Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Tim Simokonis as senior vice president within its Employee Benefits Group in the Southeast. The Florida-based consultant will serve a national client base, focusing on self-funded health plans, data transparency, and fiduciary …
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President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday unveiled a plan for a dramatic expansion of oil and gas drilling rights auctions in U.S. waters, including in California, where state officials strongly oppose energy development along its world-famous coastline. The Interior Department …
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The death toll in Vietnam from days of severe flooding has climbed to 43 as heavy rain drenches coffee-producing regions in the central highlands and waters remain high in some tourism areas. Around 61,000 people have been evacuated and half …
Vietnam Flood Deaths Climb as Heavy Rain Drenches Coffee Region Read More »
Across Canada, doctors and nurses are quietly using public artificial-intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini to write clinical notes, translate discharge summaries or summarize patient data. But even though these services offer speed and convenience, they also …
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American International Group Inc.’s announcement last week that it was parting ways with incoming President John Neal stunned insurance industry observers and raised questions about what caused the veteran executive to lose a $17 million job before he’d even started. …
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Written words have an intended meaning. Fair-minded readers try to grasp that meaning. But other readers impute motives to the writer either to serve their own ends or to protect the writer from unforeseen consequences. Once, early in my career, …
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Ohio utility regulators ordered Akron-based FirstEnergy on Wednesday to pay more than $250 million in fines and refunds as a result of its misconduct in a sweeping Statehouse bribery scandal whose fallout continues five years on. The punishment meted out …
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Rising costs and changing customer expectations are driving satisfaction in the insurance and mortgage industry, according to an American Customer Satisfaction Index study. Among the four industries studied — health insurance, life insurance, property and casualty insurance (P/C), and mortgage …
P/C Insurer Rankings Down Overall on Higher Costs, Changing Customer Expectations Read More »
A federal judge has denied a temporary restraining order against seven former employees of Marsh sued in one of several lawsuits against defectors to join Howden US. Marsh USA early this month filed a lawsuit against the group of former …
Federal Judge Denies TRO to Marsh in Case Against Former Employees Read More »
The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and experts say this could help governments set climate policy, improve financial risk assessments and provide evidence …
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