Tech Update: WTW Launches AI Monitoring Tool ‘Radar Vision’ for Insurers
WTW has announced the North American launch of Radar Vision, an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers. The global insurance industry has been turbulent for a few years, with significant inflation and demographic changes compounded by increasingly competitive and …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 12:47 PM |
Companies Count the Costs After Blackout in Spain and Portugal
As factories, stores and hotels across Spain and Portugal gradually returned to normal on Tuesday after a huge blackout the day before, business associations and companies began counting the cost. Spain’s main business lobby CEOE estimated the outage would shave …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 11:08 AM |
Zombie Ships Are Fast Becoming a Feature of Venezuelan Oil Trade
On Good Friday, an aging supertanker fully laden with oil and calling itself Varada arrived in the waters to the east of Malaysia after a two-month voyage from Venezuela. The vessel raised some red flags: it was 32 years old, …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 10:48 AM |
UK Warned Cuts to Flood Defense Are Too Dangerous to Consider
The UK should spare flood defense programs from budget cuts to be announced in June, as the country is already woefully unprepared for worsening disasters linked to climate change, a government adviser has said. “We are seriously concerned that resilience …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 10:00 AM |
People Moves: Mosaic Promotes Duggan to Lead North American Claims; Hiscox Names Sinkus CUO in US; EPIC Appoints Jackson Managing Principal, Global Leader
Mosaic Promotes Duggan to Lead North American Claims Mosaic, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, named environmental and casualty risk specialist and former district attorney Thomas Duggan as the company’s claims head for North America. Based in New York, Duggan will oversee …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 6:00 AM |
Three Workers Killed in Scaffold Collapse at LNG Plant in Texas
Three workers were killed and two were injured when a section of scaffolding collapsed early Tuesday at a liquefied natural gas plant that Sempra is building in Texas. The two survivors at the Port Arthur LNG project were rescued from …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 5:12 AM |
Loss of FEMA Program Spells Disaster for Hundreds of Communities and Projects
The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money would be key to the town’s overdue revitalization. They hoped an improved stormwater drainage system and secured …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 5:02 AM |
Heritage Files Libel, Defamation Suit vs. Adjuster After ’60 Minutes’ Report
Six weeks after Tampa-based Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. filed a libel suit against a whistleblower claims adjuster, the adjuster’s lawyer has pushed back, arguing that the suit is an attempt to silence those who question insurers’ damage estimates. …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 5:01 AM |
Arch Capital’s First-Quarter Profit Halves on LA Wildfire Losses
Arch Capital’s first-quarter profit fell 49.2% as catastrophe losses from the California wildfires weighed on its underwriting performance and investment returns, the insurer said on Tuesday. The results mirror those of peers W R Berkley and Chubb, which also reported …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 5:00 AM |
Church Agency Denied Exemption for Nixing Married Gay Employee’s Insurance
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been found to have violated Maryland’s employment anti-discrimination law when it discriminated against an employee because of his sexual orientation. U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin ordered CRS to pay $60,000 to married gay former employee, …
POSTED APRIL 30, 2025 5:00 AM |