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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…
Dame Judi Dench has reflected on the disastrous 2019 big-screen adaptation of Cats in her new book. The acting icon played Old Deuteronomy in the critically-panned and universally-mocked Tom Hooper film, alongside an all-star cast that included Idris Elba, Sir Ian McKellen and Taylor Swift. In her forthcoming memoir, Is It Too Late To Make…
Re, the brand under which Cover Re, Inc. operates, has announced the execution of a $65 million investment note between its wholly owned subsidiary Cover Re SPC Ltd. and the Resilience Foundation. Cover Re SPC Ltd. is a fully collateralised reinsurer domiciled in the Cayman Islands and licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority under…
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), an independent insurance company manager, has appointed Chris Terry as Managing Director and Head of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Risk Strategy, with his appointment due to take effect on 19 April 2027. The move forms part of SRS’ ongoing efforts to expand its risk advisory services, with a focus on…
The US property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector is expected to maintain positive underwriting results in 2026, despite continued pressures from claims costs, natural catastrophes and economic uncertainty. This is according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), a US organisation specialising in insurance research and economic analysis, and Milliman, an actuarial and consulting firm, in…