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Many Business Leaders Feel Unprepared for Growing Geopolitical Risks, Inflation
Many business leaders feel unprepared for growing geopolitical risks and inflation, according to a report published by Beazley. "Across the UK and U.S., fewer business leaders feel well prepared to ...
Keeping Up With Demand for Cybersecurity Professionals
The pressure was on. Someone, somewhere, was attacking computer systems so customers couldn't reach certain websites. In a windowless room in Denver, Zack Privette had worked all morning with his ...
Buffett Donates $4B to Gates Foundation, Family Charities
Warren Buffett on Tuesday donated about $4 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and four family charities, part of the billionaire's pledge to give away nearly all of his net ...
Insurers Increasingly Concerned for Western U.S. Wildfire Season
As Western wildfires force evacuations in Arizona and California — on the heels of an early and severe wildfire season in New Mexico — insurers are increasingly eyeing the growing risks. ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at Arturo, Hippo, Consumer Intelligence
Arturo, a PropTech company that delivers analytics from individual property to portfolio, and ICEYE, a SAR data provider and natural catastrophe service provider, announced a partnership. ICEYE's ...
Medical Pro Liability Insurance Market Improves but Still Unprofitable
The U.S. medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) market saw an improvement in financial performance in 2021, but its combined ratio remained an unprofitable 108 and a return to profitability ...Sterling Jewelers Reaches $125M Settlement in Long-Running Sex Bias Case
Sterling Jewelers Inc. agreed to pay $125 million to roughly 68,000 female retail sales workers who sued the company 14 years ago alleging sex bias in pay and promotions, according to a press ...
NHTSA Upgrades Tesla Autopilot Safety Probe, Step Before Possible Recall
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday said it was upgrading its probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles with its advanced driver assistance system Autopilot, a required ...