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Arbella opens first New Hampshire commercial lines office as carrier-agent gap widens (opens the original)
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The Arbella Insurance Group has opened its first dedicated commercial lines office in New Hampshire. It marks a permanent local presence in a state the carrier has been growing in for years. The Bedford office opened on August 4, 2026, staffed by a team of underwriting, marketing, and loss control professionals. Bedford was selected for its central location and proximity to agency partners across the state. The office will focus on lines central to Arbella's commercial expertise: contractors, ha
CRC Specialty hires four specialists across Florida, Texas and South Carolina (opens the original)
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CRC Specialty, the wholesale distribution arm of CRC Group, has added four professionals across underwriting and brokerage roles, with placements in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina. Those three states consistently rank among the highest-volume surplus lines markets in the country, alongside California and New York, according to AM Best research published in April 2025. The hires arrive as the US excess and surplus (E&S) lines market hits a record $129.8 billion in direct premiums written in 2
New IAG study: 7,850 casualties preventable if drivers kept ADAS on (opens the original)
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Australian motor insurers have spent years pricing on the assumption that advanced driver assistance systems make vehicles safer to insure. A landmark study released today suggests that assumption deserves a harder look. The IAG Driving Safer Outcomes Report was produced with Queensland University of Technology and the iMOVE Co-operative Research Centre. It is the most comprehensive Australian study of ADAS behaviour to date, drawing on three evidence streams: analysis of 100,000 vehicle collisi
Mental health now drives one in three TPD claims: AIA data (opens the original)
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AIA Australia paid more than $2.4 billion across 34,000 claims in 2025. Mental health was the dominant driver across both income protection and total and permanent disability. For advisers managing clients who are already asking why their cover costs more, understanding what is behind those figures is now a prerequisite for the renewal conversation. The premium increases reaching clients are a direct consequence of a structural deterioration in group claims experience, not a pricing decision mad
Australia's new merger regime faces its first insurance test in three weeks (opens the original)
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With the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) determination deadline set for August 26, 2026, the Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) has formally rejected Insurance Australia Group's (IAG) proposed behavioural undertaking. The undertaking concerns IAG's $1.35 billion acquisition of RAC Insurance Pty Ltd (RACI) in Western Australia. MTAA's submission on August 7 warns the ACCC that the proposed commitments fail to protect repair businesses, consumers, and competition in
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