Insurance News for Professionals

Bought a brokerage? The punch you don’t see coming

Agencies growing through deals tend to focus hard on what a book is worth. The operational problems waiting on day two can quietly erode everything the deal was supposed to deliver

Collector car insurance: why a $20 million car rarely gets totaled

OpenRoad's Bryan Ballatore on agreed value, fraud red flags and the agent awareness gap

Corgi’s new distribution chief would rather court 50 wholesalers than 100,000 agents

Josh LaRiccia spent two decades in underwriting and launched an MGA. Three weeks into his new job at an insurtech carrier, he is hoping that Corgi’s quickest route to Main Street runs through the middlemen it once bypassed

Aflac’s US claims ratio fell 490 basis points - the reason is worth understanding

A scheduled actuarial review, not a claims reversal, drove most of Aflac’s Q3 US margin swing

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‘Ignorance is not bliss’

As our lives get more connected, we need to be better protected – and that begins with having the best personal cyber coverage

Monthly Features

“You can’t really separate them”: The case for keeping AI-powered attacks within cyber

HSB’s cyber practice head explains the coverage challenge as attackers' capabilities expand

Cyber’s soft market is masking a coverage squeeze

Lower premiums and abundant capacity may be obscuring exclusions and sublimits for businesses dependent on external technology

E&S

Collector car insurance: why a $20 million car rarely gets totaled

OpenRoad's Bryan Ballatore on agreed value, fraud red flags and the agent awareness gap

Corgi’s new distribution chief would rather court 50 wholesalers than 100,000 agents

Digital Transformation

Bought a brokerage? The punch you don’t see coming

Agencies growing through deals tend to focus hard on what a book is worth. The operational problems waiting on day two can quietly erode everything the deal was supposed to deliver

AI is closing the data gap in credit and trade finance underwriting, report finds

Gallagher Re’s Q3 report details where AI is moving from efficiency promise to underwriting reality

How a policy checking tool saved 600k

"I've hated them for 20 years"

Will AI disrupt insurance distribution

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Hidden risks in green energy: Insurance gaps in solar, batteries, and beyond

Renewables may be cleaner, but their end-of-life risks are creating new liabilities and coverage gaps.

How brokers can ride the next wave of MGA growth

Agility, tech, and niche expertise will be differentiators, says TMPAA head

Beyond insurance: Rethinking risk for high net worth families

In 2026, protection for affluent families is less about buying more coverage and more about building resilience

Championing women in construction risk

Behind the Marsh program aiming to redefine leadership and equity in a traditionally male-dominated sector

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EPIC acquires century-old LA boutique to anchor Southwest HNW push

By Mark Rosanes

Nov 05, 2026

Mergers & Acquisitions

Randall Insurance brings 104 years of Southern California relationships into EPIC’s growing Private Client practice

EPIC acquires century-old LA boutique to anchor Southwest HNW push

MetLife posts record adjusted EPS as group benefits underwriting runs ahead of target

By Mark Rosanes

Nov 05, 2026

Life & Health

Three consecutive quarters of favorable mortality and claims experience signal where the carrier’s underwriting appetite stands heading into 2027

MetLife posts record adjusted EPS as group benefits underwriting runs ahead of target

AI is closing the data gap in credit and trade finance underwriting, report finds

By Mark Rosanes

Nov 05, 2026

Digital Transformation

Gallagher Re’s Q3 report details where AI is moving from efficiency promise to underwriting reality

AI is closing the data gap in credit and trade finance underwriting, report finds

Manulife’s US unit swings to profit as AI underwriting scales and product mix shifts

By Josh Recamara

Nov 05, 2026

Life & Health

John Hancock’s AI underwriting tool now handles more than 70% of preliminary assessments, but a product mix shift has cut new business value 13%

Manulife’s US unit swings to profit as AI underwriting scales and product mix shifts

Sunlife’s US earnings jump 32% on stop-loss growth as disability claims rise

By Josh Recamara

Nov 05, 2026

Group Benefits

Medical stop-loss and dental drive a strong US quarter, while MFS outflows reach US$26.9 billion

Sunlife’s US earnings jump 32% on stop-loss growth as disability claims rise