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By Mary Newgard Insurance agency leaders often ask me how their recruiting stacks up against others. It’s a fair question, especially when even small delays can cause an agency to fall behind. When hiring goals are missed and jobs are open for a long time, the gap compounds quickly, and the pressure builds with each passing week, month, and quarter. The longer it takes to identify, engage, and move candidates forward, the harder it becomes to meet your hiring goals. Time is the clearest signal of how well your hiring approach is working. As an insurance recruiter, I measure success…

Colorado Gov. Jared Governor Polis signed a bill into law that proponents say will lower the price of homeowners insurance in Colorado, Polis signed SB26-155, called Increase Access Homeowner’s Insurance Enterprise, designed to make it more affordable for residents to get hail proof roofs, help decrease premiums and increase market competition in high-wildfire areas. The bill is part of Polis’s efforts he says will save Coloradans $800 each year on homeowners insurance. The bill, sponsored by Speaker Julie McCluskie and Representative Kyle Brown, and Senators Kyle Mullica and Janice Marchman, creates an enterprise governed by a seven-member board, including the…

The fire threat across the U.S. West will rise Friday and remain dangerous through Saturday for many areas, including Northern California, as lightning strikes risk igniting dry vegetation. Critical fire weather conditions and dry lightning will prevail across the western U.S., with the “Four Corners” region where Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona come together under the greatest threat, the Storm Prediction Center said. There are red flag fire warnings across Northern California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, according to the National Weather Service. Related: Zurich Files Growth Plan Under California Sustainable Insurance Strategy “Abundant lightning on dry fuels…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that will create a commercial clearinghouse for Citizens Property Insurance policies, a bill that a number of brokers and agents have called “unnecessary” and little more than a sop to one major brokerage. Senate Bill 1028, pushed this spring by state Sen. Joe Gruters, now requires Citizens to establish the clearinghouse, which ostensibly will make it easier to depopulate the commercial side of the state-created insurer of last resort. The bill passed in March and it wasn’t clear if DeSantis would support it. But it took effect upon his signature this week…

The North Carolina Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint against Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, brought by a former employee who accused him of sexual harassment, news outlets reported. “After review and discussion as necessary, the Panel concluded its preliminary inquiry with a determination that the facts alleged in the complaint would not constitute a violation of the Ethics Act,” the Ethics Commission said in its finding, the Raleigh News & Observer reported this week. The woman, April Taylor, had shown the newspaper a number of texts that she said came from Causey in recent years, and she provided the ethics…

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at global re/insurers Arch Capital Group and Sompo. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based provider of insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance, announced the promotions of Jerome Halgan to CEO of Arch Global Reinsurance Group and Michael Schmeiser to CEO of Arch Global Mortgage Group. Both will continue to report to Arch President Maamoun Rajeh. Jerome Halgan Halgan joined Arch in 2009. He has served as president and chief underwriting officer of Arch Reinsurance Group since 2024, and as CEO of Arch Re Bermuda since…

Trading platform Nasdaq Private Market alleged that its Vancouver-based competitor Hiive has stolen trade secrets and infringed on its intellectual property in a lawsuit. The suit, filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, adds new allegations of trade secrets to a previous patent dispute against Hiive. According to NPM, Hiive poached two of its staff in part to access confidential information about its operations. “These claims are without merit and designed to intimidate, and we’ll defend ourselves vigorously,” Hiive said in a statement. “We’re proud that talented people choose to build their careers here, and our focus is on the clients…

A teenager thrown to the ground Wednesday when a Central Park carriage horse bolted away from its driver has died, according to police. The 18-year-old was riding in the horse-drawn carriage with three other passengers when the accident happened just before 3 p.m., according to the New York Police Department. At least two passengers were sent flying out of the careening cab. The teenager was initially hospitalized in critical condition. The other passengers refused medical treatment. A representative for the Transport Workers Union, which represents carriage industry employees, said the driver had dismounted to take a photograph of his passengers,…

The Trump administration is dropping near-term plans to dismantle a $386 million federal ocean-observing system after encountering resistance from scientists and Congress. The National Science Foundation said Thursday it will pause efforts to decommission most of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of sensors in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that track climate change, marine ecosystems and coastal flooding. The agency will conduct a review of the system’s future with stakeholders, it said in a statement. The change comes a day after the US Senate passed a bipartisan measure to halt what lawmakers called the “reckless” dismantling of the network.…

A new Lloyd’s market consortium has been launched to provide additional marine war risk insurance capacity for vessels and cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Lloyd’s announced. Chubb will serve as lead underwriter, supported by participating Lloyd’s syndicates and specialist market partners, Lloyd’s said, noting that the consortium brings together leading underwriting expertise with additional Lloyd’s market capacity to support brokers and clients “operating in a complex and fast-moving environment.” The new marine war risk consortium will issue primary policies for vessels and cargo. It will provide up to $200 million of capacity separately for hull and P&I risks, with…