3 09, 2026

Santam Drops US Investment as Property-Rate Dip Damps Outlook

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Santam Ltd. has paused its foray into the US as a decline in property premium rates in the world’s biggest economy forced South Africa’s largest general insurer to rethink its expansion plan. It discontinued investments into Avatar Holdings, a London-based …

3 09, 2026

Lockton Named in NBA Investigation Into Clippers Salary Cap Circumvention

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Lockton Insurance is among companies named in the NBA’s investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers’ circumvention of league salary cap rules to sign star Kawhi Leonard. Leonard and his then-business partner, Dennis Robertson, violated the league’s circumvention rules by pressuring …

2 09, 2026

Severe Thunderstorms Threaten From Great Lakes to New Jersey

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Another round of severe thunderstorms is threatening the US and Canada, from the Great Lakes to New Jersey, promising to disrupt flights and cause power outages. There is a level two risk of severe thunderstorms from Michigan to New Jersey …

2 09, 2026

Florida Citizens Awards Commercial Clearinghouse Management to Bridge Specialty

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Despite months of lobbying and significant political campaign contributions by Ryan Turner Specialty brokerage, the winning bid for management of part of a Florida Citizens Property Insurance commercial clearinghouse has been awarded to another brokerage. At a meeting Tuesday, Citizens …

2 09, 2026

Texas A&M Forest Service Launches Prescribed Burn Manager Insurance Program

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The Texas A&M Forest Service launched an insurance program this week to provide liability protection for qualified certified and insured prescribed burn managers (CIPBMs). The Texas Prescribed Burn Manager Insurance Program was created in response to a recent House Bill …

2 09, 2026

Tech Update: Howden Re Offers Property-Level Modeling for SRCC Risks

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Howden Re, the reinsurance arm of insurance broker Howden, is partnering with the modeling company Synthetik Insurance Technologies, to launch an analytical tool designed to help insurers and reinsurers better understand, quantify, and manage strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC) …

2 09, 2026

People: Builders Insurance Names Jasmund Board Chairman

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Atlanta-based Builders Insurance Group has named David Jasmund, a longtime board member and investment banker, as chairman of the board. Jasmund succeeds Charles Potok, who retired last month after three years as chairman, the company said in a news release. …

2 09, 2026

US-Iran Clashes Escalate as Fears Grow of Extended Conflict

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Fighting between the US and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz intensified after a period of relative calm, triggering a fresh jump in energy prices as fears grow of an open-ended war. The US military carried out a …

2 09, 2026

Amwins Acquires Firearms Insurance Specialist Joseph Chiarello & Co.

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Specialty insurance wholesale broker Amwins reports it has acquired Joseph Chiarello & Co., Inc., a managing general agent (MGA) specializing in commercial insurance for the firearms industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chiarello will join Amwins Underwriting, adding …

3 09, 2026

Insurance Again Dominates Number of Complaints to Oregon Consumer Advocates

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Insurance continued to be the biggest generator of complaints to the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, according to the division, which reported it recovered $3.88 million through the first six months of 2026. Insurance produced the majority of complaints filed …