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Sedgwick Releases 2026 Catastrophe Season Playbook

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New guide highlights emerging CAT trends and field-tested strategies to strengthen people, processes and technology ahead of a complex season

MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sedgwick, the world’s leading risk and claims administration partner has released the 2026 Catastrophe Season Playbook, a new guide that equips insurance carriers with emerging CAT trends and field-tested strategies to strengthen preparedness before the season begins.

Built on proprietary claims data and insights from Sedgwick’s catastrophe response leaders, the playbook is designed to help insurance carriers navigate an increasingly complex and unpredictable catastrophe environment with data, insights, and strategies to help stay ahead of the 2026 catastrophe season.

The 2025 CAT season reveals that 2026 is set to face a more distributed and harder-to-predict risk landscape than carriers have historically planned for. The reasons behind the shift go beyond weather patterns. As weather related catastrophe events grow more frequent and geographically dispersed, carriers are facing a growing risk of losing early claim control to third parties. Simultaneously, experienced talent continues to leave the industry, compounding the challenge of managing a higher volume of complex claims at the worst possible time. Together, these pressures could make claims harder to manage, more expensive to resolve, and more likely to drift.

“The 2025 season may have felt quieter on the surface, but what it actually revealed was a more distributed and persistent form of risk, and one that doesn’t announce itself the way a major hurricane does,” said David Armstrong, Executive Vice President at Sedgwick. “2026 is shaping up to be one of the most complex catastrophe seasons that carriers have ever faced and the response models most carriers have in place aren’t built for this new reality. This playbook is about closing that gap and giving carriers the frameworks, the data, and the honest assessment of where preparedness falls short so they can get ahead of it before conditions change.”

Top insights from the playbook include: 

$78 billion: The price tag from the three costliest U.S. weather disasters in 2025, each driven by non-hurricane perils outside the traditional peak season.23 disasters: The total number of billion-dollar U.S. weather events in 2025, with the most expensive events driven by non-hurricane perils outside of the traditional peak season, and continuing a years-long trend of rising frequency and geographic spread.12%: The increase of total modeled risk in 2025 vs. 2024 from non-hurricane perils including wildfires, inland flooding, and severe convective storms.10 days: The current interval of billion-dollar disasters that occur, compared to in the 1980s when it was roughly every 82 days.Nearly 25%: The percentage of claim adjusters that are expected to retire by end of 2027. Carriers with high turnover among experienced adjusters have already seen operational costs rise by 12%. This is draining institutional knowledge from the industry at a critical moment.

“A quiet early season can be a misleading signal because you don’t get time back once an event hits, and you can’t prepare after the fact,” said Andy McCallum, Vice President of Specialty Operations at Sedgwick. “In responding to catastrophes, the key is to prepare and plan, and always be ready with your resources, no matter the forecast. We always advise taking a proactive, multi-layered approach to CAT preparedness, and balance short-term readiness with long-term resilience.”

The 2026 Catastrophe Season Playbook is available for download online. To connect with Sedgwick’s catastrophe response experts, visit sedgwick.com.

About Sedgwick
Sedgwick is the world’s leading risk and claims administration partner, helping clients thrive by navigating the unexpected. The company’s expertise, combined with the most advanced AI-enabled technology available, sets the standard for solutions in claims administration, loss adjusting, benefits administration and product recall. With over 33,000 colleagues and 10,000 clients across 80 countries, Sedgwick provides unmatched perspective, caring that counts, and solutions for the rapidly changing and complex risk landscape. Sedgwick’s majority shareholder is The Carlyle Group; Stone Point Capital LLC, Altas Partners, CDPQ, Onex and other management investors are minority shareholders. For more, see sedgwick

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Thinkific to Hold Annual General Meeting on June 18, 2026

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VANCOUVER, BC, June 11, 2026 /CNW/ – Thinkific Labs Inc. (“Thinkific” or the “Company”) (TSX: THNC), a leading learning commerce platform, will hold its Annual General Meeting, at 10:00 a.m. PT, Thursday, June 18, 2026, via live webcast (the “Meeting”).

Notice and Access and Record Date
Thinkific is using the notice-and-access procedures to deliver the Meeting materials to shareholders. Shareholders will have received a notice with instructions on how to access the Management Information Circular and related materials electronically, and how to request a paper copy if preferred.

The record date for determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting is April 30, 2026.

Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders can attend the Meeting online at meetnow.global/MQDKXZY. Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders can log in using a control number or invite code, as applicable, to participate, vote, or submit questions during the Meeting’s live webcast.

Shareholders are encouraged to vote in advance of the Meeting by submitting their proxy or voting instruction form by 11:00 a.m PT, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, the deadline indicated in the Meeting materials.

Guests are welcome to listen to the Meeting proceedings by registering at meetnow.global/MQDKXZY.

The Management Information Circular is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

About Thinkific
Thinkific (TSX:THNC) is an award-winning learning commerce platform where courses and community come together to power business growth. Thinkific gives academies, experts, and businesses everything they need to create and sell online learning experiences, build communities, and grow their revenue — all from one platform. More than 35,000 customers — including companies like GoDaddy, Nasdaq, ActiveCampaign, and Datadog — have generated billions in revenue using Thinkific, impacting more than 200 million people worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.thinkific.com.

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Cars.com Names Sarah Kettler Chief Marketing Officer

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Veteran marketplace leader with track record of scaling modern brands, driving demand and accelerating business performance joins executive team to help shape company’s next chapter

CHICAGO, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Car-shopping marketplace Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) today announced the appointment of Sarah Kettler as Chief Marketing Officer, effective June 15, 2026. In her role, Kettler will oversee the company’s integrated marketing and communications organization, responsible for strengthening the brand, deepening customer engagement, driving growth and advancing the company’s long-term strategic objectives. 

Kettler joins from SeatGeek, a ticketing technology marketplace, where she spent a decade leading marketing, most recently as Executive Vice President, Marketing & Communications. During her tenure, she built a performance marketing engine that doubled consumer awareness, strengthened platform value for buyers and sellers, and drove sustained growth — while capturing meaningful share in a crowded market. Prior to SeatGeek, Kettler held strategy and communications roles at WME-IMG and Deloitte Consulting.

“Sarah brings exactly the kind of experience we need at this moment,” said Tobi Hartmann, CEO of Cars.com. “She’s built and positioned marketplace brands, she understands the dynamics of connecting buyers and sellers at scale, and she knows how to translate brand strategy into real business growth. I’m confident she’ll be a strong force as we continue strengthening our position as the most trusted auto marketplace.”

Kettler added: “The opportunity to join Cars.com at this inflection point is incredibly compelling. We’re at an exciting moment where artificial intelligence and technology are rapidly changing how we can market, but the core of what Cars.com needs to do remains the same: Deliver confident shopping for consumers and enable efficient growth for dealers and OEMs. I look forward to building off the company’s strong foundation while helping drive the next chapter of growth.”

About Cars.com Inc.

Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) is a trusted audience-powered and data-driven technology platform that simplifies buying and selling cars. The flagship Cars.com marketplace connects millions of consumers to dealerships across the U.S., powering the car buying experience with artificial intelligence (“AI”) shopping tools and comprehensive vehicle reviews and content. Our interconnected ecosystem of products enables dealers and OEMs to sell more cars by efficiently leveraging our marketplace, dealer websites, trade and appraisal tools, and proprietary in-market media solutions. Learn more at www.carscommerce.inc.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Announces Filing of Final Prospectus in Connection with Initial Public Offering

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A supplemented PREP prospectus and any amendment will be accessible through SEDAR+ within two business days

STARBASE, Texas, June 11, 2026 /CNW/ – Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) today announced that, in connection with its initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock, it has received a receipt for a base PREP prospectus dated June 11, 2026 filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and is accessible on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca

A supplemented PREP prospectus containing pricing information and any amendment will be accessible within two business days under SpaceX’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Access to the supplemented PREP prospectus and any amendment is provided in accordance with securities legislation relating to procedures for providing access to a supplemented PREP prospectus and any amendment.

An electronic or paper copy of the base PREP prospectus, the supplemented PREP prospectus when available and any amendment may be obtained, without charge, from RBC Dominion Securities Inc., 180 Wellington Street West, 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M5J 0C2, Attn: Distribution Centre, or via email at Distribution.RBCDS@rbccm.com by providing an email address or address, as applicable.

No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved the contents of this news release. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities in any jurisdiction in which the offering or sale is not permitted. This press release does not provide full disclosure of all material facts relating to the securities offered. In Canada, the offering is only made by prospectus. Investors should read the base PREP prospectus, the supplemented PREP prospectus and any amendment for disclosure of those facts, especially risk factors relating to the securities offered, before making an investment decision.

United States

A registration statement  relating to the Class A common stock was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2026. This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained, when available, from: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, by telephone at 866-471-2526 or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10014 or by email at prospectus@morganstanley.com; BofA Securities, Inc., Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-022-02-25, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or by telephone at 1-800-831-9146; or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com and postsalemanualrequests@broadridge.com.  

About SpaceX

Founded in 2002, SpaceX is the only company building the integrated hardware and software infrastructure of the future across space, connectivity, and AI. At our core, we are builders. We design, manufacture, launch, and operate products and services built on cutting-edge technologies, including the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. 

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