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In late 2024, Elon Musk took the stage on a Hollywood studio lot to unveil the Cybercab, a vehicle with no steering wheel or foot pedals that he promised would revolutionize car travel across the country. Almost two years later, he’s about to do something similar again. Tesla Inc. is set to reintroduce the purpose-built driverless car at a launch event Thursday in Austin, this time to formally add it to the company’s robotaxi service. The vehicle, which has been in testing in multiple US cities in recent months, is seen as a key piece of Tesla’s plan to evolve…

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group announces that Sharon Duez Shaw has been named Vice President and Head of Claims. Shaw joined the organization on August 31, 2026, as part of a planned leadership transition from Peter Lambert, Senior Vice President, who will retire effective March 31, 2027. Shaw brings deep specialty insurance experience and a proven record of building high-performing claims organizations, leading enterprise claims strategy, modernizing litigation and trial strategy, and partnering across underwriting, actuarial, and finance functions to improve operational excellence and financial performance. Her appointment reflects Pharmacists Mutual’s continued investment in becoming a leading specialty underwriting company serving…

Oneglobal Broking, the London-based international insurance and reinsurance broker, has acquired LATAM Reinsurance Brokers Corp., an independent reinsurance broker headquartered in Panama City, Panama. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition marks a further milestone in Oneglobal’s strategic growth across Latin America, strengthening Oneglobal’s footprint in Panama and reinforcing its commitment to the Central American and Caribbean markets, the company said. The LATAM RE name will be phased out as the company becomes fully part of the Oneglobal Broking brand. LATAM RE was founded in 2008 and is duly licensed by the Superintendencia de Seguros y Reaseguros…

Lockton Insurance is among companies named in the NBA’s investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers’ circumvention of league salary cap rules to sign star Kawhi Leonard. Leonard and his then-business partner, Dennis Robertson, violated the league’s circumvention rules by pressuring the Clippers to assist the multiple time All-Star in securing off-court business deals, according to the NBA. NBA rules prohibit teams from facilitating endorsement deals for their players as a way to navigate salary cap restrictions. The league on Wednesday handed down historic punishments to the Clippers, including the forfeiture of five future first-round draft picks and a $30 million…

Santam Ltd. has paused its foray into the US as a decline in property premium rates in the world’s biggest economy forced South Africa’s largest general insurer to rethink its expansion plan. It discontinued investments into Avatar Holdings, a London-based company that offers mid-market property insurance in the US, and opted instead to divert resources into its new UK business until market conditions improve. “With the rapidly softening market cycle, particularly in North American property, we’ve taken the decision” on Avatar, Santam Chief Executive Officer Tavaziva Madzinga said in an interview Thursday. “Rates have fallen significantly.” Santam, a unit of…

A unit of Thomson Reuters detected a cybersecurity incident in 11 U.S. states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada on June 30 involving the company’s C-Track case management platform, according to a notice from the company on Wednesday and a statement by the chief justices of three Ontario courts, which use the platform for digital court record management. A subsequent investigation by Thomson Reuters found that an unauthorized party obtained certain C-Track files in March, the company said on a website created to provide information about the incident. The company’s investigation found some court records were “affected” and they included…

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel said on Wednesday he sees significant opportunities for the conglomerate from the buildout of AI data centers, after Berkshire made Alphabet its third-largest common stock holding. Abel separately said American consumers remain under stress from elevated inflation and mortgage rates, and that the housing market will be a “bumpy road” in the near term. Speaking on CNBC, Abel called Alphabet a “significant player” in AI, a factor that prompted him and Berkshire Chairman Warren Buffett to authorize an additional $10 billion investment three months ago to help the Google and YouTube parent build out AI…

President Donald Trump said renewed attacks on Iran would likely be short-lived, reiterating his claim that the US controls the crucial Strait of Hormuz after fresh fighting spiked energy prices and rekindled fears of an open-ended war. Asked on Wednesday how long the bombing campaign could last, Trump told reporters, “I don’t think too long.” Brent crude slipped 0.6% to $95.10 a barrel after the comments. The US military carried out a second round of strikes in three days overnight, targeting radar systems and mine-laying capabilities along Iran’s southern coast. Iran retaliated with drone and missile volleys on US bases…

Average homeowner insurance rates in Florida did not decline in 2025, but they increased less than 1%, down sharply from the double-digit average increases seen in 2022 and 2023. And auto insurance rates in the state did fall—by 4.1% last year, a marked difference from a 7.1% spike three years earlier, a new actuarial report from the American Property Casualty Insurance Association finds. Overall, Florida policyholders paid almost $3 billion less in premiums in 2025 than they year before. And it’s all due to 2022-2023 Florida legislative changes that dramatically reduced claims litigation and defense costs, the report said, citing…