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		<title>California and US West Threatened by Wildfires Over Coming Days</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The fire threat across the U.S. West will rise Friday and remain dangerous through Saturday for many areas, including Northern California, as lightning strikes risk igniting dry vegetation. Critical fire weather conditions and dry lightning will prevail across the western &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People Moves: Arch Promotes Halgan as CEO of Global Reinsurance, Schmeiser as CEO, Global Mortgage; Sompo International Markets Names MacHale as CUO, Head of Strategy</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[This edition of International People Moves details appointments at global re/insurers Arch Capital Group and Sompo. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based provider of insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance, announced the promotions &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nasdaq Private Market Alleges Rival Hiive Stole Technology</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Trading platform Nasdaq Private Market alleged that its Vancouver-based competitor Hiive has stolen trade secrets and infringed on its intellectual property in a lawsuit. The suit, filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court, adds new allegations of trade secrets to a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>North Carolina Ethics Panel Dismisses Complaint About Insurance Commissioner</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/06/19/874557.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint against Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, brought by a former employee who accused him of sexual harassment, news outlets reported. &#8220;After review and discussion as necessary, the Panel concluded its preliminary inquiry &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DeSantis Signs Citizens Commercial Clearinghouse Bill That&#8217;s Been Called &#8216;Unneeded&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/06/19/874550.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that will create a commercial clearinghouse for Citizens Property Insurance policies, a bill that a number of brokers and agents have called &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; and little more than a sop to one major &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Teen Dies After Being Thrown From Horse-Drawn Carriage in NYC&#8217;s Central Park</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/19/874540.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A teenager thrown to the ground Wednesday when a Central Park carriage horse bolted away from its driver has died, according to police. The 18-year-old was riding in the horse-drawn carriage with three other passengers when the accident happened just &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Markets/Coverages: Chubb Leads New Lloyd&#8217;s War Risk Consortium for Hormuz Shipping</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/06/19/874528.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A new Lloyd&#8217;s market consortium has been launched to provide additional marine war risk insurance capacity for vessels and cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Lloyd&#8217;s announced. Chubb will serve as lead underwriter, supported by participating Lloyd&#8217;s syndicates and specialist &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Administration Backtracks on Removing Ocean Sensors</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/19/874524.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is dropping near-term plans to dismantle a $386 million federal ocean-observing system after encountering resistance from scientists and Congress. The National Science Foundation said Thursday it will pause efforts to decommission most of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Viewpoint: Hormuz Is Reopening, but Global Shipping Won&#8217;t Return to Normal for Months</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/06/19/874503.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Iran and the United States are about to sign a peace deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries about one-fifth of the world&#8217;s oil. Oil prices reacted quickly to the announcement of the tentative &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People Moves: Hub International Names Collins Northeast Area President</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/19/874346.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hub International Limited (HUB), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Paul Collins as Northeast area president, effective July 1. In this expanded role, Collins will continue to lead HUB Northeast while also assuming responsibility for HUB New England. Collins has been &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hormuz Traffic Thins Friday as Shipowners Err on Side of Safety</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/06/19/874498.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to thin early on Friday, just a day after a burst of oil flows through the waterway as the US and Iran vowed to lift a dual blockade. No tankers were seen moving &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US and Iran Delay Nuclear Talks as Lebanon Clashes Worsen</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/06/19/874494.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The US and Iran have postponed the start of their negotiations over a permanent peace deal and restricting the Islamic Republic&#8217;s nuclear program.It&#8217;s uncertain why the talks, meant to be held in Switzerland on Friday, have been delayed, though Israel &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Space Startups Seek Insurance for Orbital AI Data Centers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/06/19/874489.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[AI data centers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atrium]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Space companies have spoken with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, a sign of early progress for an experimental industry backed by Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin. The concept of data center satellites — designed &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beyond Auto and Home: Why Agencies Should Eye Small Commercial Insurance</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/blogs/ezlynx/2026/06/19/874221.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[If your insurance agency is built primarily on personal lines like auto, homeowners, or renters&#8217; insurance, you already know the market has been challenging to manage. Shifts in underwriting, carrier pricing, and eligibility can impact profitability, even when your renewal &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Louisiana Plans $1.1B Investment in New Orleans Land Bridge Restoration</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/06/19/874368.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an increasingly narrow strip of New Orleans marshland that hardly anyone lives on, but without it, hundreds of thousands of people will face far greater risks from storms and floods. The area, commonly called the New Orleans Land Bridge, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Texas State Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office Probes Deadly Residential Fire in Odessa</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/06/19/874372.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Texas State Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office (SFMO) said it is investigating a residential fire in Odessa that resulted in the death of one firefighter and injured six others. Firefighters from Odessa Fire Rescue and West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department were &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>APCIA Tells Michigan Senate to Oppose Bill Mandating Auto Rate Reductions</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2026/06/19/874466.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Michigan Senate Committee this week advanced a bill that would mandate auto insurance premium reductions of at least 10% without reduced benefits, Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) authored SB 328, which he says will lower car insurance premiums for &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People Moves: Donegal &#038; Michigan Insurance Promotes Faber to Regional VP as Veenstra Retires</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2026/06/19/874354.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Donegal Insurance Group, headquartered in Marietta, Pennsylvania, and its member company, Michigan Insurance Company, promoted Rob Faber to regional vice president of the group&#8217;s Greater Midwest region. Faber succeeds Melissa Veenstra, who will retire on July 2. Faber joined the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People Moves: HDI Global US Appoints Salmon Head of Cyber Underwriting; AXA XL Names Giordano Global Chief Underwriting Officer</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/19/874338.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[HDI Global US Appoints Salmon as Head of Cyber Underwriting Corporate and specialty insurer HDI Global (HDI), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Jill Salmon as head of cyber underwriting at HDI Global U.S. Salmon will play a key part in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Says Illegal Immigration Increased Car Insurance but Experts Say Otherwise</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/19/874390.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump this week credited his tough immigration policies for a drop in car insurance premiums, falsely blaming illegal immigration during his predecessor&#8217;s time in the White House for a prior increase. In a Monday post on Truth Social, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Flood Insurance Gap Will Squeeze Local Governments and Homeowners, Moody&#8217;s Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/06/19/874457.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The flood insurance gap in the United States is big and it&#8217;s not getting better. And the consequences of that gap are about to worsen for property owners and state and local governments, thanks to increasing rainfall amounts, stronger storm &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IMA Latest to Sue Howden Over Alleged Employee Poaching</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Howden is being sued again, this time by IMA Financial Group. IMA said in a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon that its former employer, Alexander Hamilton, allegedly conspired with Howden US to &#8220;orchestrate the coordinated resignation &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dali Engineer Reaches Deferred Prosecution Deal Over 2024 Key Bridge Collapse</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/19/874476.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baltimore bridge criminal charges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baltimore bridge lawsuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dali cargo ship]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The chief engineer of the cargo ship Dali that destroyed Baltimore&#8217;s Francis Scott Key Bridge in a March 2024 collision that killed six construction workers reached a deferred prosecution agreement, the government said on Thursday. The Justice Department said Karthikeyan &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People Moves: ZestyAI Names Friend CFO and Ross SVP; Alliant Names Ackerman VP</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/19/874357.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people moves]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[ZestyAI Names Friend CFO and Ross SVP, Client Development ZestyAI appointed David Friend as chief financial officer and John Ross as senior vice president of client development. Both executives have decades of experience in insurance and enterprise technology. Friend has &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meta Lobbies Congress for Protection From Child-Harm Lawsuits: Reuters</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/19/874479.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children online safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids Online Safety Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meta]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Meta Platforms has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families, according to a source familiar with the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Conn. Extends Uninsured Motorist Coverage to State&#8217;s Transportation Workers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/19/874320.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[highway safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public employees insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Governor Ned Lamont has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state employee union requiring the state to extend uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) employees who maintain roads and highways. The agreement with the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inszone Acquires Webtec Insurance Services in Colorado</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/06/19/874379.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Moves & Mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inszone Insurance Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webtec Insurance Services]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Inszone Insurance Services acquired Webtec Insurance Services Inc. Webtec is a specialized insurance agency primarily focused on auto and homeowners insurance. Originally based in California, which remains the bulk of its business, the agency later relocated its home base to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mangione Drops Psychiatric Defense Bid for New York Murder Case</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/18/874472.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Thompson]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk, is for now withdrawing plans to introduce evidence at trial that he was undergoing an extreme mental health crisis at the time of the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Zurich Sees Data Center Boom Spurring Insurance Securitization</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/06/18/874314.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI data centers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[insurance linked securities (ILS)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The level of investment into data centers globally may soon make it necessary for insurers involved to begin selling securitization products to spread the risk among a broader pool of investors, according to Zurich Insurance Group AG. &#8220;I do anticipate &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People Moves: Sunstar Names Hearst as EVP, National Growth and Sales Strategy</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2026/06/18/874334.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Sunstar Insurance Group announced the appointment of Brad Hearst as executive vice president, national growth and sales strategy. Hearst brings extensive insurance-industry leadership experience in driving organic growth, developing high-performing sales organizations and building disciplined sales processes that deliver measurable &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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