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FMIC Expands Use of Chrp’s AI-Based Home Health Reports to Reduce Non-CAT Water & Fire Claims 0

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FMIC Expands Use of Chrp’s AI-Based Home Health Reports to Reduce Non-CAT Water & Fire Claims

After a successful launch with new business, First Mutual Insurance Company will leverage Chrp’s AI-based self inspections for home & farmhouse renewals in North Carolina on June 1st and pilot an inspection for poultry farms Smithfield, NC (Mar. 24, 2026) – First Mutual Insurance Company is pleased to announce it has extended its commercial agreement with Chrp Technologies, an AI-driven home risk platform that identifies 400+ failure points inside & outside homes that can lead to property claims. First Mutual Insurance Company (FMIC), headquartered in Smithfield, NC, sells insurance products through a broad network of independent agents located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The company offers coverage for homeowners, farmowners, swine & poultry, and more. One of the ways FMIC has maintained historically low loss ratios is by inspecting every property. This allows them to minimize costs for their policyholders and maintain a formidable market presence. Before Chrp Technologies, FMIC relied upon traditional inspections to underwrite new homeowners and farmowners policies in North Carolina. One challenge the company faced when using traditional inspection companies was slow turnaround times, resulting in underwriting delays. Another issue the company faced was most traditional inspections did not capture imagery inside homes and...

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FAA Imposes Restrictions on Some Landings at San Francisco Airport

Article 0 Comments The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday that it was imposing new safety restrictions at San Francisco International Airport that will limit some landings and lead to significant delays. The FAA said the airport will experience delays due to a runway repaving project and the FAA decision to prohibit flights from making side-by-side approaches to San Francisco’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather. The FAA is exploring ways to safely increase the arrival rate at the 13th-busiest U.S. airport. The two measures will reduce maximum rates from 54 flights per hour to 36. The FAA does not plan to lift the restrictions once the runway repaving operation is completed. Related: EXPLAINER-Can US Government Be Held Liable for LaGuardia Airport Collision? The airport’s runway project will put the two north-south runways out of service for approximately six months. United Airlines accounts for about half of the passenger traffic at San Francisco, followed by Alaska Airlines with about 10%. The FAA is now requiring “staggered approaches, with one aircraft offset from the aircraft on the parallel runway. The FAA never allowed side-by-side approaches in bad weather” and added that it was exploring ways to safely increase the airport arrival...

Eazewell Launches Proprietary AI to Manage Your Digital Identity and Inheritance 0

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Eazewell Launches Proprietary AI to Manage Your Digital Identity and Inheritance

Eazewell Launches “Advance,” Proprietary AI to Manage Your Digital Identity and Inheritance Including Subscription Management and Account Closures to First 12 Enterprise Customers Reaching Over 8M Customers 12 enterprise partners, including Axxess and Mountain Life Insurance, will use Advance AI to protect more than 8 million covered lives from online fraud, dormant subscription waste, and unwanted account activity. As Americans now manage 100+ digital accounts and subscriptions, families inherit digital estates that can take 40-50 hours to unwind, with demand rising as the population ages Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 27, 2025) – Eazewell, the AI platform that manages digital identity and administrative work across major life events, has launched Eazewell Advance, an enterprise platform that serves as an AI custodian for a user’s full digital footprint. The platform tracks, manages, and executes actions across subscriptions, financial accounts, and online services throughout a user’s life, helping people stay organized while healthy and autonomously handling administrative burdens during critical transitions, including incapacity, hospice care, and estate settlement. Founded by Donnell Beverly Jr. and Russell Westbrook, the company has signed 12 enterprise partners, including Axxess and Mountain Life Insurance, who will offer the platform free to more than 8 million covered lives starting...

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3 Killed in Tour Company Helicopter Crash Coast of Kauai

Article 0 Comments A sightseeing company’s helicopter crashed near a remote beach off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, killing three people and injuring two others, authorities said. It was the latest in a series of fatal crashes that has plagued the industry for decades. The helicopter was carrying one pilot and four passengers when it crashed Thursday afternoon just off Kalalau Beach, the Kauai Fire Department said. The beach is on the Na Pali Coast on Kauai’s North Shore, an area that is otherwise reachable only by hiking or boat. The area’s geography of tall seaside cliffs and sharp mountain ridges can contribute to turbulent air and quick weather changes that pose hazards for aviation. Kauai Police Chief Rudy Tai said two of the people who died were Margaret Rimmler, 65, and Patrick Haskell, 59, both of Massachusetts. Notification of next of kin is pending for the third, he said. He declined to provide details on survivors’ conditions. At least 16 people have died in helicopter crashes in Hawaii in the past seven years, including two crashes in 2019. A skydiving plane crash in Hawaii that year killed 11 people; investigators blamed the pilot’s aggressive takeoff. Despite...

Deloitte Launches Enterprise AI Navigator to Enable Organizations to Move AI From Cost to Value 0

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Deloitte Launches Enterprise AI Navigator to Enable Organizations to Move AI From Cost to Value

Enterprise AI Navigator is designed to take organizations from fragmented AI implementations to enterprise-wide transformation so leaders can translate AI investment into measurable results New York, NY (Feb. 26, 2026) – Deloitte has unveiled Enterprise AI Navigator, an end-to-end enterprise AI solution that is designed to help organizations to make AI investment decisions with clarity by identifying how AI and automation can enhance processes, empower people, and unlock time and cost savings. Built on Deloitte’s Ascend™ platform, Enterprise AI Navigator brings together financial impact, workflow implications, process changes, and technology readiness into one single, integrated view. Drawing on Deloitte’s deep industry knowledge, Enterprise AI Navigator uses sector-specific proprietary data and process mapping to enable Deloitte to evaluate organizations across their entire enterprise; testing and comparing different automation scenarios; building and recommending AI agent protypes; and examining how roles and teams can be redesigned to focus on higher-value activities. Based on these insights, Enterprise AI Navigator delivers a custom transformation roadmap that is built to each client’s unique needs, moving beyond pilot fatigue to determine which AI investments can provide the most value. Enterprise AI Navigator is available now and is designed to be used as part of client engagements. As...

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Baseball Player Sues His Parents, Alleging They Are Misusing His Money

Article 0 Comments Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm has sued his parents for millions of dollars, accusing them of siphoning large amounts of his money into financial accounts they managed for him and then using some of the cash to pay their own expenses. Bohm’s lawsuit, filed last Wednesday in a Philadelphia court, comes after he began to review his personal and financial affairs in recent months, and said that his parents refused to give him access to the accounts or provide him with the information he sought about them. They sought to “freeze” him out of four accounts — established as limited liability companies — and he now believes they “converted a sizeable amount” of his money from those accounts “to their own use,” the lawsuit said. By the time he sought the information, his parents had already transferred millions of dollars from his personal accounts to the accounts they controlled, the lawsuit said. Bohm’s parents, Daniel and Lisa Bohm, denied doing anything wrong and, through their lawyer, said they are “deeply saddened by the allegations” and will aggressively defend themselves. Alec Bohm has had full access to the accounts and his parents are paying his expenses on...

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Ohio Contractor Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison on Fraud Charges

Article 0 Comments A pole barn contractor who defrauded consumers of more than $400,000 has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison after being convicted of 47 felony counts, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced this week.. This month, Marion resident Ryan C. Needels, owner of Clear View Construction, went to trial in Delaware County Common Pleas Court on 47 felony counts contained in an indictment dating from August 2023. Needels ran a long-term scheme in which he accepted large payments for pole barns or other construction projects but instead stole victim’s money. “Forty-seven convictions speak for themselves,” Yost said. “Victims were heard and justice was served.” Judge Richard Frye, who heard the case on assignment, took testimony from 19 victims and considered victim-impact statements from many of them at sentencing. The judge ordered Needels to serve 17 to 22 years in prison and pay $448,000 in restitution, describing him as a “predator” who carried out a pervasive and prolonged scheme to defraud his victims. The charges included engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, telecommunications fraud, seven counts of money laundering and 38 counts of theft. Needels previously entered a guilty plea to some of the counts...

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Amid Drought, Corpus Christi Seeks Water From Privately Owned Plant

Article 1 Comment Six months after scrapping their own seawater desalination plant project, Corpus Christi City Council voted Tuesday to consider an agreement with a private company to purchase water from its desalination plant to help stave off an impending water emergency. The council voted 7-1 to begin negotiations to acquire water from a desalination plant that’s under construction and owned by Corpus Christi Polymers, a plastic manufacturer. The plant will filter salt and other minerals out from seawater or salty groundwater to make it drinkable. Desalination company Aquatech has an agreement with Corpus Christi Polymers to sell drinking water from the plant to Corpus Christi, according to a presentation from the city. Aquatech has agreed to complete building the plant, expand it and connect it to the city’s distribution system. The city is in the grips of a historic drought and two of its main reservoirs have fallen to 8.4% capacity, sparking fears that the city within months may have to declare a water emergency — signaling that the city has just 180 days’ supply of water left. City manager Peter Zanoni has called desalination a drought-resistant, long-term solution to providing water to the 500,000 people across seven counties...

ReSource Pro Launches Partnership Program to Expand Collaboration Across the Insurance Ecosystem 0

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ReSource Pro Launches Partnership Program to Expand Collaboration Across the Insurance Ecosystem

New York, NY (Feb. 24, 2026) – ReSource Pro, a leader in operations, analytics, and technology solutions for the insurance industry, has announced the formal launch of its Partnership Program, designed to strengthen collaboration with technology, data, and industry organizations that support insurance carriers, agencies, brokers, and MGAs. “Insurance organizations are managing increasingly complex environments, from system integrations to compliance requirements and operational scale,” said Rob Marinello, Senior Director Partner Alliances, ReSource Pro. “Our Partnership Program creates a more intentional way to work alongside trusted partners, so clients benefit from stronger coordination and more consistent execution.” ReSource Pro’s partner ecosystem already includes a growing group of established insurance technology and industry organizations, spanning capabilities across the insurance value chain, from core systems integration and managed services to direct billing technology, compliance, data automation, and operational efficiency. ReSource Pro’s Partnership Program improves visibility and connection across partners, strengthens collaboration, and ensures clients receive coordinated support aligned to their operational needs. Organizations interested in learning more about ReSource Pro’s Partnership Program or exploring partnership opportunities can visit the partner page on the company’s website. About ReSource Pro Focused exclusively on the insurance industry, ReSource Pro is the trusted partner insurance organizations rely...

Gartner Predicts Embedded AI in Cloud ERP Applications will Drive a 30% Faster Financial Close by 2028 0

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Gartner Predicts Embedded AI in Cloud ERP Applications will Drive a 30% Faster Financial Close by 2028

Five Emerging Themes in Cloud ERP Will Reshape the Finance Function Stamford, CT (Feb. 24, 2026) – Five emerging themes in cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) finance applications will shape the future of the finance function through AI and automation, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Based on these themes, Gartner predicts that finance organizations using cloud ERP applications with embedded AI assistants will see a 30% faster financial close by 2028. “Cloud ERP finance applications will deliver additional automation, insight, and efficiency to finance functions in the near future by integrating machine learning, GenAI, and AI agents,” said Mike Helsel, Senior Director, Research in the Gartner Finance practice. “However, realizing these benefits requires CFOs to navigate vendor hype, organizational change, and the evolving economics of AI in the enterprise.” The five emerging themes for AI innovation in the cloud ERP finance application market include: Composable ecosystem Intelligent process automation AI trust, risk and security management (TRiSM) Adaptive analytics AI-driven planning and forecasting Five Emerging AI Themes in Cloud ERP Composable ecosystems are critical to the cloud ERP landscape because they empower organizations to build and modify their financial systems with unprecedented agility. “Many ERP systems of...