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People Moves: AIG Moves Flatt to Global CUO; Tooker Now President at The Hartford; Berkley Financial Names Brinkley Chief of Claims

American International Group (AIG) said Christopher Flatt, currently head of AIG North America alternative channels, has been named global chief underwriting officer, effective immediately. Flatt also held the the position of interim CEO of managing general underwriter Private Client Select …

Catastrophe Bond Funds Say They’ll Dodge Losses as LA Fires Rage

The wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles are unlikely to trigger significant losses for catastrophe bonds designed to capture such risks. Roughly 12% of the $50 billion cat-bond market is currently exposed to wildfire risk, according to Florian Steiger, chief executive …

Meta Knew It Used Pirated Books to Train AI, Authors Say

Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a group of authors alleged in newly disclosed court papers. Ta-Nehisi Coates, comedian Sarah Silverman and other authors suing …

White House Rushes to Finish Cyber Order After China Hacks

The Biden administration is racing to put out an executive order meant to shore up U.S. cybersecurity in its dwindling days in office, according to four people familiar with the matter. The executive order, which has cleared some internal hurdles …

Brain Monitoring: It Could Improve Employee Performance or Worsen Discrimination

Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work – such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence and so on – researchers in the field of neuroergonomics are using technology to improve how …

Insured Losses From Los Angeles Wildfires Rising: $8B to $20B

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new AccuWeather total loss estimates. With aerial firefighting returning as strong Southern California winds died down for a bit, damage assessments from a handful of destructive Los Angeles area blazes are sure …

Floods Are Top Risk to Supply Chains in 2025, Everstream Says

Flooding poses the greatest threat to supply chains this year, as warm ocean temperatures fuel more frequent and disruptive storms, including powerful hurricanes, according to a report. Ocean temperatures are expected to be elevated in 2025 and beyond, meaning disruptive …

Apple Clarifies Siri Privacy Stance After $95M Class Action Settlement

Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing profiles, just days after settling a case in which it faced such accusations. The iPhone maker last …

Commercial Property Market Stabilizing, With Ample Capacity: USI

The commercial property market is showing signs of stabilization, and buyers with favorable risk profiles will see rate decreases or low-single-digit increases this year, according to USI Insurance Services’ 2025 Commercial Property & Casualty Market Outlook. Accounts with unfavorable loss …

People Moves: Canopius Names CAC’s Burke US Head of Cyber and Technology; Gerber Hired as AXA XL’s Head of Energy Transition, Americas

Canopius, headquartered in Chicago, appointed Laura Burke as U.S. head of cyber and technology. Burke assumes the role after serving as the company’s executive vice president, cyber and technology, since joining Canopius in 2020. Burke brings more than a decade …

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