Posts by Hometown Insurance

Jencap, one of the largest wholesale brokerages in the U.S., announced that John Michael “JM” Edge, formerly of Amwins, is the new property and casualty binding team manager for Atlanta, Charlotte and Denver teams. Edge spent more than 10 years …

“Megadeals” are ruling insurance industry mergers and acquisitions as action remained consistent throughout 2025, with the prospect that the need for growth with drive more deals in 2026. According to a new report from PwC, 93% of deal value during …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Insurance Group and MGA Arrow Risk Management. A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Re Promotes Hunt to SVP, Head of Property Insurance Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., the …

Insurance technology provider Zywave unveiled an agentic AI strategy, and what it calls the industry’s first suite of insurance-specialized AI agents. The agents will help insurance companies transform how they work and achieve unprecedented levels of revenue growth and productivity. …

India’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to raise foreign direct investment in the insurance sector to 100% from 74%, a move that will help insure more people in the world’s most populous country. The increase in the FDI limit …

Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet and Department of Insurance have launched a new vehicle insurance verification system, and auto insurers have until Jan. 15 to start getting on board. The new Kentucky Insurance Verification System, authorized by state lawmakers earlier this year, …

A Connecticut court has awarded $32 million to the estate of a child born prematurely who died three months later after being given a cow-based nutrition fortifier by Yale New Haven Hospital without the parents’ or any consent. The decision …

Rain will ease Wednesday across the Pacific Northwest after floods and winds left at least 600,000 without power, forced hundreds of people in Washington to flee their homes and killed at least one person. The respite is expected to be …

When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in 2021, the goal was to end decades of underpricing and to align premiums with real flood risk, driven higher …

Brokerage Hub International said it has added former CNA chief executive officer and executive chairman Dino Robusto as chairman of the board, and former USAA president and CEO Wayne Peacock as director of the board. “The addition of both of …