China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there’s nothing routine about its journey home. The Shenzhou-20 capsule will carry no crew, …
Will it Take a Catastrophe for Nations to Take Issue of Space Debris Seriously? Read More »
Cloudflare Inc. said it has fixed a problem that led to the websites for several banks, Shopify, Zoom and LinkedIn to go down Friday. “A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results,” the San Francisco-based company said …
Cloudflare Says It Fixed Outage That Slowed Banking Sites, Zoom Read More »
A working paper from three well-known economists shows the impacts of global warming and particularly extreme weather on the budgets of American households is up to $900 per year. The paper was authored by former Treasury Department officials Kimberley Clausing, …
Report: Climate Change, Weather Impacts on Household Budgets Up to $900 Yearly Read More »
Dan Pope, Senior Vice President of Underwriting at Old Republic Surety, learned a lesson as a young surety rep about the most important numbers at a client’s business. Profits and losses are not the only numbers companies use to determine …
Profits Versus Christmas Cheer—A Good-Business Lesson Read More »
Both of the apartment building fires that displaced 70 families in Holyoke this week appear to be accidental but the exact causes remain under investigation, according to city and state fire officials. Holyoke Fire Chief John Kadlewicz and State Fire …
Apartment Building Fires Displace 70 Massachusetts Families; No Injuries Reported Read More »
Bold Penguin announced a partnership with Adaptive Insurance, expanding coverage options available through the Bold Penguin Placement Desk. Adaptive is pioneering the path to resilience in the face of emerging climate risks, starting with their GridProtect parametric power outage coverage. …
Markets/Coverages: Bold Penguin Adds Parametric Coverage With Adaptive Partnership Read More »
The cyber insurance market is reaching an inflection point where underwriting companies must differentiate healthcare from other industries in how the risk is evaluated, priced, and how claims are managed. Healthcare cyber claims data tells a consistent and troubling story: …
Viewpoint: Healthcare Cyber Insurance at an Inflection Point Read More »
Nearly all leading artificial intelligence developers are focused on building AI models that mimic the way humans reason, but new research shows these cutting-edge systems can be far more energy intensive, adding to concerns about AI’s strain on power grids. …
The Rise of AI Reasoning Models Comes With a Big Energy Tradeoff Read More »
The message from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit was loud and clear: Don’t mess with legislative changes that have all but restored the state’s property insurance market. And while you’re at it, don’t repeal Florida’s personal injury protection …
‘Dream is in Sight:’ Chamber, Reinsurers, Insurers Urge Florida to Stay the Course Read More »
Affordable American Insurance Inc. naned Ross Haskett vice president of sales. Haskett has a decade of experience in insurance-industry lending and agency financing, including senior leadership roles at Westfield Bank and Live Oak Banking Company. His background includes positions ranging …
People Moves: Affordable American Insurance Hires Haskett as Sales VP Read More »
