New Jersey Wildfire Grows to 8,500 Acres as Evacuations and Power Outages Mount
The Jones Road Wildfire near Toms River has burned 8,500 acres with less than 10% containment, prompting evacuations and threatening over 1,000 structures in Ocean County, New Jersey.
April 23
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Property
Risk Management
New Jersey
Neutral Pacific Waters Signal Potential Spike in Atlantic Hurricanes
With La Niña officially over and El Niño unlikely, the Atlantic may face an active hurricane season as neutral Pacific conditions remove key storm barriers.
April 21
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Property
Risk Management
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
How Agentic AI Is Transforming Insurance and Financial Services with Next Best Action Technology
Agentic AI is reshaping insurance and financial services by empowering digital coworkers to drive timely, compliant, and actionable decisions at scale.
April 18
Property
Risk Management
Technology
California
Homeowners Crowdsource Toxic Smoke Data After Eaton Fire Insurance Disputes
After insurers refused to pay for contamination testing, Eaton Fire survivors shared private test results online, exposing widespread toxic exposure and coverage gaps.
April 18
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Legislation & Regulation
Property
California
Texas Widow Working Two Jobs Says Former Insurance Agent Took $9K in Premium Payments
A Friendswood, Texas woman says she lost nearly $9,000 after paying premiums via Venmo to a former insurance agent who had already surrendered his license.
April 18
Auto
Fraud
Insurance Industry
Property
Texas
Dog Bite Claims on the Rise as Insurers Tighten Homeowners Coverage
Dog bites led to $1.57 billion in homeowners liability claims in 2024 as insurers reassess coverage, with states like California and New York topping the list for cost and volume.
April 18
Insurance Industry
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Property
Man Wanted After Allegedly Faking Supermarket Fall to File False Insurance Claim
Authorities in Kittitas County, WA are searching for a suspect accused of staging a fall in a grocery store to file false insurance claims totaling nearly $10,000.
April 18
Fraud
Insurance Industry
Litigation
Property
Washington
How Agentic AI is Transforming Property Claims and Empowering Adjusters with Digital Coworkers
Agentic AI agents are reshaping property claims handling by helping adjusters automate routine tasks, reduce cycle times, and focus on customer-centric problem-solving.
April 15
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Property
Technology
How Rising Climate Risks Are Reshaping Insurance for Renewable Energy Projects Worldwide
As natural catastrophe and extreme weather losses escalate globally, insurers, developers, and financiers must rethink risk management to keep renewable energy projects insurable and bankable.
April 15
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Property
Risk Management
Liberty Mutual Fined $300,000 in Delaware Over False Insurance Discount Ads
Delaware regulators fined three Liberty Mutual companies $300,000 for advertising homeowners and auto insurance discounts not available to policyholders in the state.
April 15
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Litigation
Property
Delaware
Buffalo Trace Distillery Begins Recovery Efforts After Kentucky River Flooding
Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky is cleaning up and inspecting barrels after severe flooding, with plans to resume bottling and reopen its visitor center soon.
April 15
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Property
Risk Management
Kentucky
Why Climate Resilience Requires Both Parametric and Traditional Insurance Solutions
As billion-dollar weather disasters escalate, combining parametric and traditional insurance offers a faster, more adaptive recovery solution for policyholders across the U.S.
April 15
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Property
Technology
California
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
AI Weather Models Bring Hyper-Local Flood Forecasting to Insurance Industry
Advances in AI-powered weather models are helping insurers create hyper-local flood forecasts, allowing faster warnings and reducing risk from extreme weather events.
April 14
Catastrophe
Property
Risk Management
Technology
Climate Change and Supply Chain Disruptions Are Reshaping Business Interruption Insurance
As climate risks intensify and supply chain uncertainty grows, insurers and businesses are rethinking business interruption coverage and the risks of underreporting exposures.
April 14
Catastrophe
Property
Risk Management
Businesses Rank Civil Unrest as Top Risk as Global Political Tensions Escalate
With protests surging worldwide, civil unrest, terrorism, cyber-attacks, and state-sponsored sabotage are key threats businesses face, according to an Allianz report.
April 11
Catastrophe
Insurance Industry
Property
Risk Management
