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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…

Low water levels risk halting cargo traffic on a key stretch of the Rhine this week, effectively splitting the critical waterway into two separate zones, the federal association of German inland shipping (BDB) said on Monday. BDB managing director Jens Schwanen told the Rheinische Post newspaper water levels at Germany’s Kaub gauging station, a major bottleneck for Rhine navigation, were forecast to drop into single digits for the first time due to lack of rainfall. Kaub lies south of the city of Koblenz at one of the shallowest sections on the Middle Rhine. “Commercial shipping will no longer be able…

For anyone in Europe who still thought climate change was a problem for future generations, this summer’s sweltering heatwaves have brought home the reality that its costly and life-altering economic impacts have already arrived. Record heat and droughts this summer – which scientists say are exacerbated by global warming – have wreaked havoc in power production, shipping and public health systems, while this wildfire season is on track to be Europe’s biggest ever. Together, the hit to the region’s economy can already be measured in the hundreds of billions of euros, economists and academics estimate. But they warn this is…

About a month after an outbreak of Legionnaires disease hit New York City, New York Gov. Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation strengthening regulations on cooling tower inspections aimed at preventing future public health hazards. The new law requires that owners and operators of cooling towers in New York City certify that their cooling towers have been inspected, tested, cleaned, and disinfected in compliance with the New York City Administrative Code. The legislation sets timelines for building owners to notify the New York City Department of Buildings (NYC DOB) and take steps to remedy any public health hazards in cooling…