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Municipal bond insurance volume grew 17.7% year-over-year in the first three quarters of 2025, according to LSEG, outpacing the municipal market as a whole.

Hedge funds speculating on wildfire insurance claims in California were just dealt a legal blow.

Flood insurance company Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc.'s shareholders are seeking to raise $368.4 million.

Community Financial in Syracuse has made its biggest investment ever in an outside company, taking a $37.4 million equity stake in an insurance provider that focuses on the rental housing market.

Joe Toledano, head of insured solutions for Morgan Stanley's wealth division and E-Trade, tells how insurance has gone from almost an afterthought for many financial planners to something that's central to what they do.

Neptune Insurance filed for an IPO showing growing revenue for the flood insurance company.

A Category 5 hurricane could lead to more than $200 billion in damage, Moody's Analytics said in a report released before the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The state will charge active employees higher salary-based health plan premiums to avoid a near-term $1.3 billion deficit.

Municipal bond insurance volume grew 12.6% in the first half of 2025 year-over-year, according to LSEG data.

California Sen. Dave Cortese proposed the bill as the state grapples with a shortage of affordable housing.

A gauge for the sector on the Lagos-based Nigerian Exchange has risen 41% this week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

"Nothing could delay a restructuring or a consensual deal [more] than the existing board was doing," said Assured Guaranty CEO Dominic Frederico of the Trump administration's removal of Puerto Rico oversight board members.

Research from Digital Insurance on the cost of artificial intelligence.

Damage claims from the Eaton wildfire could wipe out the $21 billion fund created to protect utilities and their customers when an investor-owned utility's equipment is deemed responsible.

An academic paper presented at the Brookings Institute's annual conference found that future wildfire risks are already having economically significant impacts on financial markets, municipal borrowing costs and vulnerable communities.

Part two of a conversation with Jodie Wallis, the first global chief AI officer for Manulife.

The legislature, which returns to respond to recent floods, could also take up bills to curb local property taxes, including bills aimed at bond issuance.

Investment funds based on parametric insurance have the potential to beat cat bond returns, according to Rhodri Morris, a portfolio manager at Twelve Securis.

The insurance industry can embrace sustainability as a path to meaningful growth, ethical leadership and long-term success.

Hedge funds are facing pushback in California as their bets tied to insurance claims stemming from the Los Angeles wildfires are attacked as unethical.