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Study Finds Link Between Mass Layoffs and Data Breaches
A new study suggests there may be a correlation between mass layoffs and data breaches. According to a research team led by faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York, since ...
Executives on the Move: Liberty Mutual Names Next CFO
Liberty Mutual Insurance announced that Julie Haase has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2025, replacing Christopher Peirce, who will retire at the ...
CrowdStrike Outage Insured Losses Could Reach $1.5B
Global insured losses from last week's massive IT outage are likely to range from $400 million to $1.5 billion, cyber analytics firm CyberCube said on Thursday. A software bug in cyber security firm ...
J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Shopping Hits New High, Could Drop With Rate Adequacy
The national auto insurance shopping and quoting rate reached a new high between April and June, but many insurers appear to have achieved or are approaching rate adequacy, "which should lead to less ...
‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules
The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute "surface waters" within the meaning of "flood" in property insurance policies. The ...
After Crash Killed 6 Teens, NTSB Says Marijuana’s Impact on Drivers Underestimated
A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving ...
Nearly 1.5M Acres Burned This Year by Wildfires Across the U.S.
As of this morning, 88 large active wildfires are being managed and have burned 1,431,460 acres. Fire managers are using full suppression strategies on 84 of these wildfires., an update by the ...
Survey Finds Nearly 75% of U.S. Firms Developing DeepFake Response Plans
A new survey sheds light on how the growing sophistication of AI-driven identity fraud necessitates upgraded cybersecurity protocols, according to GetApp. As AI-generated deepfake attacks and ...