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21 02, 2025

AM Best: US P/C Industry Improves Despite 2024 Underwriting Loss

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The U.S. property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection. A report from industry rating agency AM Best this week said U.S. P/C insurers posted an underwriting loss …

22 01, 2025

AXA XL Supports UK’s First Development-Stage Accelerator for Climate Tech Businesses

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AXA XL is partnering with London GreenCity, the UK’s first accelerator for development-stage climate tech entrepreneurs, to offer expertise in insurance and risk management to the accelerator’s members. London GreenCity supports the development of new technologies that address the causes …

27 01, 2025

Data Centers and Large Users Strain Texas Power Grid

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The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion of data centers, driving up a surge in electricity demand in Texas and across the country. Texas’ main grid operator …

31 01, 2025

Europe’s Insurers May Face New Capital Rules for Climate Risk

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Europe’s insurance watchdog has called for a recalibration of capital requirements to reflect rising climate-driven disasters across the continent. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority is recommending the industry update the way it accounts for natural catastrophe risks in …

6 02, 2025

Slower Growth but Surplus Lines Premiums Still Up 12% in 2024

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The excess and surplus lines market continued to grow in 2024, with premium reaching more than $81 billion, according to annual reports from 15 state stamping offices released by the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA). 2024 premiums reflected a …

11 02, 2025

Israel Financial System Resilient Despite Wars, Central Bank Says

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Israel’s financial system shows “high resilience” despite the country’s military conflicts and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty that have persisted for more than a year, the Bank of Israel said in a report on Tuesday. The banking sector’s profits have been boosted …

14 02, 2025

Texas Power Grid Says State’s Energy Demand May Exceed Supply in 2026

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Texas’ main grid operator on Thursday forecast that the state’s growing demand for power could surpass its available energy supply beginning in summer 2026. In a report outlining potential supply and demand over the next five years, the Electric Reliability …

20 02, 2025

EPA Submits Biden Approval of California EV Plan to Congress

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has submitted the Biden administration’s approval of California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 to Congress for review and potential repeal. The decision by the new …

21 02, 2025

County Trash Collector’s Workers’ Compensation Claim Thrown Out

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When the garbage truck stopped, the worker stepped down from the metal step on the back of the truck to run and retrieve a trash can. When his feet hit the ground, he heard a pop in his leg, felt …

21 02, 2025

Texas Bill Would Allow Vacant Offices to be Converted Into Dwellings

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As Texas’ major urban areas grapple with a glut of vacant offices, state lawmakers may make it easier to transform empty office and commercial space into dwellings. A bill by state Sen. Bryan Hughes, a Mineola Republican, would effectively allow …