30 09, 2026

Connecticut Weighs 4.9% Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease for 2027

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Connecticut’s insurance regulator is weighing whether to approve a workers’ compensation industry proposal for an overall average decrease of 4.9% to the current voluntary loss costs and an average decrease of 5.8% to the current assigned risk rate level. If …

30 09, 2026

Connecticut Weighs 4.9% Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease for 2027

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Connecticut’s insurance regulator is weighing whether to approve a workers’ compensation industry proposal for an overall average decrease of 4.9% to the current voluntary loss costs and an average decrease of 5.8% to the current assigned risk rate level. If …

30 09, 2026

AIG’s Lexington Starts Financial Institutions Practice

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American International Group’s excess & surplus subsidiary Lexington Insurance has set up a dedicated financial institutions practice to support wholesale produced private company banks, asset managers, broker dealers, and others. Kevin Ware has been hired as head of financial institutions, …

30 09, 2026

Tooker to Succeed Swift as CEO of the The Hartford

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The Hartford President A. Morris “Mo” Tooker is to succeed Christopher Swift as CEO in March 2027. Swift will transition to the role of executive chair of the board after nearly 13 years as CEO. Tooker will join the board, …

30 09, 2026

Bank of England Sees Growing Risk That Dangers From AI and Debt Will Materialize

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The Bank of England on Wednesday warned of an increase in the risk that interconnected weaknesses in the financial system will crystallize, highlighting the re-escalation of the conflict in Iran and increased AI-related debt issuance. Rises in oil and gas …

30 09, 2026

Griffin’s University Plan Turbocharges Miami Transformation

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Ken Griffin has spent years trying to reshape Miami from a playground for the world’s wealthy into a high-finance and technology hub. That effort has largely centered on the city’s burgeoning Brickell financial district, where Griffin is constructing a headquarters …

30 09, 2026

People Moves: Howden Re Launches Danish Office, Naming Ellborg as MD; Re/Insurance Broker Cogent Names Holberry as CEO Designate

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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden Re and the re/insurance broker Cogent. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Re Launches Danish Office, Naming Ellborg as MD Howden Re, the London-based reinsurance unit of …

30 09, 2026

Passengers Avert Crash Tackling Pilot Who Stabbed Colleague

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A pilot of a jet carrying more than 170 passengers to Tel Aviv stabbed his colleague and tried to crash the plane in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded a serious security incident. Catastrophe was narrowly avoided after a …

29 09, 2026

Bitget Hack Pushes North Korean Crypto Haul Past $1 Billion

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A $357 million hack of crypto exchange Bitget on Thursday was likely carried out by North Korea-linked hackers, pushing the nation-state’s haul from digital-asset thefts above $1 billion this year, according to analytics firm Elliptic Enterprises Ltd. The Bitget exploit …

29 09, 2026

Autonomous AI hacks Raise Thorny Questions of Legal Accountability

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The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network. But what happens when the hackers aren’t human? That’s the question at the center of a public policy debate roiling Silicon …