Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Analyzing natcat challenges for insurers
8+ hour, 38+ min ago (574+ words) The US property insurance sector is going through a turbulent time, with rising catastrophic losses and market volatility leaving clients looking for new ideas to help manage these risks. In 2025, global insured natural catastrophe (CAT) losses exceeded $107 billion and, in…...
Allstate owes nothing for driver of deceased policyholder's car, court rules
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (253+ words) The Appellate Division, Second Department, handed down its decision on August 19, 2026, reversing a lower court in a dispute over who controls an auto policy after the named insured dies. The policy covered a car owned by a man who died…...
Illinois orders auto insurers to disclose rental coverage
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (193+ words) Illinois has handed auto insurers a new to-do item: tell drivers, in writing, when rental car coverage is on the table. The notice has to do more than mention the option. In both cases, it must lay out the coverage…...
AI in benefits is a trust problem, not a technology problem
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (976+ words) A new study from Prudential Financial lays bare a striking disconnect at the heart of AI adoption in the American workplace: 83% of employers want to use artificial intelligence for benefits guidance, but only 58% of employees say they would actually use…...
Court blocks provider lawsuit against Blue Cross over reimbursement
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (302+ words) A federal appeals court has thrown out an out-of-network provider lawsuit over oral reimbursement promises, ruling ERISA bars the state-law claims. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on August 19, 2026, affirming the dismissal of a suit against La-Z-Boy and Blue…...
NZ social media ban puts tech insurance cover under pressure
8+ min ago (295+ words) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon introduced the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill to Parliament on Monday, requiring social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify that users are over 16, with penalties of up to 10% of…...
BOM confirms eastern Australia's storm period has opened
39+ min ago (147+ words) By Camille Joyce Lisay The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the severe weather crossing central and south-eastern Australia this week includes the first genuine spring-like severe thunderstorm outbreak for the eastern states, marking the effective opening of the severe thunderstorm…...
ACCC takes Subaru to court - and the insurance cost argument just got harder to ignore
40+ min ago (185+ words) Australia's competition regulator has launched its first Federal Court case under the country's motor vehicle right-to-repair scheme, alleging Subaru Australia denied independent repairers access to technical information on the same terms as its authorised dealerships. ACCC commissioner Luke Woodward said…...
Smoke damage and the business interruption gap most companies miss
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (1128+ words) Rob Hoover (pictured), senior vice president and risk advisor at Brown & Brown, walks through where continuity plans fall short, what insurance coverage gaps businesses miss most often, and how to build a smoke-ready emergency response from the ground up. Smoke…...
What $567k in fines reveals about what regulators are actually looking for
52+ min ago (198+ words) By Camille Joyce Lisay Two landmark WHS prosecutions - one against the Commonwealth Department of Defence and the other against Court Services Victoria - show precisely what Australian regulators and courts are now testing employers against on psychosocial risk: not whether harm…...