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		<title>OpenAI, Anthropic Urge Cyber Defense Action as AI Models Improve</title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, along with more than 100 other tech and financial services organizations, warned that businesses and governments must do more to prepare for and defend against AI-enabled hacks. In an open letter Thursday, the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kalshi Weather Odds Are Coming to a Weather App Near You</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Kalshi Inc. has entered a partnership with The Weather Company to bolster the data it uses to settle contracts in rapidly growing weather and climate prediction markets. The prediction platform is seeking to establish market-implied probabilities as another source of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Every Commercial-Lines Agency Needs AI Risk Fluency</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, artificial intelligence has quietly moved from experimentation to everyday business operations. Companies have formalized their AI use for everything from drafting client communications, automating workflows, analyzing financial data, supporting hiring decisions, and accelerating customer service. In &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Researchers Discover Additional Backdoors in Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[More than a dozen models of Chinese-made Zbtlink routers ship with at least two backdoors that could allow for invasive remote access akin to &#8220;surveillance,&#8221; according to new findings from cybersecurity firm VulnCheck. The two new backdoors — dubbed &#8220;Darklantern&#8221; &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>China Flexes its Auto-Safety Chops With Huge Recall of Tesla, Other Cars</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/28/883171.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[auto recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric vehicles]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A huge recall in China last week aims to address a long-standing fear of EV owners: potentially being trapped in their cars when the power fails. It also highlights how Beijing is now spearheading new auto safety standards for some &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Delaware Helps Firms Pay for Insurance, Trade Shows, Travel to Grow Exports</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Many small business wanting to grow by selling to customers in other countries learn the costs for trade shows, international travel, insurance, and market research can be an obstacle. Delaware has a program — The Compass Grant— that helps cover &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Widens Lettuce-Related Cyclosporiasis Probe to 20 States</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[U.S. health authorities have widened their probe into a cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce from central Mexico after detecting cases in three additional states, raising the total to 20 states, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: Meta&#8217;s Social Media Settlement Leaves Its Money Machine Unscathed</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/28/883081.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Meta Platforms emerged from its biggest legal challenge in the U.S. with its core business intact. The social media giant agreed on Wednesday to pay as much as $18 billion over a decade and limit how teenagers use Facebook and &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LA Fire Zone Set to Get $3 Million Homes Funded by Muni Bonds</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/08/28/883189.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[More than a year after wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades, a nonprofit is advancing a plan to tap the public debt market to create housing in the slow-to-recover Los Angeles wealthy enclave. Uplifters Foundation plans to build new $3 million houses &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Court Approves Bank of America&#8217;s $72.5 Million Settlement With Epstein Accusers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/28/883184.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bank liability]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A federal judge said on Thursday he would grant final approval to Bank of America&#8217;s $72.5 million class-action settlement with women who accused the second-largest U.S. bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DOJ to Challenge Dismissal of Harvard Civil Rights Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/08/28/883203.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Title VI of the Civil Rights Act]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration told a federal judge it will challenge the dismissal of its lawsuit against Harvard University alleging that the school violated civil rights laws by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students after the October 2023 attack by &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NY City Mayor Mamdani Assembles Executive Panel to Smooth Ties With Business</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/08/28/883176.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[More than a dozen corporate executives have been recruited by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to serve on a new business advisory council, as the democratic socialist leader seeks to improve his relations with a business community wary of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Owner of Home on Fire Stole First Responder&#8217;s Rescue Truck: Police</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/08/28/883054.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A New Hampshire man faces multiple charges after police say he stole a rescue truck from one of the first responder agencies responding to his burning home in Dalton. At approximately 3:50 a.m. on August 25, State Troopers were responding &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mercury Insurance Founder Joseph Dies at Age 104</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/08/27/883161.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[George Joseph, who founded Mercury General Corp. nearly 65 years ago, has died at age 104, the company announced this week. Joseph served as chairman from the company&#8217;s founding and led Mercury as CEO for 45 years, ending his time &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Buc-ee&#8217;s Faces Backlash in Ohio Over Logo Lawsuit with Mini Mart</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2026/08/27/883164.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Midwest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright infringement]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee&#8217;s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wildfire Burns Structures in North Central Texas</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/08/27/883157.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A wildfire that exploded in size in a matter of hours ripped through wide swaths of ranchland in rural Texas, burning structures at a youth camp while forcing evacuations and closing schools Tuesday. The fire, which began early Monday afternoon, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Carnival Cruise Line Wins New Trial After $10M Verdict in Sex Assault Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/27/883149.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Carnival Cruise Line, long the subject of lawsuits accusing its crew members of unwanted sexual advances on passengers, has won a new trial in a case in which a Florida jury awarded $10.3 million to a young woman who said &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Near-Miss Data Can Expedite Self-Driving Vehicle Algorithm Training: Study</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/27/883146.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed a new approach to boosting self-driving vehicle algorithms that could significantly reduce the time and cost required to prepare automated vehicles for real-world deployment, according to the University of Michigan. Rather than relying on the vast amounts &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marketing Firm Sued for Refusing to Hire Pregnant Woman</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2026/08/27/883143.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[International advertising and marketing firm Dentsu International Americas, LLC, violated federal law when it refused to hire a pregnant woman for a Minneapolis-based position promoting alcoholic beverage brands, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Permian Basin Set to Become Top US Gas Producer, Citi Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/08/27/883139.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Permian Basin is on track to become the largest US natural gas-producing region by the end of the decade, making the world&#8217;s most productive oil shale field also the nation&#8217;s leader in gas output, according to Citigroup Inc. analysts. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>People Moves: Marsh Promotes Ward as CEO of Pacific, Guy Carpenter; QBE Names Thompson as Global Director of Data Centres in Newly Created Role</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/27/883132.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter and QBE. A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Promotes Ward as CEO of Pacific, Guy Carpenter Insurance and reinsurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Justin &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Villages Health Agrees to Pay $542M for Medicare Advantage Overbilling</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/27/883123.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Villages Health System in central Florida, part of the world&#8217;s largest retirement community, has agreed to pay almost $542 million to settle civil claims stemming from its disclosure that it submitted false diagnosis codes to boost payments from the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurance Industry Labor Market Study Shows Slowing Turnover and Modest Growth</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/27/883108.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[insurance employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance labor market]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[More than three-fourths (78%) of U.S. insurers expect modest revenue growth during the next 12 months, and about half (49%) plan to increase staff. However, it seems many companies are &#8220;hiring to backfill key positions and bring in new talent, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hawaii Insurance Division Issues Memo to Insurers for Lala Claims</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/08/27/883115.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii Insurance Division]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Hawaii Insurance Division issued a memo to insurers this week stating it expects them to handle claims from Tropical Storm and Hurricane Lala &#8220;promptly, fairly,&#8221; and in accordance with state law insurance contracts. The memo on Wednesday from Insurance &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Europe&#8217;s Credit Markets Shrug Off Climate Risks Despite Devastating Droughts</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/27/883080.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2026 wildfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[droughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European droughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European heatwave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European wildfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat waves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural catastrophes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supply chain disruptions]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Severe droughts across Europe this summer led to huge wildfires, disrupted transport on critical routes, threatened power plants and hit corporate earnings across the continent. The credit markets are mostly unmoved. The extreme weather is a reminder of the growing &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Russian-Speaking Cybercriminals Used SpaceX&#8217;s Cursor AI Tool to Hack Seven Firms</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/27/883097.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[AI cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence (AI)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX&#8217;s coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and reports issued on Thursday by cybersecurity companies Gambit &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Glacier Collapse Behind Nepal Flood Shows Region&#8217;s Climate Risk</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/27/883086.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[melting glaciers]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Scientists are pointing to a glacier collapse and rock landslide as the cause of a devastating flash flood that killed at least 350 people and left many more missing near Nepal&#8217;s border with China, a mountainous region that&#8217;s increasingly imperiled &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Markets/Coverages: Marsh Exchange Handles Operational Digital Infrastructure Risks</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/27/883036.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[commercial property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data centers]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Global insurance broker Marsh announced the launch of Stratus, a property insurance exchange designed to address the complex operational risks of large digital infrastructure projects as they move from construction into operation. Such projects include data centers and associated critical &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Northeast Including New York City Facing Flood Risks From Thunderstorms Today</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/08/27/883076.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new york city flooding]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, including New York City, face another round of thunderstorms, increasing flood risks and transportation woes, with even the slight chance of a tornado. Flood watches will cover New York&#8217;s five boroughs, as well as stretching &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurers Want a Bigger Slice of the Bank Risk Transfer Boom</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/08/27/883031.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International & Reinsurance News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial stability risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-bank financial institutions (NBFI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[synthetic risk transfers (SRT)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Insurers are aiming for a bigger slice of the market for significant risk transfers this year as banks step up their use of the hedging instruments. Firms expect to participate in about 50% more SRTs than in 2025, according to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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