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Deep or Shallow? Previewing the 2026 Soft Market
An impending soft market doesn't necessarily mean that last year's stunning profits for the property/casualty insurance industry are going to vanish in 2026, according to a research analysis who ...
AI Platform Notch Announces $30M Series A Funding Round
Notch, an AI platform for regulated industries, announced a $30 million Series A funding round, bringing total funding raised to $45 million. The round was led by Headline, with participation from ...
Commercial Insurance Platform Shepherd Announces $42M Series B
Shepherd, an AI-native commercial insurance platform, announced a $42 million Series B round led by Intact Private Capital, with participation from Spark Capital, Costanoa Ventures and additional ...
Employee Hiring Referrals Can Trigger Hidden Biases
Employee referrals can aid hiring but carry hidden downsides. New research by Rellie Derfler-Rozin at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and Teodora Tomova Shakur of ...
‘Microshifting’ Puts a New Spin on 9-to-5 Schedules
Before the house is humming and her teenagers ask her to whip up breakfast or chauffeur them to school, Jen Meegan reads her company emails and revisits ideas she drafted the night before. She works ...
Cargo Thieves Tap Cyber Tactics as Losses Exceed $6B
As cargo theft losses reached $6.6B in 2025, a new report from connected transportation and asset tracker provider Geotab Inc. finds that cybercrime tactics, including GPS spoofing, stolen ...
U.S. Verdicts Against Meta, Google Tee Up Fight Over Tech Liability Shield
Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S., from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children, have found Meta and Alphabet's Google liable, potentially teeing up an ...
Record Breaking Heat to Spread Across U.S.
After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that's baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat ...