Banking

Insurers must brace for $171 billion in annual cat losses, study finds

Six straight years above $100 billion and no US hurricane - that is the new baseline for global catastrophe losses

Sep 01, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

Insurance firms lead on pay as benefits pressure builds

The sector ranks near the top of 2027 merit budgets, but flat pay keeps the pressure on benefits

Sep 01, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

Calibration costs are reshaping auto physical damage claims

Research suggests many vehicles needing calibration after a repair aren't getting it

Sep 01, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

Tokio Marine HCC hires cyber underwriting chief

He spent nine years at NAS Insurance before it became part of Tokio Marine HCC

Sep 01, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

Savino leaves Trucordia to lead Australian cyber MGA's US launch

A veteran of the independent agency channel takes charge as Emergence brings its Australian underwriting model to American small business

Sep 01, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

Los Angeles County hits State Farm with lawsuit over wildfire claims handling

State Farm’s fractious relations authorities may be about to get worse

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt

The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money.

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

The AI model insurers keep signing deals with happens to be the one users like most

ChatGPT v Grok v Claude v… – which is best?

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

AI in clinical settings may become a malpractice defense asset

Indigo CEO Jared Kaplan makes the case that clinical AI could reduce medical error, rather than compound it

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

Mental health utilization is up - but employer spending fell 7% in 2025

The gap between rising demand and falling investment is widening, and brokers have a clear role at renewal

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

Medicare's GLP-1 discount excludes its sickest patients - a lesson for group plans

The Bridge program's access gap illustrates why employer GLP-1 coverage design is harder than it looks

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

ACA premiums are rising again in 2027 - here's the broker conversation

A second year of double-digit marketplace increases is coming, and the risk pool math explains why it won't stop

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Stocks

Aon strikes $17 billion deal for USI, doubling down on the middle market

Broker's second mega-deal in two years values giant broker at around 14.5 x EBITDA

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

Larak Island strikes add pressure to an already stressed war-risk market

Claims from the Hormuz conflict already exceed the sector's entire annual premium volume before the latest exchange

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

California drops subrogation curb, sparing homeowners another rate hit

Lawmakers shelved a wildfire proposal that insurers warned could add 10% to 20% to statewide homeowners' premiums

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

The Fed just doubled its AI risk warning. Here's what it means for US cyber insurers

Frontier AI poses the single most immediate threat to the global financial system

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

Humana exits affect 600,000 members - brokers have weeks to act

Non-renewal letters land October 2 as industry-wide exits for 2027 surpass one million members

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Economy

Mold claims against home builders are piling up, and insurers are footing the bill

Is the hard market about to get harder?

Aug 31, 2026 • 5 min read

Investing

Trust Is the ‘Moat’ Everyone Needs — and the One Most Founders Ignore

After spending the last several years in one of America’s least trusted, most opaque industries, the most competitive advantage is trust.

Aug 30, 2026 • 5 min read

Banking

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Aug 30, 2026 • 5 min read