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Extreme Weather to Drive $20 Trillion in Spending
Extreme weather will likely spur more than $20 trillion in global spending over the next decade, boosting sales and earnings for reinsurers and companies involved in energy efficiency and climate ...
Suspects Indicted for Impersonating Shipping Carriers in $5M Multi-State Theft Ring
Eight members of a Northeast theft ring have been charged with fraud for impersonating legitimate shipping companies and stealing nearly $5 million in cheese, cigarettes, and copper from logistics ...
Drone Crashes, Severed Fingers Pose Problems for $13B Silicon Valley Military Startup
A year ago, Ryan Tseng, the head of U.S. defense tech startup Shield AI, announced his company had turned a new page. After a gory incident that partially severed a U.S. Navy official's fingers ...
Saildrone Partners With NOAA to Study Hurricanes for 5th Year in a Row
Ten Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will gather near-real-time data from inside extreme storms to improve rapid intensification forecasting and protect coastal communities. The ...
Walmart Investors Reject AI Workplace Well-being Report
Walmart investors on Thursday voted against a shareholder proposal asking it to report on how its use of AI is affecting the well-being of its workforce, according to preliminary voting results from ...
Fatal Virginia Crash Raises Questions About Bus Safety
A commercial bus crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured dozens of others has raised questions about the driver, the company that employed him and the overall safety of the industry. ...
A $10.5 Trillion Cyber Problem: Whose Risk Is It Anyway?
Does an estimated $10.5 trillion in damage costs related to cyber crime around the globe really represent an opportunity that the insurance industry should be tackling? The question came up during ...
Study Finds Mixing Edible Cannabis, Alcohol Impairs Drivers More
Combining cannabis edibles and alcohol together may impair drivers far more than either substance alone, according to new research from Johns Hopkins Medicine. More worrisome is that standard field ...