People Moves: QBE Promotes Massé to Head of European Claims; Underwriting Agency Doe and Emuss Names Watmough as Professional Liability U/W August 21, 2025 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE European Operations and London-based underwriting agency Doe and Emuss. QBE...
Google Settles YouTube Children’s Privacy Lawsuit for $30 Million August 21, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel Google will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of children using YouTube by collecting...
Scattered Spider Member Sentenced to 10 Years in String of Hacks August 21, 2025 By Margi Murphy A member of a notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider was sentenced on Wednesday to ten years in prison...
Hurricane Erin to Menace Eastern US Beaches Into the Weekend August 21, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal Hurricane Erin is triggering dangerous beach conditions across much of the US East Coast that will likely last into the...
Markets/Coverages: Willis Launches Global Digital Automatic-Follow Facility August 21, 2025 Willis, a WTW business, announced the launch of Gemini, the first digital facility designed to deliver sustainable capacity locally to...
Climate Change Accelerates Melting of Italy’s Ventina Glacier August 21, 2025 By Silvia Stellacci Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that geologists...
Hackers Accessed 850,000 Orange Belgium Customer Accounts August 21, 2025 By Jillian Deutsch Orange SA’s Belgian business said that hackers gained access to data from 850,000 customer accounts, in the third major cyberattack...
India’s Nayara Turns to Dark-Fleet Tankers and Russian Oil for Survival August 21, 2025 By Weilun Soon, Rakesh Sharma and Mihir Mishra One month after being hit by European Union sanctions, India’s Nayara Energy Ltd. is relying on a growing pool of...
Greenwashing Complaint Filed Against Canadian Fossil Fuel Companies August 21, 2025 By Robert Tuttle Canadian energy giants Cenovus Energy Inc. and Enbridge Inc. are facing a greenwashing complaint by an investor group that accuses...
Litigation Funder’s Plan to Invest in Law Firms Called ‘Bad Policy,’ With Big Impacts August 21, 2025 By William Rabb With more states adding or considering restrictions on third-party funding of lawsuits, one of the largest litigation finance firms is...