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China’s Natural Disaster Losses Hit $30B in First Nine Months of 2026
China recorded 199.36 billion yuan ($29.9 billion) in direct losses from natural disasters in the first nine months of 2026, mainly driven by severe typhoons, flooding and landslides, its Ministry of ...
U.S. Announces $25M Whistleblower Program to Encourage Public to Report Alleged Fraud
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday announced a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the U.S. government as they ramp up ...
Stress Is Reshaping Americans’ Lives
U.S. adults appear increasingly likely to view stress as an unavoidable part of daily life, according to the 2026 Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association. Around ...
Hawaii Likely Needs $1B in Disaster Recovery, Resilience Funds
Late last month, Hawaii Governor Josh Green announced preliminary estimates suggesting $1 billion is needed to fund repair and mitigation following four major disasters that struck the Pacific island ...
Companies, Governments Fight Hacking Attempts in Rush to Patch PHP Flaws
Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the internet, as a cloud firm reported millions of hacking attempts ...
AI Agents’ Access to Personal Information Raises Privacy Concerns
Matt Robb wanted to sell his computer keyboard. So he made a listing on Facebook Marketplace — and, as an experiment late last month, he put Meta's new artificial intelligence agent Muse in the ...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates Drop 5% in Q3; Signs of Stabilization
Commercial insurance rates fell globally for the ninth straight quarter during the third quarter of 2026. According to the latest Global Insurance Market Index released by Marsh, global commercial ...
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Fall to Lowest 9-Month Level Since 2019: Report
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $92 billion during the first nine months of 2026, 29% below the 10-year average ($128 billion) and the lowest year-to-date insured loss total ...