Posts by Hometown Insurance
TSMC Mulls Multibillion-Dollar Texas Site for More AI Chips
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is weighing a new campus in Texas that would add tens of billions of dollars in new investment to the company’s multiyear expansion into chipmaking in the US. The go-to chipmaker for Nvidia Corp. and Apple …
Read More Viewpoint: State Socialism Meets Insurance
A free market with limited government intervention has long been a pillar of Republican economic orthodoxy. Today’s Republican party has deviated from its laissez-faire economic roots. It has instead embarked headlong on populist economic policies. Policy initiatives exemplifying its populist …
Read More FTC Probing OpenAI, Anthropic Over Product Safety Concerns
The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and other artificial intelligence companies about the safety of their products amid high-profile cybersecurity incidents, according to a person familiar with the matter. The agency is preparing to send formal demands …
Read More CFTC Secures $30 Million Judgment Tied to Alleged Crypto Scam
A federal judge in Florida ordered two individuals to pay more than $30 million in restitution and penalties for allegedly defrauding more than 9,000 people in a scam involving crytocurrencies and precious metals, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said …
Read More AI Safety Measures Widely Backed by Most Americans, Poll Finds
A vast majority of Americans favor requiring artificial intelligence companies to meet independent safety benchmarks for their models, even if those standards mean slowing development of the technology, according to a new poll. Against a backdrop of growing global anxiety …
Read More People Moves: Mississippi Insurance Lawyer Nominated to Federal Appeals Court
President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime municipal insurance lawyer to serve as a judge on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. G. Todd Butler, managing partner at the Jackson office of the Phelps Dunbar law firm, has represented …
Read More Florida Commissioner Suspends A-Cap’s Atlantic Coast Life Over Surplus Issues
Two weeks after South Carolina’s insurance regulator took steps to place Atlantic Coast Life Insurance into rehabilitation, another state’s commissioner has suspended the company amid concerns about its finances. “In making the decision to suspend Atlantic Coast’s COA (certificate of …
Read More Allianz Appoints Kroetz and Floquet as CEOs at Allianz Partners and Allianz Direct
Allianz Group announced chief executive officer appointments at Allianz Partners and Allianz Direct, following Tomas Kunzmann’s appointment to the Allianz SE Board of Management. Philipp Kroetz, currently chief executive officer of Allianz Direct, will become CEO of Allianz Partners, effective …
Read More People Moves: AIG Names Hussain CRO for Retiring Schaper
American International Group (AIG) said Turab Hussain was appointed executive vice president and chief risk officer of AIG, effective Oct. 12. Hussain will report to Eric Andersen, president & CEOr, AIG and will serve on AIG’s Executive Leadership Team. He …
Read More People Moves: Plymouth Rock Home Names Stuckey VP of Customer Service
Plymouth Rock Home Assurance Corp. headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, named Jared Stuckey as vice president of customer service and underwriting. Stuckey previously led underwriting strategy and managed personal and commercial products for Plymouth Rock’s Independent Agent auto business. He will …
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