Full content: In any other year, May 14 may well have been an energy disaster in Texas. Temperatures climbed to seasonal levels not seen in over a century: 92F in Dallas, 95F in Houston and 104F in Laredo. Air conditioners hummed en …

Full content: China’s financial opening up and rapidly growing consumer market benefit the country and provide better asset allocation opportunities for global capital, Li Yunze, the head of China’s financial regulator, said in Shanghai on Wednesday. Total assets under foreign banks and …

Full content: U.S. homeowners insurance rates rose 40.4% over the past six years, with the biggest increases hitting in the last two years, a new report shows. LendingTree’s 2025 State of Home Insurance Report shows rates from 2019 through 2021 remained stable, …

Full content: AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B- (Fair) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “bb-” (Fair) from “bbb” (Good) of Oregon Mutual Insurance Company and Western Protectors Insurance Company, which are domiciled in …

Full content: California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara named new leadership of the Insurance Diversity Task Force. The 15-member task force elected its newest chair to be Vikita Poindexter, CEO of Poindexter Consulting Group, and vice chair to be Dr. Fabiola Cobarrubias, CEO …

Full content: The pathway to M&A activity/liquidity in the insurance brokerage industry traditionally has followed a common pattern: small to mid-sized brokers were either traded between financial sponsors or bolted onto a larger strategic partner with minimal friction. While these approaches have …

Full content: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself and create a re-branded, radically smaller disaster response organization, according to a copy of the document reviewed by Bloomberg News. …

Full content: Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., appointed new leadership within its U.S. wholesale and specialty division. The company is simplifying its structure from six U.S. wholesale and two U.S. retail regions to four integrated U.S. regions. As …

Full content: The US has spent nearly $1 trillion dollars on disaster recovery and other climate-related needs over the 12 months ending May 1, according to an analysis released Monday by Bloomberg Intelligence. That’s 3% of GDP that people likely would have …

Full content: Within changes submitted by U.S. Senate Republicans to President Donald Trump’s tax bill is language that would close a tax “loophole” for third-party litigation funders. According to text released Monday by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, to …

Full content: B.P. Marsh and Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor in early-stage financial services businesses, announced it has acquired a 27% shareholding in Cameron Specialty, a London-based underwriting agency. B.P. Marsh has agreed to provide funding of up to £1.7 …

Full content: Two tankers collided in waters off the United Arab Emirates and caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday, rattling global oil and shipping markets that have been closely monitoring navigation in the region since Israel began strikes on Iran …

Full content: A Michigan lawmaker has proposed legislation that would mandate auto insurance premium reductions of at least 10% on any new or renewed policy, a bill that the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) says would destabilize the state’s market. SB …

Full content: Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state’s capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record level of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if immediate steps are not taken to reduce demand. …