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Unappreciated Gen AI Risks: Carbon Emissions and D&O Litigation
Hallucinations, bias, privacy infringements and intellectual property violations are some of the risks of generative AI that technology and insurance professionals have surfaced over the last year. ...
Trade Secret Insurance Could One Day Protect ‘Trillions’ in Assets
Mary Guzman already has helped develop a new insurance coverage once in her career. Now, she's leading the charge of another. In the early 2000s, when she worked as a regional practice leader at ...
How VOOM Insurance Is Driving Change in the Mobility Space
Tomer Kashi is an InsurTech founder, a former software engineer and project manager within the cybersecurity division of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, and a self-proclaimed "tech geek." He ...
Casualty Reinsurance Renewals See Modest Price Hikes Despite Social Inflation: AM Best
Reinsurers in general maintained adequate capacity for casualty programs, despite concerns about social inflation and some recent reserve strengthening actions, according to a report from AM Best. ...
AM Best Says Losses From California Storms Largely Uninsured, Underinsured
The economic losses from the latest round of California storms will be significant, and many of these losses may not be insured because only 2 percent of California residents have purchased flood ...
Amazon Steers Consumers to Higher-Priced Items, Lawsuit Claims
Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to ...
Geopolitical Risks: Why Underwriters Are Watching Aggregations
Senior insurance and reinsurance leaders are increasingly concerned about the aggregation risks associated with strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC)—a growing threat in countries across the ...Ransomware Hackers Stole More Than $1 Billion in 2023
Ransomware gangs stole more than $1 billion in 2023, the largest amount ever recorded, according to a report published Wednesday by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis Inc. With ransomware hacks, ...