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Lemonade Logs Q1 Net Loss With Topline Growth
Insurtech Lemonade reported a first quarter 2026 net loss of about $35.8 million compared with a loss of about $62.4 million during the same time in 2025. However, Lemonade said its topline growth was positive, with 159% increase in year-to-year …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 2:50 PM |
GEICO Responds After Error Sent Cancellation Notices to Florida Drivers
GEICO leadership said this week that the company is working with Florida policyholders after a snafu inadvertently alerted people that their driver licenses had been suspended. The auto and property insurance company did not reveal details about what happened, only …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 2:37 PM |
California Adopts Rules Allowing Testing And Deployment of Heavy-Duty AVs
The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday adopted new regulations for autonomous vehicles, allowing manufacturers to test and deploy heavy-duty driverless vehicle technology on the state’s roads. Related: Tesla Avoids California Sales Halt Over Autopilot Marketing The new regulations …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 1:40 PM |
Georgia Governor Candidate Hired Undocumented at His Mansion, Comp Claim Argues
A workers’ compensation claim has turned into accusations that the billionaire frontrunner in the Georgia governor’s race, a health care executive who has vowed to deport more immigrants, hired illegal immigrants to work on his property. Republican Rick Jackson, founder …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 1:35 PM |
Rational Market? How About ‘Dumb’ and ‘Bizarre’?
Industry executives who described insurance and reinsurance markets as “rational” in the not-so-distant past are now using words like “dumb” and “bizarre” to characterize soft-market competitor moves happening faster than expected, and in unusual places. W. Robert Berkley, Jr., chief …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 1:11 PM |
Newport Specialty Partners Acquires New York Personal Lines MGA Complex Coverage
Newport Specialty Partners, a new specialty insurance platform backed by Lovell Minnick Partners, announced that it has acquired Complex Coverage, Inc. (CCI), a managing general agency focused on homeowners and personal lines coverage in New York. The transaction is Newport’s …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 1:07 PM |
Appeals Court Overturns $8M Defamation Award for Former Alabama Justice
An appeals court has reversed an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to Alabama politician Roy Moore, who sued a super PAC over a 2017 political ad detailing misconduct accusations against him. The panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 12:53 PM |
Iran War Fuels Piracy Surge Off Somalia Coast, EU Agency Says
The war in Iran is fueling a resurgence in maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia, according to a European Union naval force patrolling the region. There have been at least three confirmed hijackings in the past week alone, with …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 10:44 AM |
Viewpoint: Japan and Korea Insurers to Accelerate M&As in the US and Globally
Japan and Korea insurers have shown unprecedented demand for M&As and strategic investments overseas in the past few years, targeting opportunities in both developed and emerging markets. While insurers from these two Asian economies have nuanced appetites and different capital …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 10:21 AM |
Russia Shadow Fleet Undeterred by Starmer’s Threat as Ships Keep Crossing UK Waters
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision last month to let the British military board ships of Russia’s so‑called “shadow fleet” has had no clear impact on the number passing through UK waters, a Reuters analysis shows. In the month after Starmer’s …
POSTED APRIL 29, 2026 9:23 AM |
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