Government
TRIA Renewal Effort Begins Again With Republican-Led Congress
Twenty-eight trade groups representing the property/casualty industry and other businesses around the country are urging the U.S. House of Representatives to back a bill that would renew the ...
Sony CEO Lauded Employees and Others For Fighting ‘Extortionist’ Hackers
Sony Corp Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai on Monday praised employees and partners of the company's Hollywood movie studio for standing up to "extortionist efforts" of hackers who attacked Sony ...Who Signed the TRIA Letter?
The trade groups signing a Jan. 6 letter to the House of Representatives urging a YES vote on the TRIA reauthorization bill are: American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) American ...
Australia Declares a Catastrophe as Wildfires Spread
Crews in South Australia are battling to stabilize wildfires and protect homes as a hot weather forecast in coming days threatens to fan the flames. Firefighters used planes from neighboring Victoria ...
Cyber Victims Warned Against Revenge Hacking
The hacked are itching to hack back. So say a dozen security specialists and former law enforcement officials who described an intensifying and largely unspoken sense of unease inside many companies ...
FIO Report on Global Reinsurance Industry Released
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office released a report outlining the role the global reinsurance industry plays in the U.S. insurance industry late last year. The report, ...
OSHA Rule Changes on Worker Death, Injury Reports Take Effect
Effective Jan. 1, 2015, all employers under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours. In ...
AAA: Americans Murky on Driving Risks with Pot and Prescription Drugs Alike
About 85 percent of Americans want to see laws that punish drivers impaired by marijuana, even as more states have legalized its recreational use. They remain less worried, however, about driving ...