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There are measures in place to stop kids coming across, and accessing, porn – all of the UK’s top 10 (and the majority of the top 100) porn sites now have age checks in place to deter children from accessing adult content. But a July poll by Radio 5 Live and BBC Bitesize, of 2,000…
Sompo Japan Insurance, one of Japan’s largest property and casualty (P&C) insurers, has joined CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry, to upgrade its underwriting and portfolio management infrastructure across Asia. The Tokyo-based insurer has spent the past several years building its cyber capabilities, developing a tailored cyber offering for its…
PERILS, the independent Zurich-based provider of catastrophe insurance market data, has released its second industry loss estimate for the severe convective storms (SCS) that affected Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy from 13 to 19 July 2026, placing losses at EUR 2,806 million. From 13 to 19 July 2026, a wave of SCSs was triggered by…
Donald Trump lashed out at reporters multiple times during a chaotic briefing in the White House. “Listen to you. Hey, I’m not pointing. You better, you better, I don’t know who the hell you are, but you better be careful,” he said in an obscure threat to one reporter. “Quiet. Quiet! What’s wrong with you?…
Meta’s Muse AI agents may pose a longer-term risk to loss costs if savvy consumers use them to navigate, and potentially litigate, insurance claims, according to Autonomous analysts. In a recent report, Autonomous put Meta’s Muse to work across shopping, payments, deposit management, investing and insurance to assess what AI assistants can do with consumers’…
American Modern Insurance Group, a specialty insurer and part of global reinsurer Munich Re, has appointed Angela Homm as its new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Kevin Morreale. Homm takes up her new position on March 1st, 2027, and brings almost 20 years of industry experience to her new role. She has a…
Christina Applegate has disclosed that she was misdiagnosed when she was told she had multiple sclerosis. In 2021, the Emmy winner revealed that she had been diagnosed with the incurable chronic illness MS, which affects the brain and spinal cord, months earlier. Earlier this week, Christina returned to her podcast MeSsy after a seven-month break…
During a fireside chat at the annual AIRROC conference in New Jersey yesterday, Paul Brockman, CEO of legacy specialist RiverStone International, highlighted the difference in underwriting discipline between the live and retrospective markets, emphasising that discipline should sustain rather than constrain growth. The second day of the 2026 AIRROC conference, which brings together re/insurance professionals…
Rokstone, an international managing general agent (MGA) specialising in specialty re/insurance, has appointed Airlie Isted ACII as an underwriter in its growing Specialty Reinsurance division. Isted joins Rokstone after four years at Antares Managing Agency Ltd, where she advanced from Assistant Underwriter to Underwriter in April 2024. She entered the insurance industry in 2018 through…
Harry Potter star Warwick Davis has shared his take on the ongoing controversy surrounding the franchise’s creator, JK Rowling. Davis played Hogwarts professor Filius Flitwick in the original movie series, and is the only actor from the films to be reprising their role in the upcoming TV adaptation of the children’s books. In the lead-up…