The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday it will fund up to $1 billion in disaster-resilient infrastructure under a grant program it had previously canceled and criticized as being wasteful. The move was prompted by an order from a US …
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Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children have found Meta and Alphabet’s Google liable, potentially teeing up an appeals fight that could reshape how …
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte has sent letters to the Department of Justice encouraging prosecutors to open new fraud investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James related to real estate. Pulte wrote separately to the US attorneys …
Housing Finance Chief Pulte Makes Insurance Fraud Allegations Against NY AG James Read More »
First Central Group Ltd., the UK vehicle and home insurer, has appointed investment banks as it prepares for a potential initial public offering in London, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has lined up Deutsche Bank AG …
UK Car Insurer First Central Is Said to Tap Banks for London IPO Read More »
The UK will interdict and board Russian “shadow fleet” vessels in its waters, increasing European pressure on Moscow over tankers exporting sanctioned crude in transactions that help fund the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said the …
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Uber Technologies and autonomous mobility companies Verne and Pony.ai have partnered up to launch Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service in the Croatian capital Zagreb, with plans to expand to other cities, they said on Thursday. Robotaxis are rapidly expanding into …
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was desperate to make a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, contradicting the Iranian foreign minister who said his country was reviewing a U.S. proposal but had no intention of holding talks …
Iran Is Reviewing US Ceasefire Plan but Denies Talks; Trump Says Tehran Wants Deal Read More »
It’s not how the program was supposed to work. But thanks to a legal anachronism, Britain’s state-backed plan intended to help those most exposed to flooding has ended up favoring the country’s richest property owners. Economists at the Bank of …
Rich Britons Reap Biggest Benefits From UK State Flood Program Read More »
Most insurance agencies know when their technology is holding them back. Manual processes creep in. Reporting becomes unreliable. Teams start relying on workarounds just to get through the day. Eventually the conversation turns to the same question: Is it time …
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And 5 tech priorities for carriers looking to tighten marginal spend As direct-to-consumer insurance products such as embedded and app-driven signups increase, the insurance industry faces a great debate over who owns a customer relationship. Let’s look at current industry …
Who Owns the Customer? Carrier-Agency-Producer-Client Relationships in 2026 Read More »
