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Duck Creek Acquires Send, Creating Agentic Underwriting-to-Core Platform
Duck Creek Technologies announced it has acquired Send Technology Solutions, an AI-native underwriting orchestration engine serving commercial, specialty and complex risk markets. Duck Creek said the ...
Brute-Force Password Cracking Getting Faster, Longer Passwords Are Better
New analysis reveals that password cracking becomes 20 to 25% faster every year, according to cybersecurity firm Hive Systems. Its annual report, the 2026 Password Table, confirms a three-year trend: ...
Florida Conducting Annual Slow Down Campaign to Target Speeders
The state of Florida announced its 9th annual Operation Southern Slow Down campaign targeting speeders across the state, according to a joint announcement by the Florida Department of Transportation ...
Lawsuit Claims Meta Used AI to Target Workers with Medical Conditions for Layoffs
Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against the tech company, accusing it of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who ...
Keystone Pipeline Operator Agrees to Pay $26.9M Penalty Over Kansas Oil Spill
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and ...
Farmers Making It Easier for Consumers to Understand Insurance
Farmers Insurance has launched a new initiative designed to make insurance easier to understand and more transparent for consumers. Farmers said the enterprise-wide effort reflects its continuing ...
California Insurance Commissioner OKs Upping Workers Comp Pure Premium 10.4%
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved workers compensation advisory pure premium rates that average 10.4% higher than last year. The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of ...
Study Finds Long-Term Substance Use Among Workers Rising
Nearly one in five workers in the general U.S. workforce, 19.1%, tested positive for drug use based on hair specimen analysis collected in 2025, an increase of nearly 46% compared to 13.1% in 2021, ...