Part of Florida Quarantined Due to Stucco-Eating Giant African Land Snail June 29, 2023 If it’s not malaria-carrying mosquitoes, it’s stucco-eating giant snails. Neighborhoods in Broward County are still under quarantine in an effort...
The New M&A Rules That Would Delay Million-Dollar Deals June 29, 2023 By Leah Nylen The US antitrust agencies are requiring firms to turn over much more information about their transactions than before in an...
People Moves: Marsh Names Butler as UK Cyber Leader; Chubb Appoints O’Donnell COO, Global Reins.; Everest Insurance Taps Marsh McLennan’s Leney to Lead APAC June 29, 2023 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh, Chubb and Everest Insurance. A summary of these new hires...
ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Sued for Theft of Private Data in ‘AI Arms Race’ June 29, 2023 ChatGPT creator OpenAI Inc. is stealing “vast amounts” of personal information to train its artificial intelligence models in a heedless...
Britain and EU Sign Post-Brexit Cooperation Pact in Financial Services June 29, 2023 By Huw Jones Britain and the European Union signed a long-delayed post-Brexit cooperation pact in financial services on Tuesday, but the rapprochement is...
College Claim: Years of Research Ruined Because Cleaner Turned Off Lab Freezer June 29, 2023 More than 20 years of cell cultures and other specimens stored at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were destroyed when a...
HK-Based Virtual Insurer OneDegree Raises $27M in Fresh Funding Round June 29, 2023 By Ka Ho Cheuk OneDegree Hong Kong Ltd., a virtual insurance firm, raised $27 million in a fresh funding round to fuel an Asia...
European Energy Developers Play Down Siemens Gamesa’s Wind Turbine Troubles June 29, 2023 Major wind power developers including Iberdrola, RWE, EDP Renovaveis and Orsted played down the impact of potential problems with Siemens...
Why the Investor-Driven Hard Reinsurance Market Will Persist in 2024 June 29, 2023 By Susanne Sclafane Reinsurers will continue to command adequate rates for property-catastrophe in 2024, even if the market comes through hurricane season unscathed,...
Italy’s Insurance Protection Gap Exposes State Finances to Natural Disasters June 29, 2023 By Alessandro Parodi, Alberto Chiumento and Andrea Mandala Lamberto Mongardi, a farm owner in the northern Italian town of Lugo, was hit twice when torrential rain lashed the...