29 06, 2026

How Insurers Know When It’s Time to Scale AI

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After several years of experimentation with generative AI and machine learning, many carriers have moved beyond asking whether AI has a role in insurance. Instead, they’re grappling with a different question: How do organizations know when an AI pilot is …

29 06, 2026

NAIC Says Data Taken in Hack Has Been Published Online

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) now says data taken earlier this month from its information technology systems has been published online by the hackers responsible. In a short note posted midday June 25, NAIC said it was “actively …

29 06, 2026

Extreme Heat Grips Eastern Europe After Records Fall in Germany

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The deadly heat wave that’s set temperature records across western Europe for more than a week has shifted east to scorch Hungary, Romania and the Balkans. Budapest is expected to top 40C (104F) on Tuesday, according to models from the …

29 06, 2026

Debt, AI Boom and Financial Fragilities Raise Global Risks, BIS Says

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Global pressures from rising public debt to financial fragilities and the sustainability of the AI boom are increasing risks, underscoring the need for disciplined policymaking, according to the Bank for International Settlements. The central bank umbrella group’s Annual Economic Report …

29 06, 2026

PE-Backed Insurance Broker Hub International Files Confidentially for US IPO

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Private equity-backed insurance broker Hub International announced on Friday that it has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States. The Chicago-based company was valued at $29 billion in its last funding round in 2025, led by …

29 06, 2026

Bayer’s Supreme Court Win in Roundup Case No ‘Silver Bullet’

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After years of legal setbacks that have cost billions of dollars over its top-selling Roundup weedkiller, Bayer AG finally got a resounding win in the biggest tribunal of all. The US Supreme Court threw out a jury verdict won by …

29 06, 2026

Hormuz Traffic Drops Off as Vessel Attacks Raise Fresh Concerns

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Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz persisted at a reduced level after attacks on two ships raised fresh concerns about the ability and willingness of shipowners to traverse the waterway. A handful of vessels made open transits over the …

29 06, 2026

US DFC And World Bank’s MIGA Setting Up Political Risk Insurance for Ukraine Fund

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The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation has agreed with the World Bank’s guarantee arm MIGA to create a political risk insurance framework for a U.S.-Ukrainian reconstruction investment fund. The agreement, signed on Thursday on the sidelines of a Ukraine recovery …

30 06, 2026

Viewpoint: Boom in Hyperscale Data Centers Puts Re/Insurers to the Test

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Hyperscale data center campuses represent the latest growth opportunity for the global re/insurance industry. Annual investment in these specialized facilities will likely surpass $300 billion by 2027 and the total insurable asset base for the roughly 11,000 data centers currently …

29 06, 2026

A Super Yacht Armada Came to Miami, Leaving a Marine Graveyard in Its Wake

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Not far from the super yachts docked outside the island palaces of Miami’s new billionaire class, smaller boats abandoned by people who couldn’t afford them languish in Biscayne Bay. Since October, Miami Beach police have identified and removed about 140 …