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Insurers Latest Target of U.S. AGs ESG Antitrust Concerns
This week, insurers and reinsurers who are members of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), received a letter from 23 attorneys general raising potential legal concerns that might arise from their ...
Earth to Hit Key Warming Threshold Within 5 Years
There's a two-out-of-three chance that the world will temporarily hit a key warming limit within the next five years, the United Nations weather agency said Wednesday. But it likely would only be a ...
Politics Aside, Floridians Agree Humans Causing Climate Change
An increasing number of Floridians agree that human actions are causing climate change, including a record number of Florida Republicans, according to a new survey from Florida Atlantic University. ...
KCC: Ian Contributed to Sizable Insured Losses Despite Mostly Average ’22 Hurricane Season
Last year, the state of Florida sustained the largest hurricane loss with Ian, with estimates of more than $100 billion in economic damage, including uninsured properties, damage to infrastructure, ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at Openly, One80 Intermediaries, The Insurance Superstore
Openly, a homeowners insurance provider, and Trellis, a technology company focused on distribution of personal lines of insurance, announced a new partnership. Operating as an independent agent, ...
Bolttech Raises $196M Series B with Up-Round Valuation of $1.6B
International InsurTech bolttech announced it raised $196 million in connection with its series B with an up-round valuation of $1.6 billion. The round was led by Tokio Marine. Other key investors ...
Low-Tech Cyber Attacks Took Advantage of Fixable Vulnerabilities in 2022: Coalition
Outdated technology, poor software maintenance, and the dreaded clicking of a malicious link were most to blame for cyber insurance claims experienced by policyholders in 2022, according to a new ...
Supreme Court Spurns Dispute Over Roundup Class-Action Settlement
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a dispute involving a lawsuit against Bayer AG's Monsanto Co that could rein in a common form of settlement in class action cases under which money ...