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Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire Dealing With Ongoing Cyber Attack
Business Wire, the corporate news release distributor owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, on Tuesday said it has been suffering for nearly a week from a cyberattack designed to disable ...
Most Companies’ Cybersecurity Readiness Falls Short: Hiscox Study
There are major shortfalls in the cybersecurity readiness of a large majority of firms—a reality revealed in a new international Hiscox study that reveals both a marketing opportunity and cause for ...
Conservative UK Lawmaker Pushes for Harder Brexit, Threatens May’s Leadership
It was appropriate that Jacob Rees-Mogg should have found himself in the middle of another fight. The British Conservative lawmaker has been in the middle of all the important fights lately. ...
Indio Technologies Pulls in $6M for Digital Commercial Insurance Broker Platform Expansion
Indio Technologies raised $6 million in new venture financing, money that will help expand the capabilities and use of its digital commercial insurance platform for brokers. The Series A financing ...
Cyber FICO Ratings Could Benefit Insurance Underwriting in Multiple Ways
Nearly 30 years ago the Fair Isaac Corporation ("FICO") first introduced its metric for measuring creditworthiness. Since then, the FICO Score has become a default metric used by countless market ...
Insurers Can Take on Coverage Gaps as Disaster Costs and Frequency Rise
Although clear challenges can come with the increasing cost and frequency of global natural disasters, there could also be untapped opportunity for insurers to tackle coverage gaps, according to ...
XL Catlin Expands New P&B Aviation Insurance Platform With Added Features
XL Catlin has added enhancements to its new P&B aviation insurance platform in a push to give brokers more options. The carrier's VP Bind Speed platform was designed to boost its underwriting ...
Safety National Revamps Executive Team With Focus on New Growth
Safety National Casualty Corp. said that it is revamping much of its executive team in order to help support new growth at the carrier. The Missouri-based company provides coverage in areas including ...