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People Moves: Aon Reinsurance Solutions Announces New Senior Leadership Roles; Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Int’l Hires 3 in Leadership Team

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon and Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Announces New Senior Leadership Roles in U.S. Reinsurance Solutions Team Insurance broker Aon plc announced …
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Fitch Revises Cincinnati Financial’s Outlook to Positive From Stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘A+’ (Strong) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings for Cincinnati Financial Corporation’s (CINF) three property/casualty insurance subsidiaries and its life insurance subsidiary the ‘A+’ (Strong). Fitch has also affirmed CINF’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating at ‘A’ …
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Female Leadership Suffers When Private Equity Firms Invest

Female board and leadership representation at European companies plunges whens private equity firms invest, according to a study by consultancy LCap Group. The average percentage of women in leadership positions tumbles to 16% by the end of the private equity …
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Pennsylvania Contractor Ordered to Pay $85K Owed to 6 Workers on Federal Projects

An administrative law judge has ordered a Pennsylvania-based federal contractor to pay $85,284 in back wages for failing to pay prevailing wages, fringe benefits and overtime pay owed to workers employed on multiple federal construction projects, according to the U.S. …
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Natural Disaster Losses Below Average Through Q3, Despite Higher Frequency: Report

Although 2024 has seen significant global natural catastrophe activity, economic costs were slightly below average through the third quarter, according to Gallagher Re’s latest Nat Cat report. The total economic loss from natural perils in the first three quarters of …
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Meta Must Face State Lawsuits Over Teen Social Media Addiction

Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by making its Facebook and Instagram platforms addictive, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday. Oakland-based U.S. District Judge Yvonne …
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Progressive to Pay Policy Limits in Fatal Boat Crash That Involved Murdaugh’s Son

Progressive Insurance will pay $500,000, the policy limits, to the family of a young woman killed in a 2019 boat crash involving Alex Murdaugh’s youngest son, essentially ending the family’s legal actions in the tragedy. Progressive, which insured the boat …
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State Says Exiting Steward Health Lacks Required Insurance for Employees, Physicians

Thousands of Massachusetts medical professionals and other employees of troubled hospital operator Steward Health Care are at risk because Steward does not have adequate liability or workers’ compensation coverage in place to protect them after Steward’s exit from the state, …
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Hurricane Milton Insured Losses in $30B-$50B Range, Says Verisk

Catastrophe modeler Verisk said it expects insured losses from Hurricane Milton will be between $30 billion and $50 billion from damages caused mostly by wind. Verisk’s Extreme Event Solutions group said the range includes privately insured losses to onshore property …
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FEMA Workers Change Response Tactics in North Carolina After Threats

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that they could be targeted by a militia, officials said, as the government response …
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City of London Chief Says Brexit ‘Disaster’ Cost 40,000 Finance Jobs

Britain’s departure from the European Union cost London’s financial center about 40,000 jobs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London told Reuters, a far deeper impact from Brexit than previous estimates. Michael Mainelli said Dublin had gained most, attracting …
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UK Fears Chinese Hackers Compromised Critical Infrastructure

Chinese state actors have made widespread — and likely successful — efforts to access British critical infrastructure networks, according to UK officials, underscoring fears of vulnerabilities to increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks by foreign powers. Senior ministers in the Labour government have …
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