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The line between traditional indemnity insurance and parametric solutions is fading. Although carriers have offered both for decades, operational silos kept them separate: indemnity relied on actuarial and loss-adjusting expertise, while parametrics required data science and capital market structuring. This divergence has long stifled unified risk management strategies. Now, that division is disappearing. Recognizing both the value and the demand for a more cohesive response to catastrophic losses, non-admitted insurance carriers are integrating these distinct disciplines to provide a one-stop sourcing experience. This hybrid approach is gaining significant traction in sectors like energy, construction, and hospitality, where the ability to…

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made several appointments and reappointments to the California Department of Insurance’s statewide governing boards. These include naming newly appointed members Andrea Hecht and Jim Taylor to the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) Board of Governors and Don Hofer to the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) Governing Committee. The reappointed members include Nona Tirre to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP) Advisory Committee; Thomas Connell (T.C.) Wilson and Ophir Bruck to the California Organized Investment Network Advisory Board; Janise Graham to the Curriculum Board; and Alycia Anderson, Kelly Huang, Pradip Khemani, Jose Plascencia,…

World Insurance Names Erfurt as NJ Market Leader & National Industry Leader Rob Elfurt World Insurance Associates LLC, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, hired Rob Erfurt as the firm’s New Jersey market leader and national industry leader. Based in Iselin, Erfurt will lead growth and operational excellence across the New Jersey market. Erfurt has over 20 years of sales leadership experience, with the last ten at Acrisure, where he most recently led sales operations for North America retail. Earlier in his career, he was on the consultancy side of risk management, HR/compliance and business strategy and development. Landis Joins Ironpeak…

For years, wildfire season was largely viewed as a threat to homes, forests and utility infrastructure in the American West. But as smoke from fires blankets large swaths of the country, it is becoming something else too: a power-sector challenge. That’s because the U.S. grid is changing. Solar generation is now the country’s fastest-growing electricity source, transmission networks need to move more power over longer distances, and grid operators need accurate weather forecasts to balance supply and demand. Wildfire smoke interferes with all three. Related: Luxury Homes Are Raising Risks for California FAIR Plan While smoke is unlikely to derail…

Miami’s ultra-luxury real estate market is on track to shatter records in 2026, outpacing sales in New York City and the Bay Area as wealth continues to migrate to low-tax states. In the first six months of the year, 24 condos and single-family homes closed for over $30 million in Miami-Dade county — the majority of which were purchased with cash, according to real estate data firm Analytics Miami. That’s nearly double the number sold during the same period last year and puts the market on track to surpass 2025’s record of 33 sales in that price range. The city,…

Florida’s top insurance regulator and some insurance producers, including the former president of the Latin American Association of Insurance Agents, are questioning a report that suggests policyholders in Hispanic neighborhoods in the state pay much higher premiums. “While we acknowledge public concerns over housing costs, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation refutes the premise that insurance premium differences are driven by racial discrimination,” said the press secretary for OIR and Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky. The report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), released this month, argues that Hispanic homeowners in Florida may be the victims of “redlining”— the largely…

A Hong Kong-flagged supertanker bound for Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Yanbu has U-turned just before reaching the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint, where recent attacks were launched by the Houthis as part of a blockade on ships linked to the kingdom. The empty very large crude carrier New Champion made a dramatic about-turn in the Gulf of Aden Friday, after idling there during its voyage toward the Red Sea, according to ship-tracking data. The vessel had been chartered by a Chinese buyer to pick up a cargo of crude from Yanbu, shipping fixtures show. It’s now heading eastward at a…

Dozens of boats in a marina in Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad floated in a green slurry — all that remained after the waters of the Danube receded by several hundred meters, while barges were moored in the deeper sections of the river. Danube levels fell to record lows this week in Croatia and Serbia, exposing hundreds of square kilometers of sand banks, following the summer’s prolonged heatwaves and drought that have affected waterways across Europe. Serbia’s fuel imports fell to 25% of their monthly target for July as low Danube water levels forced barges and tankers to operate…

The Trump administration is facing a fresh legal challenge to the president’s latest round of global tariffs that took effect Friday. Small businesses filed a pair of lawsuits in the US Court of International Trade accusing President Donald Trump and US officials of unlawfully using Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to replace earlier tariffs struck down by the US Supreme Court. The Trump administration announced July 23 that the US will collect duties of between 10% and 12.5% on imports from most major trading partners. The move under Section 301 followed a probe into the alleged failure…

A federal judge on July 24 dismissed a lawsuit accusing Abbott Laboratories of defrauding shareholders by downplaying and trying to evade its responsibility for a 2022 recall of powdered infant formula, and lying about its commitment to quality and product safety. U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger in Chicago said shareholders led by two European asset managers failed to show that Abbott intended to deceive them and inflated its share price in connection with the February 2022 recall of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare produced at its plant in Sturgis, Michigan. Abbott closed the plant following reports of severe bacterial infections in…