12 12, 2025

Lapses Gave Louvre Thieves Crucial 30-Second Advantage Against Police, Inquiry Finds

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The burglars who robbed Paris’s Louvre museum benefited from 30 seconds of security lapses that helped ensure their getaway with France’s still-missing crown jewels, an inquiry from France’s culture ministry into the spectacular heist showed on Wednesday. Four burglars made …

12 12, 2025

Reddit Sues Australia Over Social Media Ban, Citing Free Speech Threat

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Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit in Australia’s highest court seeking to overturn the country’s social media ban for children, calling it an intrusion on free political discourse and setting the stage for a protracted legal battle. …

12 12, 2025

People Moves: DUAL Europe Names Berhault and Benajiba to Lead Europe Transactional Liability; AXIS Taps LSM’s Edwards as Head of Delegated Strategy, Global Mkts

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA DUAL Europe and AXIS Capital Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Europe Names Berhault and Benajiba to Lead European Transactional Liability Team DUAL Europe, the …

12 12, 2025

Apollo Sees Echoes of Collapse of SVB in US Insurance’s Shift to Caymans

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Apollo Global Management Inc. compared the potential risks of some US insurers moving to the Cayman Islands with the swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which triggered a crisis among regional lenders. The British overseas territory is the “home of …

12 12, 2025

Viewpoint: Legal Finance and Insurance – From Confusion to Collaboration

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We knew we were important to the insurance industry—but we didn’t understand why. Legal finance has become a lightning rod in insurance industry conversations about social inflation and claims costs, yet the substance of what we do remains widely misunderstood. …

12 12, 2025

What to Expect in 2026: US P/C Results More Like 2024

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With premium growth slowing to around 3% or 4%, and hurricane activity likely returning to normal levels, analysts at Fitch Ratings foresee 2026 underwriting results for property/casualty insurers lining up with results for 2024. Tana Marcom and Chris Grimes, both …

12 12, 2025

Trump Signs Order Seeking to Limit State-Level AI Regulation

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President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at thwarting state-level regulation of artificial intelligence through lawsuits and funding cuts, handing a win to tech industry leaders who’ve pressed for preemption of local rules. Trump said the measure was necessary to …

12 12, 2025

Connecticut Builder Charged With Being Workers’ Compensation Scofflaw

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The owner of a Connecticut construction firm has been arrested and charged with failing to provide the required workers’ compensation insurance coverage for employees as required by law. According to the state’s Division of Criminal Justice, Lou Milardo, , the …

12 12, 2025

Climate Change Is Straining Alaska’s Arctic, But A Mining Road May Push It Past The Brink

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Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by every measure of …

12 12, 2025

South Carolina’s Abandoned Nuclear Plants Could be Revived as Firm Offers $2.7B

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South Carolina’s stalled nuclear power project could finally finish construction as a private company has offered to pay $2.7 billion to the state-owned utility and a small share of the power if they can reach an agreement to get the …