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Ryan Specialty Names Stewart CEO of Newly Formed Canadian Unit

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Ryan Specialty Names Stewart CEO of Newly Formed Canadian Unit

Ryan Specialty, the international specialty insurance intermediary, announced the appointment of Stephen Stewart as chief executive officer of Ryan Specialty Canada Ltd., the newly formed Canadian operating and holding entity for Ryan Specialty’s underwriting management businesses in Canada. Stewart will hold his new role as CEO of Toronto-based Ryan Specialty Canada in addition to his […]

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Trial of Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Charged in $60M Ohio Bribery Scheme Begins

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

The $4.3 million payment that Ohio-based FirstEnergy made to veteran lawyer and lobbyist Sam Randazzo in 2019, shortly before he was appointed as the state’s top utility regulator, is at the center of the latest criminal trial to get underway in a sweeping $60 million bribery scandal. Prosecutors allege that then-FirstEnergy Corp. CEO Chuck Jones

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Greenwood General Announces Record Momentum in 2025 Wrapped Report

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Missouri’s Mutual Insurance Companies Report Stronger Results in 2024

Monrovia, CA – Feb 5, 2026 – Greenwood General, a leading Managing General Agent (MGA), has released its 2025 Wrapped report, showcasing a year of transformative growth and expanded capabilities, driven by strong broker partnerships. The report highlights significant premium growth, strategic national expansion, and key investments in team and market access to better serve

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What Analysts Are Saying About the 2026 P/C Insurance Market

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What Analysts Are Saying About the 2026 P/C Insurance Market

Following in the footsteps of groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, analysts from Fitch Ratings and Morningstar weighed in with these P/C insurance market forecasts in the past week: “Fitch Ratings expects the U.S. property/casualty market to continue softening in 2026, with increased competition, abundant capital and downward pricing pressure. “Despite the high number of litigations and escalating

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Appeals Court Overturns Former UCLA Gynecologist’s Sex Abuse Conviction

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

A California appeals court on Monday overturned a sex abuse conviction against a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist and ordered the case to be retried. A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Dr. James Heaps was denied a fair trial because the judge did not share with his defense

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Texas Grid Shows How Batteries Can Help Avoid Winter Blackouts

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Texas Grid Shows How Batteries Can Help Avoid Winter Blackouts

Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multi-grid tests in the US for big batteries. They passed. Texas in particular benefited from energy storage, which helped cushion the state’s grid during the storm. Texas has nearly 17 gigawatts of installed battery capacity now, up from less than

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Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Germany’s Reck & Co.; Howden Buys Polygon Insurance Brokers Ltd.; Clear Purchases Gauntlet and Shire Insurance Services

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Sompo to Acquire Aspen for $3.5 Billion to Expand Global Access

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Germany’s Reck & Co. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based insurance brokerage, announced its claims and risk management solutions subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett, has acquired Bremen, Germany-based Reck & Co GmbH. Terms of the transaction, which was announced on Feb. 2, were not disclosed. Reck & Co. is a

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Former Ole Miss Standout Player Convicted in $194M Medicare, CHAMPVA Fraud

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Former Ole Miss Standout Player Convicted in $194M Medicare, CHAMPVA Fraud

A former standout tight end for the Ole Miss Rebels, who briefly played in the NFL, faces more than 20 years in prison after he was convicted of defrauding Medicare and a veterans insurance program of $194 million. Joel Rufus French, 47, of Amory, Mississippi, worked with overseas call centers and durable medical equipment firms

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Congo Fighting Drove Spike in Insurance Costs, Squeezing Miners, Insurer Says

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Congo Fighting Drove Spike in Insurance Costs, Squeezing Miners, Insurer Says

Political violence insurance premiums in Democratic Republic of Congo jumped as much as tenfold last year due to unrest in the east, boosting insurers but lifting costs for copper-cobalt miners, insurance executives told Reuters. Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebels overran eastern Congo’s Goma town in January 2025, part of an advance that saw the group seize more

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