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Attacks on Delivery Drivers Add Fears Among Gig Workers
A homeowner fired shots at a couple's car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats ...
ChatGPT-Related Malware on the Rise, Meta Says
Facebook owner Meta said on Wednesday it had uncovered malware purveyors leveraging public interest in ChatGPT to lure users into downloading malicious apps and browser extensions, likening the ...
Aon Realigns Leadership Around More Integrated Risk and Human Capital Capabilities
Aon has named Andy Marcell CEO of Risk Capital (Commercial Risk and Reinsurance) and Lambros Lambrou CEO of Human Capital (Health, Wealth and Talent), effective immediately. Both leaders will ...
Beazley: Business Leaders Need to Focus on Long-Term Climate Change Mitigation Plans
The future of climate change risk management is set to change due to the confluence of natural catastrophes, evolving regulation and increased media scrutiny, according to a new environmental report ...
American Financial Group to Acquire Crop Risk Services From AIG for $240M
American Financial Group Inc. and American International Group announced they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby AFG will purchase Crop Risk Services (CRS) from AIG. Under the terms of ...
Scientists Probe Sudden Spike in Ocean Temperatures
The world's oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in ...
NJ Court Affirms Merck Ruling: War Exclusion Does Not Apply to Cyber Attack
The appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court has upheld a state trial court opinion that the war exclusion in drugmaker Merck & Co.'s all-risk property insurance policies does not apply in ...
Can Insurance Find a Home in the Metaverse?
A Cognizant report published last year, titled "A pragmatist's guide to the Metaverse," said if you ask three people what the Metaverse is, you'll get three different answers. CM's sister publication ...