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27 01, 2026

GEICO Settles Call-Center Worker Suits for $940,000. Attorneys Get Half of It

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GEICO has agreed to pay more than $900,000 plus administrative costs to settle lawsuits from almost 1,500 call-center workers who said the insurer failed to pay overtime, including for time spent booting up computers and logging into a GEICO network. …

27 01, 2026

Kin Moves into Florida and Texas With Home-Auto Bundle Products

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Kin, a direct-to-consumer digital personal lines insurer, announced the launch of auto insurance in Florida and Texas. The auto insurance is currently available only as part of a bundle, not as a standalone product. Home insurance customers who choose to …

27 01, 2026

Markets/Coverages: Apollo, ZenHedge Partner on Parametric Solution for Shippers

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Apollo, a Skyward Group Company, announced a partnership with U.S. startup insurtech ZenHedge to launch a parametric insurance product called Freight Expense Insurance designed to protect U.S. shippers against increased freight costs caused by trucking carrier tender rejections. Apollo said …

27 01, 2026

London Cyberattack Threatens to Hold Up Thousands of Home Sales

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A “sophisticated, criminal cyberattack” is threatening to hold up thousands of home sales in two of London’s richest boroughs. Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have been unable to process local authority searches since November …

27 01, 2026

Trump Orders Federal Takeover of LA Wildfire Rebuilding Efforts

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order that allows the federal government to preempt state and local regulations in the recovery efforts of last year’s Los Angeles wildfires, blaming the destruction and its slow rebuilding on California’s authorities. “Immediate and …

23 01, 2026

20,000 AI Users at Travelers Prep for Innovation 2.0; Claims Call Centers Cut

By | January 23rd, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 20,000 AI Users at Travelers Prep for Innovation 2.0; Claims Call Centers Cut

Days after announcing a deal to equip 10,000 engineers and data scientists at Travelers with AI assistants, the insurance company’s leader detailed “differentiating domain expertise” around data and technology, which fuel long-term profit growth for the insurer. Travelers Chief Executive …

23 01, 2026

AI Data Center Boom Risks Roiling Global Carmaker Supply Chains

By | January 23rd, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on AI Data Center Boom Risks Roiling Global Carmaker Supply Chains

The auto sector is bracing for yet another potential supply chain disturbance, this time spurred by the rush to build data centers that train and develop artificial intelligence models. A shortage of memory chips caused by the data center boom …

23 01, 2026

Commercial Lines Market Overall Remains Firm, Says Ivans

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Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines, except workers’ compensation, according to fourth quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index. “The commercial insurance market remains firm overall, though renewal trends suggest it is gradually moving off the …

23 01, 2026

Big North European Investors Reassess US Exposure as Geopolitical Risk Mounts

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Big Northern European investors are increasingly wary of the risks of holding U.S. assets in the face of geopolitical tensions, pensions chiefs told Reuters, a sign of a broadening shift away from the world’s biggest financial market. A top investment …

23 01, 2026

Egan-Jones Ratings No Longer Recognized by Bermuda Regulator

By | January 23rd, 2026|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Egan-Jones Ratings No Longer Recognized by Bermuda Regulator

Egan-Jones Ratings Co. has been removed from the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s list of recognized credit ratings providers, according to recent guidance from the watchdog. The regulator is no longer listing Egan-Jones among the ratings providers that can inform an insurer’s …