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OpenAI and a subsidiary will pay $3.2 million to settle U.S. government claims that they favored foreign workers with temporary employment visas and discriminated against U.S. job applicants in recruiting and hiring, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The Justice Department in a release said that OpenAI and Statsig, which makes product development software, recruited foreign workers for some open positions and took various steps to discourage U.S. workers from applying. That included requiring them to mail paper applications instead of submitting electronic ones, advertising jobs on the radio late at night, and not posting the openings on an…

Eric Anderson, new CEO of American International Group (AIG), offered an in-depth view of the company during his first earnings call at the helm, referring to opportunities within current marketplace conditions. Anderson said the market is “transition from an extended phase of broad positive pricing into a more selective environment where profitability and growth are increasingly dependent on line-specific dynamics.” The dynamics include an influx of capacity in some spots, from excess & surplus lines carriers, delegated underwriting authority structures, and other sources, he told analysts. While these entrants have increased competition and put pressure on pricing – particularly in…

New Jersey sued Amazon.com last week, accusing the online retailer of abusing its market power over independent delivery drivers in the state. Amazon used its dominance to impose low pay and poor conditions on thousands of New Jersey workers who deliver for the company via its Delivery Service Partner program, the state alleged in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Newark, New Jersey. “This complaint is not grounded in fact,” said Steve Kelly, an Amazon spokesperson. Attorney General Jennifer Davenport’s office said it was the first lawsuit in which a state has accused a company of illegal conduct to…

Two drivers of Mercedes AMG cars have filed a class action lawsuit against the luxury car company, claiming that the AMG logo on their driver’s seat gets so hot that it literally brands them and causes burns. Gabriel Lahijani and Karendeep “Karina” Bath allege the front seats of certain Mercedes AMG vehicles have a design defect where the raised metallic AMG logo is “reasonably expected to contact an occupant’s upper back, neck, or shoulder,” according to the court document filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court of California’s Western division. The plaintiffs want Mercedes to compensate them for…

When we published our report The State of Web Privacylast November, our central argument was that privacy risk behaves less like a static compliance checkbox and more like cyber risk. Just as security teams track attackers by their tradecraft, brokers now need to track the legal theories and law firms driving privacy claims so they can better advise their clients. The players change, the tactics evolve, and the potential exposure varies enormously from one actor to the next. The frequency of privacy rights-related insurance claims in the first half of 2026 has doubled relative to 2025.* Beyond the headline number,…

Rokstone, the London-based specialty re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), announced that its new Athena Cyber Division has launched a customer and supplier supply chain disruption extension. The solution enhances total supply chain security, covering losses arising from cyberattacks affecting both an insured’s suppliers and customers, at a time when companies face increasing exposure to losses across interconnected supply chains. The product is offered globally, confirmed a Rokstone representative. Backed by $10 million A-rated Lloyd’s capacity, this solution marks a step-change in approach for a market that has been behind the curve when it comes to supply chain cyber exposures, the…

Enhancements to the Excess Captive Program provide qualifying businesses with broader access to competitively priced excess coverage and industry-leading risk management support TAMPA, Fla. – eMaxx has announced a significant expansion of its Excess Captive Insurance Program, powered by the eMaxx Reciprocal Insurance Exchange. The program will now be available to businesses participating in a Captive Insurance or Large Deductible structure for their underlying insurance, provided certain risk management standards have been implemented. The program is fronted by an A.M. Best A rated insurance company and offers $5 million in limits with a minimum attachment of $5 million, with the…

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Augment Risk and the managing general agent The Fidelis Partnership. A summary of these new hires follows here. Augment Risk Promotes Cripps in Newly Created Role of Group Head of Growth and Broking Augment Risk, the London-based reinsurance and capital solutions broker, announced the appointment of Kurt Cripps as group head of growth and broking, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Cripps will support Augment Risk’s commercial strategy by originating and delivering strategic growth opportunities across the business. Alongside the expertise of Augment Risk’s broking leads, Kurt will…

More than 20,000 people were ordered to evacuate one of Canada’s top wine-producing regions as an uncontrolled wildfire spread rapidly, forcing local authorities to declare a province-wide state of emergency. Authorities ordered the town of Summerland and nearby communities in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley to be evacuated on Saturday as the Bald Range wildfire advanced. The fire, first reported Friday afternoon, doubled over the course of Saturday to 9,500 hectares (23,475 acres), with some residents trapped behind the fast-moving fire front, according to the latest estimates. “The fires are moving incredibly quickly,” British Columbia Premier David Eby said in a…

This article is part of a sponsored series by OIP Insurtech. Fourteen years of working inside carrier, MGA, and brokerage operations gives you a particular view of how these businesses actually run. It is rarely the same view leadership has. The gap between those two pictures tends to come down to the same thing: accumulated workflow debt. Processes that made sense when the business was smaller were left in place as the operation grew around them, quietly becoming more expensive with every year that passed without a redesign. OIP Insurtech sees this pattern across every engagement, regardless of the client’s…