California’s Central Valley will have another round of searing temperatures that will boost energy demand this week, reaching a high of 103F (39C) in Sacramento on Tuesday. A heat advisory is in place for the state capital through Wednesday night, …
This edition of International People details appointments at AXA XL and Lockton Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Pearman to New Role of Chief Underwriting Officer, Bermuda As part of its recently announced insurance …
Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies won the dismissal of novel claims in hundreds of lawsuits brought by school districts seeking to recover costs for addressing the negative impacts of students’ social media use. A California state judge …
Elon Musk and his companies are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits, ranging from fatal crashes blamed on Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system to civil rights complaints over the treatment of employees. Tesla’s board and Musk were hit Thursday with another suit …
Car maker Stellantis has preventively extended a recall of vehicles with potentially faulty airbags to more Citroen and DS models, as well as the Opel brand, spokespeople for the carmaker told Reuters on Friday. Citroen C4, DS4 and DS5 models …
Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business unit of Marsh McLennan, announced the formation of the Capital & Advisory group as part of its Global Capital Solutions unit. The business also announced the appointment of Alexander Schnieders as global head of Capital …
Yemen’s Houthi damaged two commercial vessels in missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden in the last 24 hours as part of the militia group’s ongoing campaign against international ocean shipping, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday. The Iran-backed …
The first Russian oil tanker attempting to deliver crude while under US sanctions made a secret cargo transfer onto another ship, a sign of the lengths to which Moscow is going to undermine the effectiveness of American restrictions on its …
The market segment outlook for the global reinsurance segment has been revised to positive from stable after the sector saw robust profit margins in 2023, according to AM Best, which attributed the sector’s improved performance to higher attachment points and …
A former Allianz fund manager pleaded guilty on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private investment funds sparked by the pandemic that caused an estimated $7 billion of investor losses. Gregoire Tournant, 57, of Basalt, Colorado, admitted to …
