Barclays Turns to Insurers to Hedge Billions of Data Center Debt October 30, 2026 By Esteban Duarte and William Shaw Barclays Plc is looking to buy default protection on more than $10 billion of debt to finance artificial intelligence infrastructure...
Yellow Furball Mascot Liberty Biberty Sparks ‘Beautiful’ Protest. Seriously? October 29, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson Last Sunday afternoon, a social media driven “protest” against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.’s fuzzy yellow mascot Liberty Biberty drew several...
Spanish Train Crash Kills at Least 64 People South of Madrid October 28, 2026 By Daniel Basteiro and Laura Millan A high-speed rail service slammed into another train south of Madrid on Wednesday, killing at least 64 people in the...
Guidewire Buying UK Insurance AI Firm Hyperexponential in Deal Worth up to $2.1B October 28, 2026 Insurance software maker Guidewire said this week it would buy hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash and up to $400...
Walter’s Insurers Skirted Capital Rules With ‘Rolling’ Loophole October 19, 2026 By Zachary R. Mider and Weihua Li On paper, it was supposed to be a six-month loan. In December 2018, one of sports mogul Mark Walter’s insurance...
The Great Hemp Reset: How the Federal Ban on Intoxicating Hemp Products Will Reshape Risk and Coverage September 8, 2026 By Ian Stewart I have been writing about the insurance risks of intoxicating hemp products since 2021, when delta-8 THC gummies first started...
Some Cities Have Begun Rewarding Careful Drivers With Fewer Red Lights September 1, 2026 By Jeff McMurray Officials struggled for years to curb high-speed crashes along a residential corridor cutting through Albuquerque, New Mexico, but simply punishing...
Insurers Acting Like Banks Must Grasp Loan Risk, EIOPA Says June 5, 2026 By Nicholas Comfort and Francine Lacqua European insurers that want to ride the private credit boom need to grasp the risks they face, according to the...
Register: Risky Future AI Tools for Homeowners Data ‘Demo Day’ on May 13 May 12, 2026 Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for Homeowners Data” Demo Day, a series of free AI...
Convicted Insurance Mogul Lindberg Should Pay $1.6B Restitution to Companies April 9, 2026 By William Rabb After almost a decade of litigation, investigations and deliberations, criminal fraud cases against reported billionaire and North Carolina insurance entrepreneur...