Today, a digital, “on-demand” economy has expanded the definition of the workplace, placing more employees in dynamic, less controlled environments. Workers are interacting with the public more frequently, often under heightened expectations for speed and service. Those expectations, McKenna noted, are contributing to more volatile interactions.
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JOEL BERVELL: My guest on this episode of The Dose is Dr. Mike Varshavski, better known to millions simply as Doctor Mike. And if you spend any time at the intersection of medicine and the internet, you’ve probably seen him. With more than 30 million followers across platforms, Doctor Mike has become one of the most recognizable physician voices online, and he does it all. He reacts to medical scenes in shows like The Pitt, calls out viral misinformation, hosts his own podcast, and still practices medicine, running a primary care clinic in New Jersey.But for me, what makes his…
The annual SantaCon bar crawl that floods New York City with inebriated young people in Santa suits every holiday season was run by a real-life Grinch, according to federal prosecutors. Event organizer Stefan Pildes was arrested Wednesday on charges that he pocketed the majority of the $2.7 million supposedly raised for charity through SantaCon events from 2019 to 2024. Money that was supposed to be divided among neighborhood charities was instead used to renovate a lakefront property in New Jersey, buy concert tickets, pay for his fancy car, and finance extravagant meals and luxury vacations in Hawaii and Las Vegas,…
Nathan Adams, chief people officer at Lloyd’s, said: “Dive In has been a hugely successful initiative and has provided the springboard to further evolve the market-led drive to improve the approach to talent, skills and culture. The new, broader approach will be developed with the market, for the market.”
Jay Foreman said he’s “locked and loaded” for the U.S. government’s launch on Monday of a new system to refund up to $166 billion in illegally collected tariffs, but he and many other importers are realistic that much could still go wrong. “You have to be worried about what they could possibly do to jam things up,” said the CEO of toymaker Basic Fun, which sells Tonka trucks, Care Bears and K’Nex construction toys. The refund system is the latest twist in a drawn-out battle over tariffs collected over the past year as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to…
Florida home insurer Olympus Insurance Co. announced it has expanded its risk transfer capabilities with a successful debut in the catastrophe bond market, completing its first-ever issuance through the newly established Abacab Re Ltd. The $120 million catastrophe bond provides multi-year, capital markets-backed reinsurance protection against Florida named storms risk. “As a Florida-focused insurer with meaningful hurricane exposure, robust and reliable reinsurance protection is fundamental to everything we do,” says Tim Stroble, CEO of Olympus Insurance. ” The catastrophe bond issued by Bermuda-domiciled Abacab Re Ltd complements Olympus’ existing traditional and statutory reinsurance protections. Olympus said the bond initially launched…
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants. The Trump administration proposed easing standards for monitoring and protecting groundwater near some coal ash sites, and rolling back rules that require the cleanup of entire coal properties rather than just the sites where ash was dumped. The revisions would also make it easier to reuse coal ash for other purposes. EPA Administrator Lee…
If confirmed by the Senate, Schwartz could finally fill a void for an agency that’s cycled through multiple leaders over the last year.
The Governing Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a September 1, 2026, pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner proposing advisory pure premium rates that will be on average 10.4% above the average approved September 1, 2025 advisory pure premium rates. The proposed advisory pure premium rates are based on insurer losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred during accident years 2025 and prior. Related: California Workers’ Comp Bureau Upping Fee for Special Inspections WCIRB Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary Tony Milano noted that the more notable…
Crashes involving about 70 vehicles snarled a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital. The pileup Tuesday prompted officials to close the eastbound side of Interstate 70 in Clear Creek County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Denver, the Colorado State Patrol said in a statement. Officials evaluated 19 people for injuries and took eight of them to the hospital, including one person who had “sustained serious bodily injuries,” according to the state patrol. Images online show multiple semitrucks involved in the pileup, with debris lining the roadway, fronts of vehicles smashed and…
Beazley, the specialty Lloyd’s insurer, has announced its intention to launch a marine war consortium, offering up to $1 billion of Lloyd’s capacity, which comprises $500 million for hull war and $500 million for cargo war. The consortium, which will be complementary to the existing capacity available in the market, will be led by Beazley and supported by mainly Lloyd’s syndicates and other London company markets. It will continue to develop with additional scalable third-party capital, Beazley said. The consortium is designed to support the maritime sector with additional war insurance capacity as it deals with a complex and evolving…
Zurich’s successful sponsorship of its $150 million Turicum Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, which provides the firm with a multi-year and fully-collateralized source of US named storm and earthquake reinsurance protection, enables the company to re-establish its presence and reputation in the growing insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, Paolo Mantero, Head of Group Reinsurance has said.As we’ve been reporting, Zurich, the European headquartered global re/insurance company, made its return to the catastrophe bond market in late March, to sponsor its first issuance since 2012. Initially, Zurich was looking to secure $125 million or more of multi-year and fully-collateralized US named storm…
After the horrors of the UnitedHealth CEO slaying, another incident underscores the threat facing the US insurance sector
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Vince Lahey of Carefree, Arizona, embraces chatbots. From Big Tech products to “shady” ones, they offer “someone that I could share more secrets with than my therapist.” He especially likes the apps for feedback and support, even though sometimes they berate him or lead him to fight with his ex-wife. “I feel more inclined to share more,” Lahey said. “I don’t care about their perception of me.” There are a lot of people like Lahey.…