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Can Violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act Be Insured?
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) took effect on Jan. 1, 2020, and compliance departments across the United States now have some work to do. This is especially relevant for insurance ...
Metromile, Tokio Marine Group Expand Claims Partnership
Metromile and Tokio Marine Group said they are expanding their claims partnership. Metromile, an InsurTech insurance carrier centered around machine learning, said that Tokio Marine is now using its ...
Climate Change Makes ‘Atmospheric Rivers’ Drench the U.S.
Climate change is spurring a new, deep dive into a complex, little-studied weather system blamed for creating billions of dollars in flood damage across the western U.S. Atmospheric rivers are narrow ...
Bayer Appeals to Overturn $86M Roundup Cancer Verdict
Bayer AG has asked a California appeals court to overturn an $86 million verdict that found it was responsible for a couple's cancer caused by its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup. In a Friday ...
Facebook Pledges Security Improvements After Hack of 29 Million Users
Facebook Inc. pledged to improve security protocols to resolve a lawsuit blaming the company for a 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29 million users. The company will check more ...
A New Risk for Muni-Bond Insurers: Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Providers
Hackers have finally done what bond issuers may have feared most from cyber criminals. A ransomware attack on Pleasant Valley Hospital in West Virginia was partly responsible for the hospital's ...
Verizon Sued by Huawei in U.S. for Alleged Multiple Patent Violations
Huawei Technologies Co. has filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Verizon Communications Inc. following an apparent failure to agree on licensing terms for the use of its intellectual ...
Travel Interrupted: Thousands Stranded Globally by China Bans
China's coronavirus outbreak has triggered an unprecedented clampdown on travel to and from the world's second-largest economy, leaving thousands of people stranded across the globe and dealing a ...