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People Moves: Hamilton Re Promotes Hunt to SVP, Head of Property Insurance; MGA Arrow Launches Professional Indemnity Practice, Naming Cox as Class Underwriter
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 Tech: Zywave Releases Suite of Specialized AI Agents
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 Approves Bill to Raise Foreign Direct Investment in Insurance to 100%
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 …
Auto Insurers Must Soon Submit Info to New Kentucky Insurance Verification System
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, …
Court Awards $32 Million Over Premature Baby’s Death at Yale Hospital
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 …
Pacific Northwest Gets Brief Break Before Storms Return Thursday
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 …
Poorer Americans Dropped Federal Flood Insurance When Rates Rose
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 …
Hub International Adds Former CNA, USAA Chief Executives to its Board
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 …
California Regulator Puts Tesla Sales Suspension Order on Hold
A California regulator has deferred an order for Tesla to suspend sales in its biggest U.S. market, giving the electric vehicle maker more time to address its accusation of misleading marketing and overstating self-driving capabilities. The Department of Motor Vehicles …
CFC Hires Aspen’s Camara as CEO of CFC USA
Specialist insurer CFC said it has named Justin Camara as chief executive officer of CFC USA Camara, a 30-year industry veteran, will arrive to lead CFC USA’s growth strategy in the U.S. from his latest role as executive vice president …
Viewpoint: The 2026 Forecast for European Insurers Is Partly Cloudy
The European insurers that S&P rates displayed good operating performance in the life and non-life segments in 2025, and we expect they will largely continue to do so in 2026. The European insurance sector is exposed to many external risks, …
Passenger Ferry Held for Hours After Suspected Russian Hack
European investigators are probing whether Russian military hackers breached computer systems on a vessel owned by MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, the world’s largest container shipping group, according to people familiar with the matter. The ferry, operated by MSC’s Grandi Navi …