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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 …

Insurers saw the third most expensive year for natural catastrophe losses in 2024 – reaching a total of US$140 billion – as climate change “is showing its claws,” according to Munich Re. Overall economic losses from natural disasters worldwide reached …

The conflagrations tearing across Los Angeles are on track to be among the most expensive wildfire disasters in U.S. history, draining insurance coffers and threatening California’s massive state-sponsored insurance program. Losses from the fires “could push insurance markets over the …

Maine Governor Janet Mills along with House and Senate leaders are championing major legislation to strengthen the ability of local communities, homeowners, businesses, and emergency responders to prepare for and withstand future severe storms. The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Senate …

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 …

Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM), headquartered in Philadelphia, named Steve Firko as executive vice president and chief operating officer overseeing all front-line customer-focused operating departments, including underwriting, field operations, claims, loss control, marketing, customer service, and operations. Firko has …

Premiums for policies covering new energy vehicles in China have soared to $13.8 billion—a six-fold jump from the level recorded five years earlier, AM Best said in a special report. According to the report, “China’s New Energy Vehicle Boom Transforms …

Broker McGill and Partners has launched a commercial property war risk reinsurance program for Ukraine, which it said on Thursday was the first of its kind since Russia’s invasion of the country in Feb 2022. Companies in Ukraine have found …

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 …

There is a risk crisis affecting the insurance industry. Hurricanes Helene and Milton left a trail of tens of billions of dollars of destruction across the southeastern United States. These latest storms have shown that no region is safe from …