Insurance
People Moves: Higginbotham Appoints Reutter to Newly Created CFO, COO Role
Higginbotham, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, appointed Andrew Reutter as CFO/COO. Reutter most recently served as a principal at Stone Point Capital, where he built and led the capital markets division and worked closely with insurance services firms, overseeing financing …
Read More Chinese Hackers Still Trying to Break Into Telecoms Across Globe
A Chinese hacking group has continued to target phone and wireless providers around the world, compromising devices tied to seven telecommunications companies since February, according to a bulletin that a cybersecurity company recently sent to clients. In the past five …
Read More Former AIG Exec McElroy Faces Sexual Assault Charges in Vermont
Earlier this week, American International Group (AIG) made a splash with the announcement that it had hired former Lloyd’s CEO John Neal to be the new leader of General Insurance, the company’s property/casualty operations. Meanwhile, the man who once led …
Read More Waymo Expands in Austin After Tesla Launches Robotaxi Competitor
Waymo is more than doubling its service territory in Austin as the driverless taxi firm looks to fend off competition from Tesla Inc. Through its partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc., Waymo said Thursday that it will now offer …
Read More AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Texas’ Southern Vanguard
AM Best announced it has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Southern Vanguard Insurance Company, based in Houston, Texas. The …
Read More NHTSA Shedding More Than 25% of Employees
The U.S. auto safety agency is shedding more than 25% of its employees under financial incentive programs to depart the government offered by the Trump administration, according to data provided to Congress seen by Reuters. The National Highway Traffic Safety …
Read More China-Linked Hackers Target Taiwan’s Chip Industry With Increasing Attacks: Researchers
Chinese-linked hackers are targeting the Taiwanese semiconductor industry and investment analysts as part of a string of cyber espionage campaigns, researchers said on Wednesday [July 16]. While hacking to steal data and information about the industry is not new, there …
Read More Google to Offer Free AI Certification Courses to Virginia Job Seekers
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that Google will partner with his administration to provide free and low-cost artificial intelligence certification courses to Virginians as part of his office’s ongoing effort to connect citizens to new jobs amid changes …
Read More Billionaire-Backed California City Pitches Plans for Factory Hub
California Forever, the proposed futuristic community backed by billionaire venture capitalists, is now billing itself as a manufacturing center a year after local opposition forced it to withdraw plans to incorporate a new city. The project’s organizers said Thursday that …
Read More Everclear High-Proof Alcohol Poses Extreme Risk, Alleges Burn Victim’s Lawsuit
In May 2025, Massachusetts college student Yvette Yuri Lanuza Digan was at a fraternity gathering when another person poured Everclear grain alcohol onto an open fire in the backyard of the house. An enormous fireball instantly erupted, enveloping Digan who …
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