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Hackers Will Become More Cunning in 2017 as Cyber Risks Intensify: Report
Top cyber threats during 2017 are expected to include nation state cyber espionage, a rise in data integrity attacks and an increase in attacks harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices, according ...
Are Underwriters, Agents Endangered by AI?
"Meet your new underwriter." That's the caption under a photo of a robotic hand holding a pen that the digital news outlet Quartz (qz.com) used to introduce a recent article about an insurer using ...
FBI Alleges VW Execs Concealed Diesel Cheating
Volkswagen (VW) executives decided to cover up cheating of U.S. emissions tests when they were told about it almost two months before the matter became a public scandal in 2015, according to a court ...
AI and Insurance: Are Claims Jobs in Danger?
Mirroring the actions of at least one large Western insurer, a Japanese life insurer announced it would introduce cognitive computing in its claims department in late December. Unlike other insurers, ...
Homeowners at Sinking San Francisco High-Rise Sue City and Developer
Homeowners in San Francisco's sinking and tilting luxury high-rise are suing the city and the building's developer over claims they hid the building's engineering flaws for years. Twenty tenants who ...
Judge Orders DuPont to Pay $10.5M Over Leaked Chemical; Thousands of Suits Remain
A U.S. jury in Ohio ordered DuPont on Thursday to pay $10.5 million in punitive damages to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from a Dupont plant, ...
VW Must Face U.S. Investor Lawsuit Over Diesel Emissions Cheating
Volkswagen AG must face claims it misled U.S. investors after installing so-called defeat devices in diesel vehicles used to cheat emissions tests. A San Francisco federal judge also rejected a ...
Active Atlantic Hurricane Periods Don’t Necessarily Point to More U.S. Landfalls
Active Atlantic hurricane periods, like the one now, are not necessarily a harbinger of more rapidly intensifying hurricanes along the U.S. coast, according to new research performed at the ...