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Contact Tracing App Violates Privacy, Tech Privacy Firm Says
A contact tracing app pushed by the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota as a tool to trace exposure to the coronavirus violated its own privacy policy by sharing location and user ...
Federal PRIA Bill Officially Introduced for Biz Interruption, Event Cancellation
During a press conference on Tuesday, New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney officially announced the introduction of the much-anticipated Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020, a federal backstop for ...
Purell Under Fire in Three Lawsuits Alleging Germ-Killing Shortfalls
Everyone's favorite hand sanitizer may have to stand trial for claiming it can stop you from getting sick. A trio of lawsuits has hit Purell's maker, Gojo Industries Inc., since the World Health ...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pull Talc Baby Powder From U.S., Canada
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it would stop selling its talc Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, saying demand had dropped in the wake of what it called "misinformation" about ...
InsurTech Coalition Raises $90 Million to Fuel Cyber Insurance Global Growth Plan
Coalition, an InsurTech startup focused on cyber insurance and security, disclosed it raised $90 million in new venture financing earlier this year to fuel development of new products and a global ...
DataCubes Becomes Convr, and Its CEO Explains Why
DataCubes has changed its name. Moving ahead, it will now be known as Convr (pronounced "con-ver.") The Illinois-based InsurTech startup launched in 2016 with an AI-focused platform designed to help ...
Ethiopian Airlines Expects Boeing 738 MAX Compensation Agreement by June 30
Ethiopian Airlines expects a settlement with planemaker Boeing by end of June over compensation related to the 737 MAX grounding in March 2019 following two fatal crashes, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam ...
Carrier Groups Ready Proposal for Federal Pandemic Loss Fund–Not PRIA
Property/casualty insurance industry carrier groups are working to develop a proposed federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down during pandemics like COVID-19, but it won't be ...