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Fire at Airport Cargo Complex Disrupts Bangladesh’s Garment Exports
Oct 21 2025 // A massive fire at the import cargo complex of Dhaka airport has caused extensive damage to goods and materials belonging to major garment exporters, with losses and impacts on trade likely to run into millions of dollars,...
Amazon’s AWS Struggles to Recover After Major Outage Disrupts Apps, Services
Oct 20 2025 // Amazon’s cloud services unit AWS was struggling to recover on Monday from a widespread outage that knocked out thousands of websites along with some of the world’s most popular apps – Snapchat and Reddit...
4 Things to Consider to Streamline an Agency Tech Stack
Oct 20 2025 // As agencies plan their 2026 budgets, they face an exciting opportunity to unlock more value through technology. My advice to agency leaders? It’s time to streamline your tech stack. What does this look like?...
Communication Strategies for Insurtechs Breaking into Legacy Markets
Oct 20 2025 // When modern insurtech meets decades of industry experience, the result should be innovation–yet too often, it’s misunderstanding. While insurtech companies bring incredible solutions to age-old problems, many...
Markets/Coverages: Resilience Expands Tech E&O Coverage for Clients Above $25M
Oct 17 2025 // Resilience, cyber risk solutions provider, said it has expanded its appetite for technology errors & omissions (tech E&O) insurance to clients with more than $25 million revenue in the US, GBP50M in the UK and EUR...
People Moves: Boxx Hires Leads for Distribution, Claims and Tech; XPT Specialty Hires Staver, Luceno to Personal Lines Team
Oct 10 2025 // Boxx Hires Leads for Distribution, Claims and Tech Joe Gates Boxx Insurance, headquartered in Miami, Florida, appointed Joe Gates, Ray Moylan and Thomas Beale to new positions. Boxx appointed Gates head of distribution,...
Acrisure to Lay Off 400 Employees, Citing Tech Advancements and AI Integration
Oct 8 2025 // Acrisure announced it will implement layoffs to its accounting workforce beginning in early 2026, citing advancements in technology and artificial intelligence. The company said 400 employees will be affected by the...
Will Airport Runway Close Calls Spur Wider Adoption of Cockpit Alert Technology?
Oct 7 2025 // As a Boeing 757 aircraft prepared to land, an audio alert started blaring in the cockpit: “Traffic on runway! Traffic on runway!” Seconds later, the same warning popped up on the navigation display. It prompted...
Fire at Ford Supplier in New York to Disrupt Business for Months, WSJ Reports
Oct 7 2025 // A fire that broke out at Novelis’ New York plant in Oswego will disrupt business at Ford and other automakers for months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Ford, the biggest user of the plant’s...
3 Emerging Risks to Watch: Biogenic Materials, Modular Nuclear Reactors, Farm Tech
Oct 6 2025 // Lately, it seems as though we’re surrounded by discussions about how best to grow the American industrial sector. A key component of this discussion hinges on how to supply and power these industries in both...
Update: Munich Airport Disruptions Ease After Drones Halt Flights
Oct 3 2025 // Flight disruptions eased at Munich International Airport after drone sightings on Thursday led German authorities to suspend operations at the country’s second-biggest hub. Flight operations have been running...
Storm Threatens to Disrupt Transport Systems Across Northern UK
Oct 2 2025 // The first named storm of the season is forecast to hit the UK and Ireland with heavy rain and gale-force winds on Friday and Saturday, disrupting transport in northern regions. Amber and yellow alerts have been issued for...
Tampa-Based HCI Group’s Tech Platform Exzeo Files Plans to Go Public
Sep 26 2025 // Another Florida-based insurance-related company has announced it is going public. Exzeo Group, a technology subsidiary of Tampa-based HCI Group, parent of Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co., filed an...
‘Most Prevalent’ Chinese Hacking Group Targets Tech, Law Firms
Sep 25 2025 // Suspected Chinese hackers are behind an ongoing cyberespionage campaign against US technology companies and legal firms, stealing national security secrets often while remaining undetected, according to Alphabet...
Insurer Says Tech Services Firms Should Pay for Insured’s Ransomware Damages
Sep 19 2025 // ACE American Insurance Co. is suing to recover $500,000 it paid in ransomware damages to a staffing company, claiming cloud computing and cybersecurity firms contracted by its policyholder should instead be held...
Markets/Coverages: MGA Arrow Launches Tech E&O Practice With Bridgehaven Capacity
Sep 15 2025 // Arrow Risk Management, the London-based specialist MGA underwriting platform, announced a strategic partnership with Bridgehaven Specialty UK Ltd. to launch its tech E&O underwriting practice. The practice will be led...
Immigration Raid Disruptions Spread, Casting Pall on Korea Investment
Sep 12 2025 // Fallout from last week’s unprecedented immigration raid at a Georgia battery plant run by two South Korean firms is reverberating across the industry, highlighting risks to the billions of dollars the Asian nation...
Why Your Tech Stack Matters More Than Ever During CAT Season
Sep 11 2025 // If you’re an independent insurance agent, you already know what’s around the corner. Late summer and early fall bring peak CAT (catastrophic) event seasons, and they’re no joke. From hurricanes and...
Meta, TikTok Win Challenge Against EU Tech Fees, Forcing Regulators to Recalculate
Sep 10 2025 // Meta Platforms and TikTok on Wednesday won a legal challenge to the way EU regulators calculated a supervisory fee imposed on them under landmark tech rules, but will receive no money back while officials reformulate the...
US Senator Cruz Proposes AI ‘Sandbox’ to Ease Regulations on Tech Companies
Sep 10 2025 // Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill on Wednesday that would let artificial intelligence companies apply for exemptions to federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new technology. Cruz leads...
