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EU Parliament Approves Law to Slash Trucks’ Carbon Footprint

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to pass a law to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free. The law will enforce a 90% cut …
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Ping An Insurance’s Delayed Trust Repayment Shows Lingering Property Woes

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.’s trust business delayed repayment on a property-linked investment product, showing how the financial giant’s asset-management operations are still reeling from China’s prolonged real estate downturn. Ping An Trust apologized on Wednesday to its customers for …
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Tech Updates: Sayata Risk Engine Flags High-Risk Accounts With AI; Canopy Connect and Hawksoft Launch Integration to Eliminate Data Entry for Agents

Sayata Unveils AI-Powered Risk Engine That Flags High-Risk Accounts Sayata has launched the Sayata Risk Engine, an AI-powered platform that uses sophisticated AI to flag specific high-risk accounts expected to drive up loss ratios. Sayata’s Risk Engine’s SmartExtrapolation technology uses …
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NAIC Adopts Climate Resilience Strategy to Close Coverage Gaps, Improve Recovery

To assist property insurers in reducing losses and speeding up recovery from natural disasters, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) adopted the first-ever National Climate Resilience Strategy for Insurance. Developed under the coordination of the NAIC’s Climate and Resiliency …
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US Senate Votes to Reject Rule to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Highways

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency’s rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway system. The Federal Highway Administration rules were …
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Europe’s Wildfires in 2023 Were Among Worst This Century: Report

The 2023 wildfire season in the Europe was among the worst this century, according to a European Commission report published on Wednesday. Last year, more than half a million (504,002) hectares, an area twice the size of Luxembourg, was scorched …
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FTC Asks Congress for Authority Over Its Own Consumer Cases

The US Federal Trade Commission is asking Congress to change the law so it can handle its own privacy settlements and other consumer protection cases that it’s currently forced to refer to the Justice Department. The DOJ has been slow-walking …
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Florida Public Adjuster, Renter Charged with Filing Claim on Rental Home

Florida authorities have charged a public adjuster and a rental property tenant with fraud after they allegedly falsified documents, filed a false claim and received a check from Scottsdale Insurance Co., a Nationwide surplus lines subsidiary. The Florida Department of …
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County Prosecutor Accused of Misusing Insurance Funds Resigns, Denies Wrongdoing

The top prosecutor in a northwestern New Jersey county has resigned amid a state probe into allegations that the office lied about caseloads to pad its budget with state money meant for fraud investigations. James Pfeiffer, who had been the …
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Markets/Coverages: Antares’ Syndicate Launches Credit and Political Risks Consortium

Antares Global, the multinational group of insurance and related service companies, announced that Antares Syndicate 1274 has launched a consortium for the underwriting of credit and political risk insurance. The maximum line for the consortium initially will be $40 million. …
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Texas DWC Accepting Comments on Routine Rule Changes

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) sent out a notice to workers’ compensation system participants that it will review all sections in the following chapters in Title 28, Texas Administrative Code: Chapter 120 (Compensation Procedure–Employers); Chapter …
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Two Oklahoma Firefighters Injured Battling Wildfire That Prompted Evacuations

MOORELAND, Okla. (AP) — Two Oklahoma volunteer firefighters are recovering after suffering burns battling a weekend wildfire in northwest Oklahoma, officials said. Mooreland firefighters Jared Brittain and Max Clark suffered injuries on Saturday when their truck was overrun by flames, …
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