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 …

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

Adaptive Insurance, Tokio Marine HCC Partner on Power Outage Losses

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Adaptive Insurance, a provider of parametric insurance solutions, has partnered with specialty insurer Tokio Marine HCC on GridProtect—an insurance product for short-term power outages. The flagship product from Adaptive, which says it is building an AI-driven platform to businesses create …

24 06, 2025

World Acquires Five Louisiana Agencies

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World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of five entities with locations across Louisiana on March 1, 2025. The agencies are Insurance Unlimited of Louisiana, LLC (“IU”), Erwin Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Erwin”), Burke & Burke Insurance Marketing Inc. …

24 06, 2025

Insurers Have New Opportunity in Secondary Perils, Swiss Re Says

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Being able to predict the environmental risks that follow a major natural disaster represents an untapped business opportunity for the insurance sector, according to the head of reinsurance firm Swiss Re AG’s China unit. Risks associated with catastrophes such as …

24 06, 2025

Firefighters Battle Major Wildfire on Greek Island of Chios, With Evacuations Ordered

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Greek authorities sent new evacuation notifications for two areas near the main town of the eastern Aegean island of Chios Monday morning, as firefighters struggled to control a major wildfire raging on the town’s outskirts for a second day. The …

24 06, 2025

Weeks Later, Erie and Philadelphia Insurance Still Working to Restore Networks

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Erie Insurance reports it has made progress in reconnecting several business systems and applications as it continues to recover from a network outage that is now 17 days old. The insurer said the network and system outage it initiated on …

24 06, 2025

Cyclists Blocking Traffic Do Not Always Have to Pull Off Road: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

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While cyclists on Pennsylvania road must make “reasonable efforts” to not impede the flow of traffic, the law does not mandate that they let faster traffic pass by always and immediately pulling off the read, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently …

1 07, 2025

Google Owes $314 Million for Misusing Android Cell Phone Data

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Google was told by a California jury to pay $314 million over claims that it illegally used Android users’ cellular data to collect information without their knowledge. A state court jury in San Jose issued the verdict Tuesday following a …

24 06, 2025

Markets/Coverages: Miller Launches Property Smart-Follow Facility

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Miller, the London-based specialist re/insurance broker, has unveiled MillerBoost, a new property smart-follow facility designed to help brokers and their clients move faster and with more conviction in a rapidly evolving market. Powered by InsurX’s frictionless trading infrastructure and offering …