4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (721+ words) Some commercial insurance brokers are beginning renewal discussions as much as five months before expiry as persistent casualty pressures raise the stakes around submission quality and carrier engagement. The extended timeline reflects an increasingly divided market. Average US commercial insurance…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (400+ words) The scale of the disruption reflects conditions on the ground. The Danube in Romania fell to its lowest level in roughly 30 years, according to AmaWaterways, which spent the summer rerouting ships, swapping vessels, and transferring passengers by motorcoach on portions…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (604+ words) HDI Global US is expanding its physical footprint, specialist underwriting capabilities and broker-facing leadership as the carrier pursues a larger share of the US commercial insurance market. New CEO Shadi Albert (pictured) said the expansion is intended to capitalize on…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (373+ words) Adamson comes from Alera Group, where she spent 12 years leading the property and casualty practice for HealthSure, a specialty unit built around healthcare sector clients. That P&C background, rather than a benefits pedigree, is the detail that defines what…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (279+ words) Willis Re was relaunched in late 2024 as a joint venture between WTW and Bain Capital. WTW had sold its original reinsurance arm to Arthur J. Gallagher for US$3.25 billion in 2021. Growth since relaunch has been built primarily on talent. The broker…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (523+ words) Ask most people to name a type of business insurance and they'll reach for property, liability or cyber. Trade credit cover, the policy that protects against customers failing to pay, rarely attracts the same attention. Yet the Association of British…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (585+ words) The State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) has published its quarterly regulatory update for the period ending June 30, 2026 – and a single insurer’s compliance record is the standout finding. For context, SIRA’s December 2025 quarterly update recorded three CTP remediation plans commencing across…...

17+ hour, 20+ min ago   (619+ words) Most employees have mental health benefits they never use, but according to Kerry Brooks, assistant vice president of absence and disability management at Lincoln Financial Group in Radnor, Pennsylvania, the bigger opportunity for benefits brokers isn't redesigning plans, but becoming…...

11+ hour, 43+ min ago   (375+ words) Insurance carriers and related activities accounted for most of that drop, losing 6,300 jobs on their own. Over the 12 months from August 2025 to August 2026, finance-and-insurance employment fell from 6,733,400 to 6,651,100, a decline of roughly 82,000. For an industry that has spent years marketing…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (461+ words) Markel Group's chairman, Steve Markel (pictured), has informed the board that he will retire from that role and will not seek re-election at the company's 2027 annual shareholder meeting, capping more than 50 years with the specialty insurer. The board has appointed…...