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Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable “red line,” warning that if U.S. President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran’s infrastructure, it would strike all infrastructure across the Gulf region. The U.S. launched a fifth night of attacks on Wednesday and reimposed a naval blockade of Iran’s ports, which Washington says is aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, closed by Iran last Saturday after a fragile truce collapsed. After the first strikes on Wednesday night, Tehran’s top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf issued a statement saying: “We are in an essential and…

India has directed ship owners, ship managers and recruitment agencies to stop deploying the country’s seafarers on vessels going through the Strait of Hormuz following an upsurge in attacks. Among precautions, there should be no deployment of Indian crew members on vessels undertaking voyages through the waterway “until further orders,” the Directorate General of Shipping said in a post on X late Wednesday. A flareup in hostilities between Iran and the US has seen a spate of strikes on ships in and around the waterway in recent days, including an attack that killed an Indian seafarer. The International Maritime Organization…

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. Most growth-focused agency owners in the insurance industry are eager to use automation for the efficiency gains it promises. But many are still stuck on one question: Is artificial intelligence (AI) safe for insurance agents to use with client data? If your independent agency has a team of 10 or fewer, you probably don’t have in-house IT, a compliance officer or a CISO to vet every new piece of software. This decision and protecting client privacy fall on you. Fortunately, navigating AI data security for insurance agencies doesn’t require a…

It’s already been a deadly year for firefighters, and authorities have been putting resources where they can more quickly pounce on wildfires before they get out of hand and increase the possibility of additional loss of life and property. Fire managers try to anticipate nature’s next move, placing thousands of firefighters, hundreds of engines, batteries of bulldozers, and fleets of helicopters and air tankers where they’ll make the biggest difference. This year, they’re dealing with persistent drought made worse by record-low snowpack levels and consecutive days of hot, dry and windy weather. Hundreds of homes have burned, three firefighters were…

Risk Theory Insurance Services launched Jupiter Platinum Home, a primary excess and surplus product for high-net-worth homeowners in California. The program, with capacity from Amherst Specialty Insurance, is built for homes with a $750,000 dwelling limit up to $25 million in total insured value, including those with significant wildfire exposure. The Jupiter Platinum is built for difficult-to-place California exposures, including properties with significant wildfire exposure, an dpriced for today’s market gaps, especially where capacity has pulled back across California, the company says. Risk Theory is a specialty insurance platform. The company operates a portfolio of managing general agents that deliver…

Canopius Appoints Moore US CEO Nadine Moore Canopius Group, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Nadine Moore as CEO of its U.S. business. Based in Chicago, Moore will lead Canopius’ U.S. operations across both its retail and wholesale businesses. Moore will assume leadership of the U.S. business from September 2026, reporting to Group CEO Neil Robertson, and will join the group leadership team. Moore most recently served as managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group. Over the course of her career, Moore combines the distribution credibility of a placing broker – including producer experience during a senior role at…

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that insurance brokers, producers, and agents are not exempt from liability under the state’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA). The court found that “extending the learned professional exception to insurance brokers would unduly narrow the scope of the CFA and undermine the Legislature’s intent for it to serve as one of the nation’s strongest consumer protection laws.” The ruling came in a case brought by James Lowe, M.D, a neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with a vision condition that prevented him from performing neurosurgery. He claims his insurance agents negligently failed to obtain sufficient…

Second quarter 2026 net income at Progressive Corp. increased 4% compared to the same period a year ago to about $3.3 billion. Progressive reports results monthly. Net income for June was down 31% to about $779 million. The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based insurer’s Q2 2026 combined ratio was 87.3 compared with Q2 2025’s result of 86.2. Net premiums written (NPW) in Q2 were about $21.1 billion, an increase of 5% compared to the same time period the prior year. Year-to-date Progressive NPW was $44.7 billion compared with $42.3 billion last year. In personal lines, NPW as of June 30 increased 6%…

Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded insurance, said on July 15 it raised $100 million in capital, backed by Vista Credit Partners, a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners. The raise ups the business to a $1.9 billion valuation, said Cover Genius, adding that it will use the new capital to deepen enterprise partnerships with enhanced integration, scale AI capabilities, and invest in platform scalability and strategic acquisitions. Cover Genius operates a B2B2C embedded protection platform that connects 200+ partners with 50+ global insurance carriers to protect over 70 million end customers at the point of sale across travel, retail, ticketing…

Farmers Insurance has launched a new initiative designed to make insurance easier to understand and more transparent for consumers. Farmers said the enterprise-wide effort reflects its continuing commitment to helping consumers better understand their options so they can make more confident coverage decisions before they need it most. “The strategy is grounded in a simple belief: Our customers’ insurance coverage should be easy to understand, with no jargon, no big words, and no lawyer needed to make sense of it,” said Eleanor Solomon, head of Creative for Farmers Insurance. “Farmers is introducing tools that help make insurance easier to navigate—highlighting…