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Insurance Journal | July 29, 2026

Verisk Buys McKenzie Intelligence Services, a UK-Based Catastrophe Analysis Firm

Verisk, the data analytics and technology firm, announced it has acquired UK-based McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), a geospatial intelligence and event response company that specializes in global real-time catastrophe and conflict event analysis. Financial details of the transaction, which was …

Insurance Journal | July 29, 2026

Brown & Brown Estimates Cost of Howden-Driven Talent War Could Hit $60M in 2026

Brown & Brown anticipates that the cost of the Howden-driven talent war for the full-year 2026 could hit $60 million – an increase from the $31 million it estimated last quarter. “Based on currently available information, we anticipate the full-year …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

Aon Ups Data Center Lifecycle Program Capacity Again: Now $5B

Aon plc is expanding its proprietary Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP) with an additional $1.5 billion, increasing the program’s first-party coverage capacity to $5.0 billion. In addition, Aon is offering integrated risk solutions that support digital infrastructure assets from …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

Nominate Your Agency as a Best Agency to Work For

Once again, Insurance Journal is seeking the best retail insurance agencies to recognize for the annual Best Agencies to Work For awards. Does your retail insurance agency stand out as a great place to work? Does it foster a strong …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

Former Italian Motorway Boss Among 32 Convicted Over 2018’s Genoa Bridge Tragedy

The former head of Italian motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday [July 16] for his role in a disaster that killed 43 people when a bridge collapsed near the city of Genoa …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

FDA Walks Back Positive Lab Test in Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak

The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday withdrew an earlier positive test that had tied Taylor Farms’ lettuce to the cyclospora outbreak, even as health officials said the supplier remains a focus of their investigation. The false positive doesn’t change …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

NYC Reports 3 Deaths From Legionnaires’ Disease; Cooling Tower Cleaning Underway

New York City officials are reporting that three people have died and eight people are currently hospitalized due to the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side. More than 60 cases have been reported since the first cases …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

License Pulled for Utah Boarding School Where Paris Hilton Says She Was Abused as Teen

Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager, marking a major victory in the hotel heiress’ yearslong effort to get the school shut down. The Utah Department …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

Texas Hill Country Floods Test New Warning Systems After Last Year’s Deadly Disaster

After deadly floods killed more than 100 people in Texas’ Hill Country last July, officials vowed major changes in hopes of preventing the failures that contributed to the high death toll. They promised better flood warning systems, tighter safety rules …

Insurance Journal | July 20, 2026

Yemen’s Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi Arabia

The Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni group, said they would impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, putting at risk the flow of millions of barrels that the kingdom exports via the Red Sea. The blockade is in response to what …