Indiana court wipes out $10M pollution cleanup verdict against excess insurer
Business Insurance

A New Jersey insurer is off the hook for a $10 million judgment that had required it to cover decades-old industrial contamination at a manufacturing site. On Wednesday, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that North River owes nothing toward the…

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