This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel International and Gallagher Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Int’l Promotes McCarthy as MD of Marine, Energy and Construction Division in London Markel Insurance, the insurance …

The state of Florida sued OpenAI and Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, accusing the artificial intelligence company of ignoring safety warnings and releasing its ChatGPT product while knowing it was harmful to users. The lawsuit, filed Monday in state court, …

A Kentucky school district secured roughly $27 million in settlements from Meta Platforms and other social media companies over claims they fueled a student mental‑health crisis, according to records seen by Reuters on Friday. Meta agreed to pay the most …

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, appointed Austin Su as head of alternative risk, North America. Su will lead the development and execution of AXIS’s alternative risk and structured casualty strategy, focusing on building and scaling the company’s …

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the DNA company formerly known as 23andMe for failing to protect consumer data. Bonta sued Chrome Holding Co., formerly known as 23andMe, for failing to protect its customers’ personal information and …

A corrections officer at New York City’s Rikers Island prison has pleaded guilty to receiving more than $200,000 in workers’ compensation benefits to which he was not entitled, prosecutors reported. According to Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District …

Despite the current ceasefire between the United States and Iran, it remains too risky to move the thousands of sailors stuck in the Gulf, the head of the U.N.’s shipping agency said. “We will not be able to activate anything …

A Massachusetts judge on Monday declined to lift an order that forced turbine supplier GE Vernova to continue work on the largest offshore wind farm in New England or to send its dispute with the $4.5 billion project’s developer, Vineyard …

Shipping executives meeting in Athens on Monday said that any peace deal worked out between the United States and Iran would need to offer clear rules allowing vessels to resume normal business via the Strait of Hormuz. Shipowners and maritime …

A judge has temporarily blocked the National Science Foundation from dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, a globally significant weather and climate research center based in Boulder, Colorado. Senior US District Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Monday …

As climate change makes extreme weather events more intense and frequent, “uninsurable areas” are becoming increasingly common. They are a clear demonstration that insurance – the mechanism through which modern societies deal with all kinds of risk – is structurally …

A former mergers and acquisitions lawyer with top firms including Latham & Watkins and Goodwin Procter pleaded not guilty to charges that he led a massive insider trading ring that made tens of millions of dollars in illegal profits. Nicolo …

Warming global temperatures will probably mean more hailstorms with larger and more damaging hailstones, a study published in a prestigious, peer-reviewed journal predicts, echoing troubling trends identified in by other data sources. “Here we show a 36.5%–42.1% increase in global …

Alfa Insurance, one of the largest property insurers in Alabama, named David Bailey senior vice president of claims, effective this week. Bailey, who recently served as regional vice president, takes over from Bryan Hubbard, who retired after 36 years at …

Artificial intelligence hallucinations, also known as “AI slop,” have become such a concern in court filings that the Florida Supreme Court has issued new statewide rules designed to hold attorneys more accountable. The rules, which take effect June 15, will …

Lack of transparency in property protection classifications from a state rating bureau is one of the biggest concerns from people involved with fighting fires in Washington, a new report from the Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner shows. The …

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group announced the appointment of Felix Gallagher, PharmD, as Chair of its Board of Directors. Gallagher succeeds Sue Sutter, who has served as Board Chair since 2024 and concludes 21 years of service on the Board. Gallagher …

Firefighters responding to reports of a gas leak at a Dallas apartment complex had already arrived and were preparing to evacuate residents when the building exploded in a massive fireball, killing three people and injuring several more, the city’s fire …

Corpus Christi City Council is set to discuss Tuesday whether to revive a controversial and ambitious endeavor to build a desalination plant to convert seawater into drinkable water — a project the council rejected nine months ago over high costs …

Admiral Theatre, Inc., an exotic dance club providing adult entertainment services, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for sex and race discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal …