11+ hour, 15+ min ago   (498+ words) Ali Whitten is education and healthcare industry practice lead at The Hartford. Health care organizations across the United States continue to grapple with a workforce shortage that is reshaping how care is delivered, staffed and financed. According to the Health…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (182+ words) Risk & Insurance Commercial Construction’s Mixed Forecast QBE North America’s SVP, Head of Construction, Ryan Powers gives Risk & Insurance® editor in chief Dan Reynolds the low-down on the construction sector. Powers points out that the sector continues to see modest growth…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (176+ words) Canopius Group appointed Greg Kuchinski as U.S. chief underwriting officer, effective Sept. 9, 2026. Kuchinski joins Canopius from AIG, where he most recently served as chief underwriting officer, North America Property, overseeing portfolio strategy, profitability, and underwriting growth across a multi-billion-dollar portfolio. His…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (184+ words) Gallagher Bassett promoted Leah Sharp to senior vice president of GBCARE and Managed Care Services. In her new role, Sharp oversees the company’s clinical teams, Medical Bill Review, network strategies, ancillary network oversight, Medicare and Medicaid compliance, and nurse triage....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (205+ words) In this Video Q&A, Risk & Insurance® partners with Nationwide to bring forward-looking insights from industry leaders shaping the future of insurance. This discussion highlights practical perspectives on how organizations are applying emerging technologies to drive measurable outcomes across the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (408+ words) As part of covering the best brokers in the commercial insurance space, Risk & Insurance®, with the sponsorship of Philadelphia Insurance Companies, is expanding its coverage of Power Broker® winners and finalists with its Brilliance in Focus series. Look for these…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (111+ words) ACORD, the insurance industry’s global standards-setting body, announced the appointment of John Kellington as chief executive officer. ACORD has served the insurance community for more than 55 years as its globally recognized standards development organization. & The importance of care direction and…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (527+ words) Connected and software-defined vehicles have turned automotive cyber risk from a product security problem into a systemic ecosystem risk, according to a joint report from Munich Re and TÜV SÜD, a global testing and certification provider. That puts aggregated availability-driven…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (638+ words) Quarterly insurtech funding reached $2.44 billion in the second quarter of 2026, the highest level since the second quarter of 2022, according to Gallagher Re’s Global Insurtech Report. Deal count climbed to 107, matching a recent high last seen in the first quarter of…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (785+ words) During the summer of 2026, smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires drifted across the Midwest and Northeast, triggering air quality alerts across more than a dozen states. The past few wildfire seasons have been especially active, and that trend is a…...