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Former XL CEO McGavick Returns to Insurance With AI Firm Mea Platform
Mike McGavick is returning to the insurance world as a strategic advisor and board chairman of Mea Platform, an artificial intelligence firm focusing on transactions and operations for carriers, ...
45.1M Americans Expected to Travel Domestically Over Memorial Day Weekend
Road trips are expected to set a new record this Memorial Day holiday weekend. AAA projects 39.4 million people will travel by car over Memorial Day weekend, an additional one million travelers ...
Waymo Recalls 1,200 Robotaxis in US After Minor Collisions
Alphabet's Waymo is recalling more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles to update software and address risks of collisions with chains, gates and other roadway barriers after U.S. auto safety ...
Prymas Appointed CEO of Tokio Marine Highland
Tokio Marine Highland (TMH) has appointed insurance veteran Steve Prymas as Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.
Prymas succeeds ...
Georgia Becomes Second State to Shield Bayer From Roundup Cancer Claims
In a victory for global agrochemical maker Bayer, Georgia has become the second state to shield pesticide manufacturers from some lawsuits claiming that they failed to warn customers of potential ...
At RIMS, Sedgwick Experts Outline Key Workers Comp Claims Trends
At last week's RIMS RISKWORLD conference in Chicago, two experts from risk and claims administration partner Sedgwick outlined a few key workers compensation trends worth ...
As Execs Eye AI for Fraud Detection, Deloitte Predicts Billions in Savings
With a growing share of insurance executives viewing generative artificial intelligence as a tool for streamlining and improving functions like fraud detection, Deloitte predicts that AI technologies ...Indictments Announced in $4.6M New York Vehicle Theft Ring
Twenty defendants have been indicted and charged in a wide-ranging scheme to steal cars throughout New York City and its suburbs, according to an announcement by the Queens District Attorney's ...
Demonized by Trump, DEI Professionals Go ‘Discreet’ to Find Jobs
On the website of diversity consultant BWG Business Solutions is a sentence that would have felt out of place five years ago, when companies were bragging about their DEI ...