☕ Actuary Brew — February 19, 2026


            
        February 19, 2026
    
    
☕ Actuary Brew — February 19, 2026


Actuary Brew - Thursday, February 19, 2026


☕ Actuary Brew

Thursday, February 19, 2026

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

                    📑 Fresh Filings — 5 new filings
                

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

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                🤖 AI & Machine Learning
            

                    Humana's CenterWell closes deal to buy primary care provider MaxHealth from Arsenal Capital Partners
                

                    Fierce Healthcare
                

                    Clinics sour on CMS after agency scraps 10-year primary care program only months in
                

                    Fierce Healthcare
                

                    Millennium Insurance Deploys Ultrassure Contract AI
                

                    Insurance Innovation Reporter
                

                    Markel Partners with Upfort to Strengthen Cyber Protection for US Policyholders
                

                    Insurtech Insights
                

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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
                

                    Georgia Supreme Court Disbars Workers’ Comp Attorney for Taking Client Funds
                

                    Insurance Journal
                

                    Lemonade Books Q4 Net Loss of $21.7M as Customer Count Grows
                

                    Insurance Journal
                

                🏥 Health Insurance
            

                    Telehealth use in primary care stabilizes: research
                

                    Healthcare Dive
                

                    Calculating network downtime's operational and financial consequences
                

                    Healthcare Finance
                

                    Veradigm cut 15% of its workforce in 2025
                

                    Healthcare Dive
                

                    Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care
                

                    KFF Health News
                

                💼 Life & Annuities
            

                    AXA XL names new heads of Ocean Marine and Bonds in Americas
                

                    Life Insurance International
                

                    Insurer to cut dozens of jobs after making splashy CT relocation
                

                    Insurance News Net - Annuity
                

                    SPG scales cargo and logistics power with Logistiq and Anova integration
                

                    Life Insurance International
                

                    AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Following Agreement to Acquire Schroders, plc.
                

                    Insurance News Net - Annuity
                

                🔄 Reinsurance & ILS
            

                    Donegal Group’s net income climbs 56% as CoR improves in 2025
                

                    Reinsurance News
                

                    Markel expands cybersecurity support for policyholders through Upfort partnership
                

                    Reinsurance News
                

                    ADB aims to issue $120m-$150m parametric cat bond for Kyrgyz Republic & Tajikistan in H1’26
                

                    Artemis
                

                    California FAIR Plan raises target again to $400m for second Golden Bear Re wildfire cat bond
                

                    Artemis
                

                📈 Quantitative Finance
            

                    What the Market Knows That WACC Doesn’t
                

                    CFA Institute
                

                    ISDA Responds to Bank of England Consultation on Systemic Stablecoins
                

                    ISDA
                

                    Attention Bias in AI-Driven Investing
                

                    CFA Institute
                

                    SwapsInfo Full Year 2025 and the Fourth Quarter of 2025 Review
                

                    ISDA
                

                👴 Retirement & Pensions
            

                    Alta Trust and Morningstar Introduce 6 Multi-Manager Portfolio CITs
                

                    Plan Adviser
                

                    Retirees’ Health Care Costs Far Outpace Social Security COLA
                

                    Plan Adviser
                

                    Alta Trust and Morningstar Launch Foundation Series CITs
                

                    PLANSPONSOR
                

                    Are Employers Getting Access to PBM Claims Data?
                

                    PLANSPONSOR
                

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