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California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to attempt to deal with the impacts of artificial intelligence on workers and businesses. The order directs the state to explore policies that include severance standards, employment insurance and transition support for displaced workers, worker ownership models, universal basic capital concepts, expanded workforce training and better tracking of hiring and payroll trends to help respond to potential layoffs and economic disruption. The order directs the certain state agencies to: Evaluate and support opportunities to expand and enhance worker ownership models to support capital growth and build wealth from productivity gains among workers,…

The artist who painted a giant mural on a building in downtown Dallas of life-sized swimming whales has filed a $25 million lawsuit against soccer’s international governing body and others, saying they illegally painted over his work to promote the city’s upcoming World Cup matches. The artist Wyland says he hand-painted the sprawling mural that covered roughly 17,000 square feet (1,580 square meters) across two of the building’s walls. The mural stood for nearly three decades before workers began painting over it last month, causing an uproar among residents who admired the mural’s grand scale and message of ocean conservation.…

This edition of International People Moves details claims appointments at Aon and Canopius. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Promotes Navas as Chief Claims Officer for EMEA Insurance broker Aon plc has appointed José María Navas as chief claims officer for EMEA, effective immediately. José María Navas In this role, Navas leads the firm’s claims organization across EMEA, overseeing strategy, advocacy and claims preparation capabilities to support clients in navigating an increasingly complex claims environment. He reports to Luca Tassarotti, head of Commercial Risk for EMEA. Navas brings nearly 25 years of experience with Aon, most recently…

Ohio State University agreed Wednesday to pay approximately $100 million to settle legal claims from hundreds of former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university. The school has fought lawsuits in federal court since 2018 brought by former student athletes against the university over its failure to stop abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss. Strauss worked at the school from 1978 to 1998 and also ran an off-campus clinic. He died in 2005. During a meeting Wednesday, the school’s Board of Trustees approved a preliminary agreement with all but one of the…

Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of its AI Workforce Transformation solution which helps companies focus AI where it is expected to deliver productivity and growth gains through redesigned work, jobs and strong employee adoption. Addressing the imperative facing CEOs and boards to convert AI investments into productivity gains and competitive advantage, the solution is built on WTW’s extensive proprietary data on jobs, skills and work processes. The solution incorporates two of WTW’s AI-enabled diagnostic tools: Its WorkVue Agent provides clarity on the automation potential for all the jobs across an organization, while ChangeVue establishes the areas that are most…

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients later this year and keep a list of “potential” gender affirming care patients, according to new details released Monday by the Texas Attorney General’s Office. According to a 10-page list of settlement terms, requested by The Texas Tribune, Texas Children’s has 90 days from the effective date of the settlement to set up the detransition clinic. The attorney general announced the settlement two weeks ago but because a final settlement has not been signed there is no effective date agreed upon yet. The clinic must provide…

Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa’s Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air. She loves to spend her days performing whitewater kayaking acrobatics that dunk her body in the water and give her the “feeling of flying,” she said. The water is where she found community — she even first spotted her husband when he was flipping his kayak in violent water. He in turn taught her how. But she has also gotten sick from the water and…

The US Department of Agriculture is racing to contain the deadly New World screwworm after a case was detected in Texas, where a broader outbreak could threaten an already-small domestic cattle herd. The flesh-eating parasite was confirmed on Wednesday in a three-week-old calf in South Texas, marking the first detection in the US in nearly a decade. The screwworm’s presence in the country has the potential to significantly disrupt the US meat industry, while creating the latest obstacle to the Trump administration’s efforts to tackle record-high beef prices. The key to preventing a bigger outbreak will depend on fencing in…

Markets/Coverages: Fidelis Partnership Forms PVT Consortium for Rising Capacity Demand The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), the Bermuda-based managing general agent, announced the launch of the TFP PVT Consortium, which brings together leading Lloyd’s syndicates to deploy meaningful new capacity into the war, terror and political violence (WTPV) market at a time of heightened global demand and significant market dislocation resulting from the Middle East conflict. TFP’s political violence and terrorism consortium, which was placed by Guy Carpenter, will bring together capacity from leading Lloyd’s syndicates including Argenta, alongside The Fidelis Partnership’s own syndicates, 3123 and 2126. Following capacity provided from TFP’s…

Colorado Gov. Jared Governor Polis signed a bill into law that proponents say will lower the price of homeowners insurance in Colorado, Polis signed SB26-155, called Increase Access Homeowner’s Insurance Enterprise, designed to make it more affordable for residents to get hail proof roofs, help decrease premiums and increase market competition in high-wildfire areas. The bill is part of Polis’s efforts he says will save Coloradans $800 each year on homeowners insurance. The bill, sponsored by Speaker Julie McCluskie and Representative Kyle Brown, and Senators Kyle Mullica and Janice Marchman, creates an enterprise governed by a seven-member board, including the…