☕ Actuary Brew — February 18, 2026


            
        February 18, 2026
    
    
☕ Actuary Brew — February 18, 2026


Actuary Brew - Wednesday, February 18, 2026


☕ Actuary Brew

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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

                    📑 Fresh Filings — 3 new filings
                

                    CNC (10-K), UNM (10-K), AJG (10-K)
                

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                🤖 AI & Machine Learning
            

                    Kaiser Permanente, Department of Labor reach settlement over mental health access
                

                    Fierce Healthcare
                

                    Trump administration restarts its efforts to pilot 340B rebates
                

                    Fierce Healthcare
                

                    Co-operators Selects Sapiens for Advisor Platform
                

                    Insurance Innovation Reporter
                

                    Swiss Re appoints Anne Lohbeck as Chief Risk Officer for P&C Re
                

                    Insurtech Insights
                

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                🏢 P&C Insurance
            

                    Increased HR Workload Drives Employers Toward Integrated Benefits Platforms
                

                    Risk & Insurance
                

                    Camden Diocese’s Sex Abuse Claims Fund to Get $180 Million Boost
                

                    Insurance Journal
                

                    AI Claim Assistant Now Taking Auto Damage Claims Calls at Travelers
                

                    Carrier Management
                

                    Environmental Groups Challenge Decision to Revoke Basis of Climate Regulations
                

                    Insurance Journal
                

                🏥 Health Insurance
            

                    Medicaid Managed Care Reporting and Transparency: Managed Care Program Annual Reports
                

                    KFF
                

                    Deploying AI 'allows doctors to be doctors' again
                

                    Healthcare Finance
                

                    Federal judge strikes down FTC rule expanding premerger reporting requirements
                

                    Healthcare Dive
                

                    Wyoming Wants To Make Its Five-Year Federal Rural Health Funding Last ‘Forever’
                

                    KFF Health News
                

                💼 Life & Annuities
            

                    Brown & Brown unit acquires American Adventure Insurance assets
                

                    Life Insurance International
                

                    Talanx gains full ownership of Warta and TU Europa in Poland
                

                    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
            

                    BayPine to acquire US independent insurance broker Relation for AI-driven expansion
                

                    Reinsurance News
                

                    Capital management, portfolio quality prioritised over growth, says Conduit Re CEO
                

                    Reinsurance News
                

                    CA FAIR Plan lifts target 75% to $350m for second Golden Bear Re wildfire cat bond
                

                    Artemis
                

                    TWIA may need to purchase as little as $355m of new risk transfer in 2026
                

                    Artemis
                

                📈 Quantitative Finance
            

                    ISDA Responds to Bank of England Systemic Stablecoin Consultation
                

                    ISDA
                

                    Attention Bias in AI-Driven Investing
                

                    CFA Institute
                

                    Social Security Claiming Strategies for High-Net-Worth Clients
                

                    CFA Institute
                

                    SwapsInfo Full Year 2025 and the Fourth Quarter of 2025 Review
                

                    ISDA
                

                👴 Retirement & Pensions
            

                    Short-Term Financial Pressures Slow Women’s Retirement Savings
                

                    Plan Adviser
                

                    DC Plans Trend to Passive TDFs as More Terminate Managed Accounts
                

                    401k Specialist
                

                    How Will Private Markets Exposure Impact Fiduciaries?
                

                    Plan Adviser
                

                    How Emergency Savings Accounts Can Help Women
                

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