At a Board meeting of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) today, attendees heard that the catastrophe bond and reinsurance placement for 2025 is “looking good” while also noting that the projected rate-on-line (RoL) for the placement looks to be lower than the prior year, as the market has softened somewhat.Gallagher Re, the reinsurance broker … Read more
If we’re not already in a recession, we may soon enter one due to aggressive trade policies that are fueling tremendous uncertainty. As companies and consumers pull back on spending, millions of jobs could be lost, trillions in stock market wealth may disappear, and inflation could persist—potentially ushering in a stagflationary environment. If you’ve been … Read more
NORTHBROOK, Ill. (April 29, 2025) – Allstate and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) proudly introduce the inaugural Allstate NACDA Good Works Team (Spring), a powerhouse group of20 student-athletes who are leading in their sport, in the classroom and in communities across the country. The team includes men and women from NCAA … Read more
Is it ever a good idea to… wear cowboy boots? JEAN-MICHEL TIXIER FOR M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE Among all the micro-trends accumulating into a stylistic jumble as liberating in its freedom as it is depressing in its inelegance, the resurgence of cowboy boots stands out as one of the most remarkable. The overrepresentation of … Read more
On the Changing Conditions of the Digital Services Act’s Regulatory Approach The DSA has now been in force for over a year and aims to ensure a secure, trusted and innovation-friendly online environment respecting fundamental rights (Art. 1 para. 1 DSA). Hardly any other piece of recent European legislation has sparked such heated debate, raised … Read more