California Insurance Commissioner Unveils Intervenor Reform Regulations
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is pushing a change to the state’s long-standing intervenor regulations, which enable groups to intervene in rate hearings. Lara on Friday released the amended text of proposed regulations for the intervenor and Administrative Hearing Bureau …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 11:31 PM |
Experian Launches Insurance Marketplace App on ChatGPT
Experian announced the launch of the Experian Insurance Marketplace app on ChatGPT, introducing its insurance comparison platform to OpenAI’s audience, to help consumers find auto insurance. In the Feb. 13 announcement, Experian said the move is “a significant advancement in …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 5:06 PM |
Houston-Area Developer Reaches $68M Settlement With Texas, Feds
The owners of Colony Ridge, a Houston-area developer accused of running a predatory lending scheme that deceived Latinos, agreed to a sweeping legal settlement that will require them to invest in law enforcement and infrastructure on their properties and tighten …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 4:51 PM |
King Risk Acquires Georgia-Based Hanc Group Agency
Gainesville, Florida-based King Risk Partners has acquired the Hanc Group, an insurance agency that serves the Korean-American community and others in north Georgia, King Risk announced this week. Rick Han, owner of Alpharetta-based Hanc Group, said in a news release …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 4:43 PM |
ZestyAI Provides AI-Driven Risk Analytics for Marsh McLennan Agency
ZestyAI said Marsh McLennan Agency has adopted its risk analytics to enhance risk assessments for a small segment of its high-net-worth clients with catastrophe-prone properties. The provider of AI-powered property and climate risk analytics said its Z-Fire, Roof Age, and …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 4:35 PM |
Kansas Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud, Forgery
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Reno County man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for insurance fraud, making false information, and forgery. Larry Wilson, aged 54, pleaded guilty on December 11, 2025, in Reno County District …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 4:21 PM |
Enstar Group Acquires Michigan’s AF Group
Enstar Group Limited, global insurance and reinsurance group backed by investment vehicles managed by affiliates of global investment firm Sixth Street, announced it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Accident Fund …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 4:14 PM |
Three People Suffer Burns at Exxonmobil Facility in Texas, Media Report
Three contract workers suffered burns while working on transport operations at the ExxonMobil XOM.N facility in Beaumont, Texas, KDFM and other media reported late on Thursday. The KDFM report cited a statement from ExxonMobil, which said the contract workers were …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 4:10 PM |
AIG’s Zaffino: Outcomes From AI Use Went From ‘Aspirational’ to ‘Beyond Expectations’
American International Group (AIG) made substantial progress in artificial intelligence within the last year, and its outcomes and capabilities are more than previously predicted. The insurer during an Investor Day less than a year ago presented the potential benefits from …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 3:35 PM |
TVA Now Ready to Reverse Plans on Closing Two Coal-Fired Power Plants
The nation’s largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the coal-friendly …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 3:21 PM |
MAPFRE Re Gets Regulatory Approval to Open India Branch Office
MAPFRE Re announced it has obtained regulatory approval from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) of India to open its newest branch office in Gujarat. MAPFRE Re said its relationship with the Indian insurance market dates back over a …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 2:53 PM |
Former New Jersey Attorney General Platkin Opens Law Office
Matthew J. Platkin, who served as New Jersey’s attorney general from 2022 to 2026, has opened a law office along with three other attorneys who served with him in that office. Platkin vows to focus on complex civil and public …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 2:51 PM |
China Orders Cereulide Tests as Nestle, Danone Face Recalls
China’s market regulator has ordered infant formula makers to test for cereulide, a toxin that has triggered precautionary recalls worldwide by some of the largest food companies. Producers must strictly enforce controls on raw materials and product releases, the State …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 2:25 PM |
Nestlé Runs 24 Hours to Avert Formula Shortages After Recall
Nestlé SA is ramping up production of infant formula to avert a shortage, after a contamination crisis led the Swiss foodmaker and rival producers Danone SA and Groupe Lactalis to recall hundreds of batches. Five Nestlé factories in France, Spain, …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 2:11 PM |
Forest Service Gets Pushback on Plan to Use Controlled Burns in Green Mountains
The U.S. Forest Service’s plan to conduct controlled burning over the next 15 years in Vermont near popular recreation spots Lake Dunmore and Silver Lake has faced public opposition during a comment period that ends this week. The project, called …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 2:02 PM |
Viewpoint: East London Faces Risks of Extreme Flooding – But Resilience Can Be Built
More than 1,000 properties flooded in London in 2021, resulting in insurance losses of more than £281 million. Record-breaking floods continue to hit the UK. In the capital, 13% of properties have been classed as having a high or medium …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 12:44 PM |
Odido Telecom Says Customer Data Compromised in Cyberattack
Dutch telecommunications group Odido said it was hit with a cyberattack that compromised customer data, though services have remained operational. The mobile network, owned by buyout firms Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus, said Thursday in a statement that it contained …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 11:03 AM |
Owner of Insurtech Startup InsuranceDekho Is Said to Plan $250 Million India IPO
Girnar Insurance Brokers Pvt., which operates insurance tech startup InsuranceDekho, is weighing an initial public offering in Mumbai that could raise as much as $250 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The Gurugram-based insurance aggregator has held recent …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 10:36 AM |
Judge Awards Applied Systems Preliminary Injunction Against Comulate
Applied Systems has been awarded a preliminary injunction against competitor Comulate, who Applied has accused of making a fake insurance agency to access its software platform and steal trade secrets. The competitors in the insurance technology market have traded litigation, …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 6:32 AM |
Trump’s EPA Rollbacks Will Reverberate for ‘Decades’
US President Donald Trump is shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency more quickly and aggressively than ever before, culminating in this week’s move to rescind the crucial “endangerment finding” underpinning key regulations of planet-warming pollution. And unlike Trump’s first term, the …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 6:25 AM |
Palo Alto Chose Not to Tie China to Hacking Campaign on Retaliation Fear: Sources
Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation from Beijing, according to two people familiar with the matter. …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 6:12 AM |
People Moves: Aon Appoints Peiser CEO of Risk Capital; Liberty Mutual Announces Leadership Transition in Global Risk Solutions
Aon announced the appointment of Joe Peiser as CEO of Risk Capital. Peiser first joined Aon in 2021 as commercial risk leader for North America before being appointed to Global CEO of Commercial Risk in 2023. In his new Risk …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 6:11 AM |
Florida Engineers: Winds Under 110 mph Simply Do Not Damage Concrete Tiles
With tile roofs popular across Florida, and with questionable claims about roof damage raising concerns in insurance and engineering circles, two Florida consulting engineers have offered this guide to aid engineers, attorneys, adjusters and property owners in examining wind damage …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 6:01 AM |
Wildfire Risk Scoring Transparency Bill Passes Washington Senate
Legislation to make wildfire risk scores more transparent passed out of the Washington state Senate on nearly unanimously. Senate Bill 5928, which passed 48-1, is being pushed by Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Judy Warnick …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 6:00 AM |
People Moves: Gavlick Named IICF Northeast Chair; Lawley Grows Benefits Division
IICF Northeast Announces Gavlick of Jencap Group as Board Chair The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities through grants and volunteer service, named Sarah Gavlick, executive vice president, Carrier Relations and Client Distribution at …
POSTED FEBRUARY 13, 2026 6:00 AM |