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New UN Weather Agency Chief Says Rate of Global Warming Is Speeding Up
The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate change is accelerating and that warming has triggered more Arctic cold outbreaks in ...
AXA’s CEO Buberl Wants to ‘Scale Up’ Corporate Business
AXA SA's Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl says he intends to "scale up" the firm's business insuring corporate risks in the next phase of the firm's growth. "In a highly volatile and highly ...Ransomware Hackers Stole More Than $1 Billion in 2023
Ransomware gangs stole more than $1 billion in 2023, the largest amount ever recorded, according to a report published Wednesday by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis Inc. With ransomware hacks, ...
Top AI Trends for Insurers in 2024 Include Claims, Other Insurance Processes
Insurers are prepared for artificial intelligence to move beyond task automation and machine learning to advanced uses in 2024, a new report examining the industry and how it's using AI shows. The ...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Amica Mutual
Insurance rating firm AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the superior credit ratings of Amica Mutual Insurance Co. and its subsidiary, Amica Property and Casualty ...Chubb Writing More Personal E&S, but CEO Greenberg Doesn’t Like the Trend
Chubb is writing more North American personal excess and surplus lines business, but the insurer's chief executive is not exactly celebrating. While he reminded analysts during a fourth-quarter ...
Florida Bills Would Let Surplus Lines Do Takeouts and Require More Data Reporting
A key Florida Senate committee last week advanced a bill that would allow surplus lines carriers to take over coverage of second homes from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Reaction by agents and ...
Liberty Mutual to Eliminate 250 Positions
Liberty Mutual has confirmed it is eliminating about 250 positions, or 0.5 percent of its global workforce, as it continues implementing new organizational structures within U.S. Retail Markets and ...