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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and Fidelis Insurance Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Lahrmann to Head of International Property AXA XL announced the promotion of Sabrina Lahrmann …

Insurtech Lemonade reported a third quarter 2025 net loss of about $37.5 million compared with a loss of $67.7 million a year ago during the same time. Revenue and gross profit increased 42% and 113%, respectively, versus Q3 2024. However, …

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has recognized WNA, part of The Novolex organization with the Lone Star Safety Award for demonstrating outstanding dedication to workplace safety and health. This facility’s 123 employees manufacture plastic stadium …

Two 20-year-old men who had acquired high-powered weapons and practiced at gun ranges were scouting LGBTQ+ bars in suburban Detroit in September for a possible Halloween attack, authorities said Monday in filing terrorism-related charges. Mohmed Ali, Majed Mahmoud and co-conspirators …

Texas is poised to make the largest investment in its water supply in the state’s 180-year history after voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 4, which authorizes $20 billion to be spent on water projects over the next two decades. The …

Insurance technology firm Exzeo Group, part of Tampa-based HCI Group, raised $168 million in its U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday, pricing its shares within its marketed range and becoming the latest insurance company to proceed with its listing plans. …

As a US Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s global tariffs begins, yet another lawsuit contesting his trade policies hit the docket. The timing was unusual, since it’s unlikely a judge would do anything until after the high court …

AXA announced that Claude Bébéar, its founder and honorary chairman, has passed away at the age of 90. In less than one generation, Claude Bébéar transformed “a small mutual insurance company in Normandy into a global insurance giant,” said Antoine …

Stanley Chesley, a class-action lawsuit pioneer who took on cigarette companies and the makers of faulty breast implants until his legal career ended amid accusations of unethical conduct, has died at age 89. Chesley died Sunday at a long-term care …

A Colorado judge rejected the plea agreement of a funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building after family members of the deceased argued that the agreement’s 15- to 20-year sentence was too lenient. …

Khynna Ausink joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group in the Pacific Northwest. Based in Seattle, Washington, Ausink will serve a national client base. Before joining Alliant, Ausink was sales director with Juno. Ausink’s experience …

A United Parcel Service Inc. freighter jet crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff on Tuesday from Louisville, Kentucky, killing three crew members and at least four people on the ground. Video circulating on social media showed the Honolulu-bound McDonnell Douglas …

A man officials say headed a Pennsylvania-based vehicle title-washing criminal enterprise has been arrested in Mexico — after three months as a fugitive, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. The attorney general filed charges in August against Anthony E. Troncoso …

Insurtech Hippo posted third quarter 2025 net income of $98 million compared with a net loss of $9 million a year ago during the same period. San Jose, California-based Hippo’s Q3 combined ratio improved to 100—a 28-point improvement from Q3 …

Forrester Research predicts written cyber insurance premiums will rise 15% in 2026 as new artificial intelligence threats and data demands emerge. In a new report, analysts at the global market research company anticipate the widespread adoption of AI to reverse …

Amazon sued Perplexity AI on Tuesday over the startup’s “agentic” shopping feature, which uses automation to place orders for users, saying it covertly accessed Amazon customer accounts and disguised automated activity as human browsing. The clash highlights an emerging debate …

French judicial authorities said on Tuesday they had opened an investigation into Chinese social media platform TikTok and the risks of its algorithms pushing young people into suicide. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the probe was in response to a …

British retailer Marks & Spencer reported a 55.4% slide in first-half underlying profit, reflecting the impact of an April cyber hack that forced it to suspend online clothing orders for seven weeks and also hit food availability. M&S, one of …

EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil. After negotiating late …

Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 116 people in the Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a year, with dozens more missing. The typhoon, locally known as Tino, also displaced more than half a million …