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Property Data Company ATTOM Makes an Acquisition
ATTOM, an InsurTech property data company, has made an acquisition. ATTOM snatched up GeoData Plus, which is centered around an application for in-depth property research, valuation and prospecting ...
Global Financial Regulators Seek Coordinated Efforts to Prepare for Climate Change Risks
The world's top financial regulators want to coordinate efforts to prepare for potential risks from climate change as authorities still lack common standards for assessing what could be one of the ...
Arch Capital Closes $700M Acquisition of Watford Holdings
Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., along with investment partners Kelso & Company and Warburg Pincus, announced the completion of its previously disclosed acquisition of Watford Holdings Ltd. ...
Finance Envisioned to Help EU Achieve Climate Neutral Continent
Europe plans to funnel hundreds of billions of euros into sustainable investments each year through EU banks and markets to create the first "climate-neutral continent" by 2050. The European Union's ...
Ransomware Attack on U.S. IT Firm Slammed Up to 1,500 Businesses
Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centered on U.S. information technology firm Kaseya, its chief executive said on Monday. Fred Voccola, the ...
Experts Warn Companies Struck by REvil Ransomware Attack Could Take Weeks to Recover
Computer systems of several companies across the world, including 800 physical grocery stores of Sweden's Coop, that were shut down after attacked by REvil ransomware could take weeks to recover, ...
Coronavirus Positive: Pandemic Led to Greater Societal Understanding of Systemic Risks
As horrible as the coronavirus pandemic has been, it has led to greater societal understanding of systemic risks, and that's a good thing, a Lloyd's of London executive asserted recently. "The ...
Drones Pulled Into Play to Help Fight Wildfires in U.S. West
In a grassy meadow outside Missoula, Montana, Jennifer Fowler eyes two drones high in the sky with weather instruments -- part of a program to see how drones can help to fight and monitor wildfires. ...