Insurance News for Professionals

New Trump housing order targets mortgage and title insurers

A White House plan to pull private mortgage insurance off loans sooner, and to let refinancing borrowers skip the lender's title policy, affects two insurance lines that say they already help keep costs down

K2 shuts down Aegis management liability division after two years

Aegis Executive Risks, launched in late 2024 to write D&O and EPL for private entities, stops writing business on November 1

How engineering decisions are keeping solar assets insurable

A new report from kWh Analytics documents case studies where specific design and protocol choices prevented major losses and preserved coverage

Third-party breaches hit more people than the numbers suggest

Insurance ranked ninth for breach count but second for individuals affected, Kroll’s 2026 outlook finds

Spotlight

‘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

Admitted carriers want E&S business – will they stay for renewal?

Burns & Wilcox executives urge brokers to assess appetite durability alongside competitive pricing and coverage

Kinsale’s property retreat signals where the E&S market has turned

Commercial property premiums fall nearly 27% as Kinsale chooses margin over volume in a softening market

Digital Transformation

Kin Insurance opens its quoting to ChatGPT agents

The direct-to-consumer home insurer has enabled WebMCP so ChatGPT can quote on a homeowner’s behalf

AI exclusions are spreading through commercial policies, brokers warn clients to check cover

Standard ISO forms that strip generative AI exposures out of general liability have been available since January.

Cyber market pressure points: Losses, litigation and pricing sustainability

Cyber insurance market is 'very unhealthy'

Is cyber’s soft market about to harden?

How AI is transforming insurance

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IB Talk

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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Speciality News

Amynta completes agribusiness push with Southern States acquisition

By Mark Rosanes

Oct 26, 2026

Mergers & Acquisitions

The deal adds a more than 70-year-old MGU and an exclusive reciprocal distribution arrangement to Amynta’s growing specialty platform

Amynta completes agribusiness push with Southern States acquisition

Critical PHP flaws put cyber policy waiting periods and security conditions in focus

By Josh Recamara

Oct 25, 2026

Cyber

Taking systems offline to patch doesn’t automatically mean a covered loss, Crawford warns

Verisk loses Delaware Supreme Court appeal and keeps pursuing AccuLynx deal

By Josh Recamara

Oct 25, 2026

Risk, Compliance & Legal

The insurance data giant tried to walk away from buying the roofing software firm after an FTC review dragged on. Delaware’s highest court has now upheld an order requiring it to see the process through.

Verisk loses Delaware Supreme Court appeal and keeps pursuing AccuLynx deal

Kin Insurance opens its quoting to ChatGPT agents

By Josh Recamara

Oct 25, 2026

Property

The direct-to-consumer home insurer has enabled WebMCP so ChatGPT can quote on a homeowner’s behalf

Kin Insurance opens its quoting to ChatGPT agents

Everspan sells Rhode Island shell carrier to Falvey Insurance Group

By Josh Recamara

Oct 25, 2026

Mergers & Acquisitions

Octave’s fronting platform is selling one of its five carriers to cut costs and add about $11 million to tangible book value

Everspan sells Rhode Island shell carrier to Falvey Insurance Group