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Investigator Says Camp Mystic’s Teen Counselors Had No Emergency Training Before Flood
Young and inexperienced Camp Mystic counselors were not trained to help campers during floods or other emergencies, and feared making decisions on their own, an investigator into the flood that ...
Rational Market? How About ‘Dumb’ and ‘Bizarre’?
Industry executives who described insurance and reinsurance markets as "rational" in the not-so-distant past are now using words like "dumb" and "bizarre" to characterize soft-market competitor moves ...
Unexpected $115B+ Insured Loss Needed to Harden Property Market: Gallagher Re
Global and regional natural catastrophe activity and loss totals were lower in the first quarter of 2026 than in comparable quarters of previous years, leaving the reinsurance industry ...
NYC Begins 10 Days of Flying Taxis With Manhattan-JFK Flights
Joby Aviation Inc. is planning to fly electric air taxis between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Manhattan this week to show off its quieter, zero-emission aircraft in a city weary of noise ...
Ex-Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to Extorting U.S. Victims, $10M in Assets Seized
A Florida man, formerly employed as a ransomware negotiator, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit ransomware attacks against U.S. companies in 2023, according to an announcement by the U.S. ...
Thousands of Roundup Lawsuits Hinge on Bayer’s U.S. Supreme Court Case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in Bayer's bid to limit thousands of lawsuits alleging that the German company's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer in a case that is one part of ...
Multiples Homes Destroyed, 2 Dead After Tornadoes Strike Northern Texas
A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday. At least one ...
Executive View: AI Strategy in Insurance Requires Plug-and-Play Operating Model
The insurance industry is entering a phase of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption where the primary constraint is no longer capability. Most core use cases, including submission intake, ...