<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Brian Louis - Former Reporter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brian Louis - Former Reporter]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOYy7QLFDz0/brian-louis</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Brian Louis - Former Reporter</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOYy7QLFDz0/brian-louis</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:10:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOYy7QLFDz0/brian-louis.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Legal Marijuana’s Other Drag: Many Insurers Just Won’t Touch It]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-24/legal-marijuana-s-other-drag-many-insurers-just-won-t-touch-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-24/legal-marijuana-s-other-drag-many-insurers-just-won-t-touch-it</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iw5pB2qRmao8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iw5pB2qRmao8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Marijuana plants grow at the PharmaCielo Ltd. facility in Rionegro, Colombia, on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Following the 2015 legalization of medical marijuana by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the Canadian company PharmaCielo opened an operational base in the South American country, becoming the first company to apply for and receive the Colombian licences for cannabis cultivation. Photographer: Eduardo Leal/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIG Falls as Profit Hurt by Underwriting Slump, Charge]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-02/aig-s-profit-tumbles-as-private-equity-hedge-fund-results-slump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-02/aig-s-profit-tumbles-as-private-equity-hedge-fund-results-slump</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:19:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQvAl_pSu8WI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQvAl_pSu8WI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians walk past the American International Group Inc. (AIG) headquarters office in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2016. Photographer: Victor J. Blue /                                </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loeb Says He Sold Facebook, Laments ‘Very Disappointing Quarter’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/loeb-says-he-sold-facebook-laments-very-disappointing-quarter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/loeb-says-he-sold-facebook-laments-very-disappointing-quarter</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:04:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1wXU4H2PtM0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1wXU4H2PtM0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Dan Loeb Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYSE Cuts Jobs at Chicago Exchange, CEO John Kerin Departs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-30/nyse-is-said-to-cut-jobs-at-chicago-exchange-ceo-kerin-departs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-30/nyse-is-said-to-cut-jobs-at-chicago-exchange-ceo-kerin-departs</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:04:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto Futures Expansion Won't Happen Soon, CME's Duffy Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/crypto-futures-expansion-won-t-happen-soon-cme-s-duffy-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/crypto-futures-expansion-won-t-happen-soon-cme-s-duffy-says</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 18:04:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihwSwVe84T5U/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihwSwVe84T5U/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Terry Duffy Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catastrophes Unlike Anything in Past Decade Wallop U.S. Insurers]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/catastrophes-unlike-anything-in-past-decade-wallop-u-s-insurers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/catastrophes-unlike-anything-in-past-decade-wallop-u-s-insurers</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:02:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikxG2J.m_vAk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikxG2J.m_vAk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Houses and vehicles at the Highland Glen subdivision stand in floodwaters due to Hurricane Harvey in Spring, Texas, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. A deluge of rain and rising floodwaters left Houston immersed and helpless, crippling a global center of the oil industry and testing the economic resiliency of a state that\&apos;s home to almost 1 in 12 U.S. workers.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen Crypto Millions Paid Back for Cents on Dollar, Guaranteed]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/crypto-heist-insurance-fat-premiums-lots-of-underwriting-risk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/crypto-heist-insurance-fat-premiums-lots-of-underwriting-risk</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Olga Kharif]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA1QzmeRAPuA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA1QzmeRAPuA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An employee uses a laptop computer branded with bitcoin logos inside the offices of La Maison du Bitcoin bank in Paris, France, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. Zimbabwe, where the price of bitcoin spiked to double the international rate after last week&apos;s military takeover, shows cryptocurrency skeptics where the real-world use of bitcoin, and possibly its future, lies. Photographer: Chritophe morin/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flash Boys on the Farm? Arms Race Is Unleashed Over Crop Data]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/flash-boys-on-the-farm-arms-race-gets-unleashed-over-crop-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/flash-boys-on-the-farm-arms-race-gets-unleashed-over-crop-data</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Bjerga]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:37:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iI53N.cLOeQM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iI53N.cLOeQM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A truck hauls a load of corn between grain bins on a farm during harvest in Walnut, Illinois, U.S. Photographer: Bloomberg Creative Photos/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[HFT Traders Dust Off Century-Old Tool in Search of Market Edge]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-18/hft-traders-dust-off-19th-century-tool-in-search-of-market-edge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-18/hft-traders-dust-off-19th-century-tool-in-search-of-market-edge</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buffett's Wrong on Cyber-Insurance Risk, Chubb's Greenberg Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/buffett-s-wrong-on-cyber-insurance-risk-chubb-s-greenberg-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/buffett-s-wrong-on-cyber-insurance-risk-chubb-s-greenberg-says</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:07:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iV7dzR6WRjYk/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iV7dzR6WRjYk/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Evan Greenberg Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon's Shadow Reaches All the Way to New York Insurers Meeting]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/amazon-s-shadow-reaches-all-the-way-to-new-york-insurers-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-07/amazon-s-shadow-reaches-all-the-way-to-new-york-insurers-meeting</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Chiglinsky]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSlrpsZjk7ew/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSlrpsZjk7ew/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Amazon.com logo is seen during the company&apos;s job fair in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. Photographer: Jim Young/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muted VIX Volume Will Make Cboe’s Slide Even Worse, Says JPMorgan]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-30/muted-vix-volume-will-make-cboe-slide-even-worse-says-jpmorgan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-30/muted-vix-volume-will-make-cboe-slide-even-worse-says-jpmorgan</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Kawa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 13:37:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isCqTlE3QOco/v241/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isCqTlE3QOco/v241/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago Wants to Be a Trading Hub for Crypto]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-23/cryptocurrencies-seen-as-chicago-s-next-chapter-as-a-trading-hub</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-23/cryptocurrencies-seen-as-chicago-s-next-chapter-as-a-trading-hub</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKQnwWYgQxcc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKQnwWYgQxcc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 04: The Willis Tower (C), formerly known as the Sears Tower, dominates the southern end of the downtown skyline on March 4, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The building, completed in 1973, was the world&apos;s tallest for more than two decades. It is reported to be up for sale with an asking price of $1.5 billion. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurers Pull Back From Muni-Bond Market as Tax Rates Fall]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/insurers-pull-back-from-municipal-bond-market-as-tax-rates-fall</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/insurers-pull-back-from-municipal-bond-market-as-tax-rates-fall</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katherine Chiglinsky]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 13:35:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billionaire Carl Icahn No Longer Shows Insurer AIG as a Big Holding]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-07/billionaire-icahn-no-longer-shows-insurer-aig-as-big-holding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-07/billionaire-icahn-no-longer-shows-insurer-aig-as-big-holding</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 15:01:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in2EI4Vy0DZI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in2EI4Vy0DZI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Carl Icahn Photographer: Victor J. Blue/ </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[VIX Quirk Caused by Liquidity Shortage, Not Rigging, Cboe Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-04/vix-quirk-caused-by-liquidity-shortage-not-rigging-cboe-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-04/vix-quirk-caused-by-liquidity-shortage-not-rigging-cboe-says</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 14:52:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iI2M8t3s6qCI/v242/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iI2M8t3s6qCI/v242/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIG Shares Tumble After First-Quarter Results Miss Expectations]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-03/aig-shares-tumble-after-first-quarter-results-miss-expectations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-03/aig-shares-tumble-after-first-quarter-results-miss-expectations</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 13:59:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRYjVRfBcl64/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRYjVRfBcl64/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians walk near the American International Group Inc. (AIG) headquarters in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. AIG is scheduled to announce third-quarter earnings figures on November 2.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIG's Transformation Taking Time as First-Quarter Profit Falls]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-02/aig-s-transformation-taking-time-as-first-quarter-profit-falls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-02/aig-s-transformation-taking-time-as-first-quarter-profit-falls</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 20:20:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nasdaq-Listed Amazon, Alphabet Halted for the Day at NYSE]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-25/nasdaq-listed-amazon-alphabet-won-t-trade-rest-of-day-at-nyse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-25/nasdaq-listed-amazon-alphabet-won-t-trade-rest-of-day-at-nyse</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Baker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 17:01:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOvFuwE4RTP4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOvFuwE4RTP4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, July 11, 2016. Stocks rose, sending the S&amp;P 500 Index to an all-time high, while the dollar strengthened with industrial metals amid speculation the U.S. economy remains strong enough to propel global growth without forcing the Federal Reserve to tighten policy. Photographer: Eric Thayer</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cboe Working to Improve VIX Settlement Process After Wild Swing]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/cboe-working-to-improve-vix-settlement-process-after-wild-swing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/cboe-working-to-improve-vix-settlement-process-after-wild-swing</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:10:25 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>