27 08, 2025

As AI Becomes Part of Everyday Life, it Brings a Hidden Climate Cost

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Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. “We try to use it conscientiously though because we do realize that …

26 08, 2025

Booking.com Parent in $9.5 Million ‘Junk Fee’ Settlement with Texas

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The parent of Booking.com and other travel websites will pay $9.5 million to settle a Texas lawsuit claiming it deceptively marketed hotel rooms by omitting mandatory “junk” fees, enticing consumers with artificially low prices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said …

26 08, 2025

NCDOI Investigating Agency Over Complaints That Policies Weren’t Obtained

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Investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance searched an insurance agency and a home in Salisbury after reports that insurance premiums had not been used to secure policies. “The N.C. Department of Insurance has received several consumer complaints regarding …

26 08, 2025

People Moves: Miller Taps Howden’s Cumberland to Newly Created Role of Chief Broking Officer; HDI Global Promotes Tikhonov to Head of Marine Global Risk

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurance broker Miller and insurer HDI Global. A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Appoints Howden’s Cumberland to New Role of Chief Broking Officer Miller, the London-based independent …

26 08, 2025

‘Big Four’ Reinsurers Maintain Property-Cat Appetite, Despite Signs of Rate Softening

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Europe’s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR – are maintaining their appetite for property-catastrophe risks as well as their ambitious profit targets for 2025 – despite signs of rate softening and hefty claims from …

27 08, 2025

Walmart Recalls Frozen Shrimp Over Potential Radioactive Contamination

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Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart to pull three lots of Great Value brand frozen shrimp from …

26 08, 2025

People Moves: Alive Risk Names Carroll as Underwriting Director of Entertainment Programs

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Alive Risk, the Sports, Leisure and Entertainment managing general underwriter of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty announced that Scott Carroll has joined Alive Risk to serve as Underwriting Director of Entertainment Programs, reporting to …

26 08, 2025

Kraft, Other Companies Beat Test Lawsuit Over Ultra-Processed Foods

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Kraft, Mondelez, Coca-Cola and several other major food companies on Monday succeeded in winning the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused them of designing harmful “ultra-processed” foods addictive to children. U.S. District Judge Mia Perez in Philadelphia granted the companies’ …

26 08, 2025

California’s Long-Delayed Bullet Train Slated to Run in Central Valley by 2032

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California’s long-delayed high-speed rail project could be operating in the Central Valley by 2032, but it is far short of securing the funding it needs to connect up north toward the San Francisco Bay Area and south toward Los Angeles, …

26 08, 2025

Texas Bill Would Levy Stricter Penalties on Camps Following Hill Country Flood

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A bill that would tighten how youth camps are penalized for safety deficiencies and that would diminish the industry’s influence on a state advisory committee has gained traction in the Legislature. While Senate Bill 1 passed last week created a …