The nonstandard auto insurance market in 2025 certainly looks to be maintaining the momentum it gained last year, according to a new report from AM Best. The insurance industry rating agency said U.S. private passenger nonstandard auto insurers turned in …

Multiple subsea internet cables slated to run through the Red Sea are yet to complete as planned, as political tensions and heightened security threats have made the route more dangerous and complicated for commercial vessels. Meta Platforms Inc.’s 2020 plans …

Dale Underwriting Partners, the trading name for Dale Managing Agency Ltd.’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1729, and K2 Insurance Services, an independent MGA platform, have received “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to launch Syndicate 1954. Operating as a special purpose arrangement (SPA), …

At the recent Target Markets Annual Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, a gathering of 2,000 MGAs, program administrators and carrier executives, Insurance Journal sat down with Abbie Taylor, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Jacksonville, Florida-based Fortegra. Here is …

California plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses given to immigrants after discovering the expiration dates went past when the drivers were legally allowed to be in the U.S., state officials said. The announcement follows harsh criticism from the Trump …

A grandfather and his young granddaughter. An electrician with two young children. A woman standing in line at a scrap metal business. They were among the 14 people who died in the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville …

A group of coal miners with lung disease waited too late to sue 3M Corp. and other respirator manufacturers and suppliers, the Supreme Court of West Virginia said this month in upholding lower courts’ findings that the statute of limitation …

John Neal’s tenure at American International Group (AIG) is over before it began. The former CEO of Lloyd’s of London and AIG reached a “mutual agreement” that he would not join the company due to “personal circumstances,” according to a …

Insurers paid £197 million (US$259.2 million) in cyber claims in 2024 for UK businesses – a 230% increase, or £138 million (US$181.6 million) more than in 2023, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Malware and ransomware alone accounted …

The British Broadcasting Corp. issued a formal apology to Donald Trump on Thursday over the misleading edit of the US president’s speech in a documentary program late last year, but rejected his demands for compensation. BBC Chairman Samir Shah sent …

BBVA SA is reviewing its insurance partnership in Turkey as its current agreement with Eureko Sigorta AS is set to expire, according to people familiar with the matter. BBVA is considering various options including a new partnership for its local …

BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants’ lawyers previously valued at up to 36 billion pounds ($48 billion). Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians, …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom. …

Chevron Corp. chose West Texas as the site of its first project to provide natural gas-fired power to a data center, the beginning of a new line of business for the oil giant to capitalize on the boom in artificial …

A Wisconsin man accused of trying to burn down a congressman’s office earlier this year because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban has pleaded no contest to felony arson. Caiden Stachowicz, 20, of Menasha, entered the plea Monday …

As part of the spending deal to end the government shutdown, federal lawmakers approved a provision cracking down on hemp products containing THC, restoring a ban Texas Republicans sought to impose earlier this year. The funding package, passed by the …

Jack Morris treasures his 2009 Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640. But it’s not always easy to love. “It’s huge, it’s heavy, it’s clunky, you can’t see out of it,” says the 24-year-old of the orange V-12. “On paper, if a Porsche …

Russia’s Port Alliance group, which operates a network of sea cargo terminals, said on Thursday that foreign hackers had targeted its systems over three days in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an attempted hack. It said in …

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s decision to let managers use artificial intelligence for help writing performance reviews stands to bring relief to one of bosses’ most dreaded annual tasks. It also raises questions as to whether bot-written reviews will make the …

AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “bbb+” (Good) of Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Company and its subsidiary, KAMMCO Casualty Company, …