Asurion LLC has agreed to acquire UK warranty business Domestic & General Group Ltd. as the US company looks to expand its business and geography. Nashville, Tennessee-based Asurion is buying D&G from CVC Capital Partners Plc and the Abu Dhabi …
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The Bank of England said on Tuesday that threats to Britain’s financial system had risen this year due to stretched valuations of companies investing in artificial intelligence, risky lending and bets with borrowed money in government bond markets. The comments …
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There has been much discussion in the insurance industry about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can take on mundane, laborious tasks and complete them in a fraction of the time it would take a human. But the technology is …
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A new flood insurance quoting platform aims to streamline the process for insurance agents and brokers, providing real-time quotes from federal and private insurers all in one place. Flood Quotes is owned by National Flood Insurance LLC, and is based …
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Simplifai, a provider of agentic artificial intelligence for property-casualty insurance claims, with offices in Miami, Florida, and Oslo, Norway, has named new members to its board of directors. Noel Hamill and Nils Thomas Lien, both of whom have built and …
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A working group on wildfires in Washington wants the state Legislature to consider requiring insurers to internally track instances in which wildfire risk materially contributes to a policy nonrenewal, cancellation or eligibility determination—and to better explain wildfire risk scores. The …
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The city of San Francisco sued Kraft, Mondelez, Coca-Cola and other makers of ultra-processed foods on Tuesday, accusing them of knowingly sickening California residents with addictive and harmful products. City Attorney David Chiu filed the lawsuit in San Francisco Superior …
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $120 million settlement with Monsanto Company (Monsanto) and affiliates Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC over the environmental and health effects of Monsanto’s decades-long production of polychlorinated biphenyls, known as PCBs. Raoul’s office filed …
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Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (“RSUM”), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), announced the formal rebranding of their North American Professional Liability (“NAPL”) team to Ryan Financial Lines, RSUM’s managing general underwriter that specializes in a wide range …
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The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) is holding an Insurance Pop-Up Office from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 3., for residents of Lake Charles and the surrounding area. The event is at the …
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