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Home Insurance Claim Severity Hits All-Time High While Frequency Falls
U.S. homeowners insurance claim severity jumped 25.9% in 2025 to a record, even as claims frequency declined. Fire and l...
KCC: 2026 Severe Convective Storm Losses to Fall Below Average, but Midwest Insurers Still Face Outsize Claims
Risk modeler KCC says a high-pressure system over the Southeast suppressed spring storms, pushing 2026 SCS losses below ...
AXA Warns AI Cannot Replace Human Care as UK Mental Health Crisis Deepens
Nearly half of Britons turn to AI for mental health support, but one in four report harmful outcomes, prompting the insu...
Acrisure UK Taps Lou Brown to Lead New Risk Management Advisory Arm
As claims costs climb, the broker launches a dedicated division to cut clients’ total cost of risk through advisory serv...
Allianz UK Sharpens Battery Storage Underwriting as Broker Demand Surges
The insurer's new tailored proposition tackles a 10GW+ market where specialist cover remains scarce, as faster planning ...
QuestGates Acquires Howell Wild to Bolster Liability Adjusting Amid Sector Talent Crunch
The deal adds specialist liability expertise as UK insurers report acute recruitment pressures in claims and adjusting, ...
NHTSA Begins Work on New Car Door Safety Rules After Fatal Tesla Incidents
The U.S. auto safety agency will start developing requirements for robust door egress systems, addressing at least 15 de...
Climate X Debuts Global Wildfire Model for Asset-Level Risk Decisions
Climate X launches a probabilistic wildfire model covering 93% of global GDP, giving insurers and asset managers high-re...
Apollo Recruits Ex-Hiscox Product Recall Head David Burke to Drive Specialist Line
Specialty insurer Apollo has appointed David Burke, former Hiscox product recall unit head, to lead its own recall under...
Global Mutual Insurance Premiums Hit Record $1.61 Trillion in 2024, ICMIF Says
Mutual and cooperative insurers posted $1.61 trillion in premiums in 2024, holding a 26.1% global market share, accordin...
Mapfre to Acquire Safety Insurance for $1.54bn, Sealing Northeast Dominance
Spanish insurer Mapfre strikes a $1.54bn all-cash deal for Massachusetts-based Safety Insurance, creating the largest ho...
Lindt & Spruengli Sued in US Over Child Labor Claims in Cocoa Supply Chain
Swiss chocolate maker Lindt faces a lawsuit alleging it misleads consumers by falsely promoting efforts to end child lab...
Scorching Heat Threatens North Dakota Wheat as Global Prices Rally
A string of 100-degree days is stressing spring and durum wheat in the key US growing state just as Black Sea turmoil an...
U.S. Home Insurance Claims Severity Hits All-Time High in 2025, Despite Falling Frequency
All-peril severity surged 25.9% to a record, with fire and lightning events driving costs, while claim frequency dropped...
California Hybrid Registrations Hit 24% as EVs Stall on High Gas Prices, Ended Subsidies
Hybrids accounted for nearly one in four new car registrations in California last quarter, eclipsing EVs for the first t...
Ageas UK CEO Ant Middle Details Job Cut Rationale After Esure and Saga Deals
Ageas UK’s integration of recently acquired Esure and the Saga underwriting business triggers job reductions as the insu...
Half of College Leaders Rely on PR to Fix Public Trust Crisis, Survey Suggests
A new survey of 430 college presidents finds only 2% think higher ed has been highly effective at rebuilding trust, and ...
How Higher Ed Metaphors Evolve—and Why the Words Professors Use Matter
From 'broadening horizons' to 'rearranging intellectual furniture', the language academics pick to describe teaching sha...
Colleges Struggle to Define AI Policy as Technology Outpaces Governance
Rapid AI advances frustrate faculty calls for clear rules; administrators weigh academic integrity, workforce demands, a...
Why DEI Practitioners Are Urged to Question Institutional Shrinking — and Stay Grounded
As anti-DEI laws reshape campus programs nationwide, a Florida State professor outlines four strategies to preserve equi...
Jensen Huang’s $75M Gift Names Vanderbilt’s New San Francisco College
The NVIDIA CEO and his wife Lori have donated $75 million to Vanderbilt University’s future San Francisco campus, their ...
UNC and Virginia Tech Step In After Pentagon Cuts Ties With Elite Private Universities Over ‘Woke’ Accusations
The Defense Department selects UNC-Chapel Hill and Virginia Tech to host a senior military leadership fellowship, replac...
Michigan Launches Program to Turn Apprenticeships Into Associate Degrees
A new state initiative gives registered apprentices college credit for on-the-job training, letting many earn an associa...
White House Strategy Aims to Shift Billions in Research Funding Away from Universities
A new White House science strategy promotes funding individual researchers and multi-year grants while encouraging agenc...
Harvard President Warns Federal Research Funding Fight Threatens U.S. Science Leadership
Alan Garber, in a D.C. interview, defends Harvard's refusal to settle with the Trump administration over $2.2B in resear...
How HBR’s Best Decision-Making Tips Can Sharpen Your Leadership
HBR compiles its top management tips on decision-making, drawing from elite coaching, decision rights, values, and data-...
B.C. Premier Says $1.5 Billion Federal Fund Can Cushion Businesses from U.S. Tariffs
Premier David Eby confirms that British Columbia businesses will have access to a federal emergency fund if the U.S. fol...
Qantas’ first ultra-long-range A350 lands in Melbourne after 19-hour test flight
The arrival of Qantas’ specially configured Airbus A350-1000ULR from Toulouse marks a key milestone for Project Sunrise,...
House Again Demands End to Iran Hostilities as Senate Splits and Economic Fallout Grows
The House narrowly passed a symbolic resolution to halt U.S. military operations in Iran, while the Senate blocked a com...
India's Cockroach Protests Defy Police Crackdown as Modi's Fast-Track Courts Fail to Quell Movement
Young protesters in New Delhi and Mumbai refuse to back down despite overnight clashes and arrests, dismissing PM Modi's...