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1 07, 2025

Senate Strikes AI Regulation Ban From Trump Megabill

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The Republican-led U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to remove a 10-year federal moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence from President Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill. Lawmakers voted 99-1 to strike the ban from the bill by adopting …

1 07, 2025

UK Broker Ardonagh Completes $2.5B Equity Investment Led by PE Firm Stone Point

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The Ardonagh Group, the London-based independent insurance distribution platform, announced the completion of a $2.5 billion equity investment led by funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, the US-based private equity firm. The investment, which valued the group at $14 …

1 07, 2025

India’s Sigachi Factory Fire Death Toll Rises to 39; Cause Still Unknown

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HYDERABAD, India –– The death toll from the explosion and fire at Sigachi Industries’ chemical factory in southern India has risen to at least 39, officials said on Tuesday, forcing the supplier of pharma products to shut operations for 90 …

1 07, 2025

Howden Re Names Elliot Richardson Executive Chair as Rod Fox Steps Down

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Howden Re, the global reinsurance, capital markets and strategic advisory arm of Howden, announced that Rod Fox is stepping down as executive chairman and is leaving the business. He is succeeded by Elliot Richardson, who steps into the role with …

24 06, 2025

Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick Clashes With Gov. Abbott Over Veto of THC Ban

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Texas Senate, sharply rebuked Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday for vetoing his top legislative priority — a ban on all THC products — and dug in his heels against the governor’s …

24 06, 2025

Coalition Re’s New Helios Platform Allows Cedants to Gain Real-Time Cyber Insights

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Coalition today introduced Coalition Re’s Helios platform, a new tool that allows cedants to view real-time cyber risk exposures in their portfolios and manage them more effectively. With the Helios platform, information previously provided to cedents only via a summary …

1 07, 2025

Man Accused of Killing Idaho Firefighters Had Once Aspired to Be One

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A 20-year-old man’s life appeared to have begun to unravel in the months before authorities say he fatally shot two firefighters and severely wounded a third as they responded to a wildfire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Wess Roley was living …

24 06, 2025

People Moves: Acrisure Re Names Souza Leader of New West Coast Office

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Acrisure Re named Danny Souza, senior vice president, as leader of Acrisure Re’s new West Coast office in San Francisco, California. He will continue to report to Marc Piccione, partner and managing director of the New York office. Souza joined …

27 06, 2025

Triple-I Says Payments on Lightning Claims Dropped 16.5% in 2024

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Insurers in the U.S. paid out about $1 billion in claims for lightning-related damage in 2024, down 16.5% from the amount paid in 2023, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). The tally was $1.04 billion in 2025 compared to …

27 06, 2025

Willful Misconduct Alone Not Enough to Deny Workers’ Compensation

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A city of Danville employee is being given another opportunity to gain workers’ compensation benefits after a deputy commissioner denied his claim because of the employee’s willful misconduct in not following driver safety rules at work. Claude Averett does not …