Risk
New Proposed Rule Seeks to Limit Rise of Black Lung Disease
A half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust. The inaction since — fueled ...
U.S. House Panel Considers Reviving Self-Driving Car Regulation
U.S. lawmakers will look to jump start long-stalled legislation on the safe and regulated adoption of self-driving cars at a congressional hearing on July 26. The panel will consider separate draft ...
Tech Companies Agree to AI Safeguards Set by the White House
President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI ...
Outcomes the Focus of US Businesses’ Cybersecurity Strategy
As cyber attacks grow in frequency, U.S.-based companies are managing the risk by tapping their current cybersecurity systems already in place, according to a new report by Information Services Group ...
Dangers of Muscle Cars Highlighted in New IIHS Analysis
Muscle cars, known for their high horsepower and hot rod image rank among the deadliest vehicles on the road, both for their own drivers and for people in other vehicles, according to recent analysis ...
Lightning Caused $952M in Homeowners Claims in 2022, Decline from 2021
More than $950 million was paid to more than 62,000 U.S. homeowners insurance claims in 2022, according to analysis released last month by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). At least ...
Experts Warn Regulations Need to Be in Place to Rein in AI Explosion
Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence have the potential to exacerbate societal problems and even pose an existential threat to human life, increasing the need for ...
Navigating the Challenges of Wildfire Risk Modeling
As wildfires raged across Northeastern Canada in June, spreading toxic smoke across a large swath of Eastern and Central U.S., risk and insurance executives were reminded ...
