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Europe is expected to spend €500 billion ($571 billion) on climate resilience measures through 2035, according to a fresh analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence. The figure, which comprises money spent on rebuilding after extreme weather shocks as well as defenses against future climate impacts, reflects how what used to be treated as “one-off disaster repair” is morphing “into a multiyear order cycle,” BI said on Wednesday. The summer of 2026 laid bare how exposed the fastest-warming continent is to the fallout of rising temperatures, as wildfires, droughts and heat waves impacted commodities supplies, damaged crops and left a dent in productivity.…

Polo’s top winds reached 180 miles (290 kilometers) per hour, making it a Category 5 storm in the five-step, Saffir-Simpson scale. The intensification ties Polo with Super Typhoons Bavi and Sinlaku for the title of the Northern Hemisphere’s strongest storm this year, said Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher and seasonal forecaster with Colorado State University. By central pressure, Polo is now the second-most powerful system ever recorded in the eastern Pacific, Klotzbach said. Category 5 Patricia, also a compact hurricane, in 2015 had a lower pressure. The storm, which is forecast to miss Mexico’s coast, could continue to strengthen, the…

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. Key Takeaways Founder mode means staying hands-on with what matters, not doing every task yourself. Insurance’s slow, committee-driven culture is exactly where a decisive owner has an edge. Left unchecked, founder mode turns into a single point of failure, and buyers price that as risk. The fix is systematizing the work that doesn’t need your judgment, not stepping back from the work that does. You already know what founder mode feels like, even if you’d never heard the term before it started trending. Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham coined it…

AUSTIN, Texas – September 22, 2026. The Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators will bring insurance learning professionals together in Austin, Texas, November 18–19, 2026, for the 2026 SITE Annual Conference, SITE Gets Weird. Hosted at the JW Marriott in Austin, this year’s conference invites insurance trainers, educators, learning leaders, instructional designers, and professional development teams to step outside traditional conference expectations and explore bold, creative, and practical approaches to learning in a rapidly changing industry. “SITE Gets Weird is more than a theme,” said Gregg Golson, SITE Director of Conference. “It is an invitation for insurance learning professionals to…

Brown & Riding has added Jarrod Williamson to its national casualty practice. With 14 years of experience, Williamson focuses on large, complex casualty risks, specializing in real estate, construction, and hospitality. He began his career working as a retail broker and transitioned to wholesale two years into his career. He is known for his commitment to client service and ability to find effective solutions for clients. Topics Casualty Was this article valuable? Yes No Here are more articles you may enjoy. Interested in Casualty? Get automatic alerts for this topic.

Two helicopter pilots were killed when their aircraft crashed Sunday afternoon while conducting water drops on a wildfire at Yosemite National Park, officials say. The pilots were the only people on board and were employed by the contract aircraft company Precision. One of the pilots was Greg King, who used to work for the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection and fought several wildland fires in that state before moving to Precision, said agency spokesperson Emery Johnson. King’s close relatives work at the agency and gave their permission to release his name, Johnson said. The identity of the second…

Bamboo Insurance Services Inc., a home insurance firm controlled by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, has postponed its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The Midvale, Utah-based company cited market conditions for the move, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn’t public. The listing could be revived in the future, the people said. Representatives for CVC and Bamboo didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Bamboo was founded in 2018 and valued at $1.75 billion when CVC-advised funds purchased a controlling stake in the firm from White Mountains Insurance Group…

Southern California Edison customers face hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs if the utility’s credit rating is downgraded to junk after California failed to pass wildfire legislation, according to the head of the utility’s parent company. Among the pieces of wildfire reform on Edison’s wish list is a permanent shareholder liability cap, Edison International Chief Executive Officer Pedro Pizarro said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg News in New York. Under current law, that cap is set at 20% of a utility’s equity rate base, or $4.3 billion in Edison’s case, if the company’s equipment sparks a blaze…

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a 4.9% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance in 2027. The proposed increase would raise the cost of coverage by an average of $1.44 a week per full-time employee. Employers in Washington pay roughly 75% of the premium, and workers pay about 25%. Related: Washington Labor & Industries Opens Inspections at State’s Other Kraft Paper Mills According to L&I, the proposed increase would help pay for the rising cost of providing wage replacement and medical care benefits when a worker is injured…

Legal filings against residential rental properties in New York City grew substantially between 2021 and 2023 and then remained constant at that elevated level, according to research from Milford Street Captive Insurance. The analysis conducted by LegalClaimsAI and the NYU Furman Center also found that government-subsidized, income-restricted housing and heavily rent-stabilized buildings have “consistently faced a disproportionately higher rate of claims per unit than market-rate and other housing types.” NYU’s Furman Center and LegalClaimsAI matched a data set of 56,289 individual claims filed against New York City properties between 2021 and 2025. After matching, researchers analyzed 21,992 claims filed against…