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Regulators Can Learn AI; New InsurTech Groups Will Help
It was the mid-1990s. Karen Clark's Applied Insurance Research and Hemant Shah's Risk Management Software were InsurTechs in their early stages of development—before the term for insurance ...
Executives on the Move at Chubb, Zurich NA and Obsidian
Chubb Limited announced that Drew Spitzer has been appointed treasurer of the company. He currently serves as chief financial officer for North America Insurance. Prior to that, he was CFO of ...
Thawing Permafrost Could Damage Up to 50% of Arctic Infrastructure
Thawing permafrost could put as much as 50 percent of Arctic infrastructure at high risk of damage by 2050, requiring tens of billions of dollars in maintenance and repairs, scientists warned. The ...
The Latest Launches From Branch, Cowbell Cyber, Agman and Great American
Branch, a full-stack insurance company that uses data, technology and automation to simplify home and auto insurance, is expanding into six new states including Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New ...
Executives on the Move at Chubb, Next and Everest Re
Chubb Limited has made several appointments to its executive team. Julie Dillman has been appointed executive vice president, Chubb Group and Digital Transformation Officer. She will partner and work ...
Supreme Court Halts OSHA Vaccine/Test Mandate; Allows Rule on Health Workers
A divided U.S. Supreme Court blocked the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's push to get more people vaccinated amid a COVID-19 surge, rejecting an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule ...
U.S. Sees More Deadly Billion-Dollar Disasters as Carbon Emissions Soar
The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021 while the nation's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6 percent because ...
‘Cybersecurity Failure’ Identified as Critical Global Threat: WEF Report
"Cybersecurity failure" was identified as a critical short-and-medium-term threat to the world by respondents of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS). GRPS respondents ...