October 2025
Deloitte Outlook Sees Issues for Insurers and Professionals
Changing customer expectations, broker consolidation, and the importance of modernization could reshape the insurance landscape What happens when the hard market ends—but the pressure doesn’t? Is life insurance growth losing steam—or just shifting shape? What will set group insurers apart in a slowing market? Can insurers scale artificial intelligence without fixing the foundations first? What […]
ALL IN for the future of the business
ALL IN. An all industry project in which the Insurance Advocate is involved, was launched with great success in October as more than 250 people met in Chicago for our first recruitment event, bringing people into the insurance business directly and with no special reference other than our encouragement. Kudos to Business Insurance and its […]
New York Insurance Scholarship Foundation Selects Espinal, Gould and Jordan as 2025–2026 Recipients
The New York Insurance Scholarship Foundation, Inc. (NYISF) has named Peter J. Espinal, Derek Gould, and Aliyah Jordan as the foundation’s 2025–2026 New York Insurance Scholars. Espinal is a junior at St. John’s University majoring in actuarial science. Gould is a sophomore at the University of Connecticut majoring in mathematics, actuarial science and finance. Jordan […]
Michael Chang Joins United Risk to Head Verita and Develop Newly Formed Verist
Mr. Rick Christofer, Chief Commercial Officer for United Risk, has announced that United Risk has acquired a portfolio of risks along with the Verita CSG, Inc. legal entity from WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) and branded the new venture as Verist LLC (“Verist”) keeping former Verita leadership, staff and operations associated with the portfolio fully intact and […]
Ben Bridge Jeweler Collaborates with Jewelers Mutual® to Offer Luxsurance®
Ben Bridge Jeweler, a trusted name in fine jewelry since 1912, recently announced its collaboration with Jewelers Mutual® Group to offer Luxsurance®, an innovative, customer-first solution that enhances the store experience and provides expert protection directly from Jewelers Mutual for jewelry purchases. Through this joint effort, Ben Bridge customers can access Luxsurance® jewelry protection, powered […]
Marsh ‘n Mc Now Just Marsh
Marsh McLennan will rebrand as Marsh across its business starting in January 2026 and has launched a new unit combining its technology, data and operations teams. The company’s stock ticker symbol will change from MMC to MRSH in January 2026. Its four businesses will change to the new Marsh brand starting in 2027, after a […]
Voice Cloning Scams
For insurance providers, the contact center is a frontline of trust between organizations and their patients. But with the rise of AI voice cloning scams, fraudsters mining IVR to breach defenses, and bad actors deploying sophisticated vishing attacks, consumer trust in the voice channel is being undermined., Transaction Network Services (TNS) has launched TNS Enterprise […]
At Risk: New York City
We have owned and published the Insurance Advocate for 39 of its 172 years – established as it was in 1889 in New York after being introduced originally in 1853 in Philadelphia. It has been – remarkably – and continuously published for those many years and will continue over the years ahead, regardless of the […]
It Doesn’t Pay to Cheat Medicare
Pain Care Providers Services to Medicare are not Unlimited In the People Of The State Of California ex rel. San Diego Comprehensive Pain Management Center, Inc. v. Jaysen Eisengrein and Sandra Love, No. 24-cv-01481-BAS-BJC, United States District Court, S.D. California (September 17, 2025) Defendants Jaysen Eisengrein and Sandra Love’s (“Defendants”) moved the USDC to Dismiss […]
