Growth stabilizes as discipline and data redefine specialty property
Author: Awais
Professional students will be able to borrow $100,000 more than other graduate students, but a proposed rule would exclude certain healthcare fields, like advanced nursing and physician associates, from the higher cap.
Broker Guy Carpenter has announced the appointment of Al Paas as Head of European Capital & Advisory, who joins the firm with extensive experience in capital markets and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) advisory.Commenting on Paas’ appointment, Laurent Rousseau, CEO of Guy Carpenter’s Global Capital Solutions business, said: “We are pleased to announce the appointment of Al Paas as Head of European Capital & Advisory at Guy Carpenter. “With extensive experience in capital markets and M&A advisory, Al will lead our efforts to expand and strengthen our investment banking capabilities across Continental Europe. His leadership comes at a pivotal time as…
The implications extend beyond marine insurance. Tanker operators generally pass elevated war premiums on to charterers, who in turn incorporate those costs into delivered crude pricing. While insurance alone does not determine energy markets, sustained increases in war risk rates can feed into freight benchmarks and, ultimately, energy costs.
The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in San Jose, California, is believed to be the first to blame Google’s Gemini for a suicide
CMMI Director Abe Sutton and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz outlined how the administration aims to get more providers, especially poor-performing ones, into value-based models at a D.C. event on Tuesday.
Crews in East Texas rescued two people stranded hundreds of feet in the air after a hot-air balloon became entangled on a communications tower over the weekend. Firefighters responding to the tower on Saturday morning found the balloon entangled more than 900 feet (274 meters) above the ground, according to officials in Longview, a city of more than 80,000 about 120 miles (193 kilometers) east of Dallas. The complex, hourslong rescue involved more than a dozen firefighters stationed at various heights along the tower. It took them about an hour to climb up to the man and woman in the…
The Kansas City Star built a $200 million complex to house a state-of-the-art printing press in 2006. Less than 15 years later, the iconic structure of blue and green glass came to symbolize the collapse of print news when parent company McClatchy sold it at a steep discount. Now the building is getting a second act as a data center, enabled by two big attractions. One is the robust electrical hook-ups it once needed for the printing press. The other is its downtown address as proximity becomes more valuable for emerging applications in artificial intelligence. “It’s not your typical data…
Editorial Note This brief was updated on March 4, 2026 to include changes related to the 2025 reconciliation law and new federal Medicaid reverification requirements. Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health and long-term care to over 81 million low-income people in the U.S. Medicaid is jointly financed by states and the federal government but administered by states within broad federal rules. In addition to meeting federal and state income and residency requirements, eligibility for coverage under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is limited to U.S. citizens and certain lawfully present immigrants. Starting October 1, 2026,…
Google is facing a lawsuit from the family of a 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly considered carrying out a “mass casualty attack” and ultimately killed himself under the influence of the company’s Gemini chatbot. According to a suit filed Wednesday in federal court in San Jose, California, Jonathan Gavalas began using Gemini for ordinary purposes like help with his writing. But two months of interactions sent him into dangerous spiral, during which he scoped out a possible violent mission before taking his own life, the suit alleges. Gavalas’ Gemini use culminated in a “four-day descent into violent missions and coached…
Gallatin Point Capital LLC a private investment firm that focuses on structured investments in financial institutions including re/insurance, services, and related assets, has formed a strategic partnership with Capital Constellation, an investment platform managed by Wafra Inc.As per the announcement, the deal, which is being funded through the Constellation Generation V fund, gives Gallatin access to long-term capital backed by institutional investors, including primary commitments to its investment vehicles and support for its balance sheet. It’s also been confirmed that Gallatin will continue to operate independently, with no changes set to be made to its day-to-day management or investment processes.…
More than half (54%) of U.S. business leaders expect their companies to survive and thrive in 2026, yet 60% say they’re more stressed than they were last year, according to mutual insurer Sentry’s 2026 C-Suite Stress Index survey. Sentry’s survey of 1,250 business leaders revealed a significant disconnect between the risks leaders worry about most and the ones that could put their companies out of business in a single event. Executives named supply chain or logistics challenges (45%), economic pressures (44%), uncertainty around tariffs and trade (39%), rising employee healthcare costs (38%), and labor shortages (38%) as the biggest threats…
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Wednesday shot down a ballistic missile fired from Iran and headed toward Turkish airspace, marking the first time the alliance stepped in to defend a member state since the US and Israel began attacking Tehran last week. “We condemn Iran’s targeting of Türkiye,” NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said in a statement. “NATO stands firmly with all allies, including Türkiye, as Iran continues its indiscriminate attacks across the region.” The “ballistic munition” flew through Iraqi and Syrian airspace before it was shot down by NATO air defenses stationed in the eastern Mediterranean region, Turkey’s Ministry…
Kathleen Ziegler, COO for the Americas at AXA XL, shares how AI is redefining the skills insurers search for