☕ Actuary Brew — February 17, 2026


            
        February 17, 2026
    
    
☕ Actuary Brew — February 17, 2026


Actuary Brew - Tuesday, February 17, 2026


☕ Actuary Brew

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

                Good morning,
            

                Here's what's moving the actuarial world today.
            

                🤖 AI & Machine Learning
            

                    Fierce Healthcare Layoff Tracker—PeaceHealth laying off 94 in Wash.; Cigna to eliminate 2,000 jobs
                

                    Fierce Healthcare
                

                    Payer AI company Anterior banks $40M funding round
                

                    Fierce Healthcare
                

                    Aon Names Nick Fraccalvieri CEO of Global Facultative Reinsurance Solutions
                

                    Insurance Innovation Reporter
                

                    Blink Parametric Partners With Cover Edge on Travel Solutions
                

                    Insurance Innovation Reporter
                

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                🏢 P&C Insurance
            

                    BI, Litmus partner on composite insurer ratings
                

                    Business Insurance
                

                    Political risk market holds steady amid events
                

                    Business Insurance
                

                    Florida Cargo Theft Ring Busted, Responsible for $7.8M in Losses
                

                    Carrier Management
                

                    Johnson & Johnson Found Liable for Cancer in Latest Talc Trial
                

                    Carrier Management
                

                🏥 Health Insurance
            

                    Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
                

                    KFF Health News
                

                    La respuesta del equipo de Trump a los aumentos de las primas de ACA: cobertura catastrófica
                

                    KFF Health News
                

                    Humana’s CenterWell adds network of senior primary care centers
                

                    Healthcare Finance
                

                    HIMSS26: AdventHealth CEO to give keynote address at the Executive Summit
                

                    Healthcare Finance
                

                💼 Life & Annuities
            

                    ARPC secures terrorism retrocession cover of $1.41bn for 2026
                

                    Life Insurance International
                

                    Aon appoints Nick Fraccalvieri to lead global facultative reinsurance unit
                

                    Life Insurance International
                

                    Trademark Application for “EMPOWER MY WEALTH” Filed by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company: Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
                

                    Insurance News Net - Annuity
                

                    Conning says insurers’ success in 2026 will depend on ‘strategic adaptation’
                

                    Insurance News Net - Annuity
                

                🔄 Reinsurance & ILS
            

                    Artificial Labs introduces AgLabs to advance agentic AI in specialty insurance
                

                    Reinsurance News
                

                    L&G to maintain exposure to catastrophe bonds despite spread tightening
                

                    Artemis
                

                    European insurance M&A to accelerate in 2026: Fitch
                

                    Reinsurance News
                

                    Hiscox Capital Partners launches to unite third-party capital & ILS at Hiscox Re
                

                    Artemis
                

                📈 Quantitative Finance
            

                    Evolving Your Wealth Management Practice for 2026 and Beyond
                

                    CFA Institute
                

                    AI Is Reshaping Bank Risk
                

                    CFA Institute
                

                    ISDA Annual Legal Forum: Katherine Tew Darras Opening Remarks
                

                    ISDA
                

                    Maintaining Focus on Basel III Endgame Recalibration
                

                    ISDA
                

                👴 Retirement & Pensions
            

                    LIMRA Launches Lifetime Income Ad Campaign
                

                    Plan Adviser
                

                    The Appeal of—and Concerns About—Private Markets in DC Plans
                

                    Plan Adviser
                

                    Mission Wealth Integrates with RightPath
                

                    401k Specialist
                

                    StraightLine Partners with Financial Wellness Labs on Retirement Readiness
                

                    401k Specialist
                

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