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Small and Midsize Businesses Unprepared for Cyber Attack
Just 7 percent of small and midsize business owners say they will experience a cyber incident within the next 12 months, highlighting a lack of preparedness for cyber-related attacks, according to ...
Researchers Recommend Governments, Businesses Should Spend More on AI Safety
Artificial intelligence companies and governments should allocate at least one-third of their AI research and development funding to ensuring the safety and ethical use of the systems, top AI ...
Communities Can’t Recycle or Trash E-Cigarettes. So, What Happens to Them?
With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are ...American Family Shuts Down Some Systems to Investigate ‘Unusual Activity’
American Family Insurance shut down "several business systems" after the insurer said it "detected unusual activity in a portion of its network." In an email to Insurance Journal, the Madison, ...
Changes to NCCI’s Experience Modification Factor Take Effect Nov. 1
Alterations to the experience modification factor, or e-mod, rules by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) will impact 36 states where the NCCI governs the workers compensation ...
Gulf Coast Oil Patch Dodges Hurricanes This Season
A very active Atlantic hurricane season so far this year has not sent storms across U.S. oil and natural gas fields in the northern Gulf of Mexico, sparing energy companies billions of dollars of ...
Top States for Animal Collisions
New analysis released by State Farm indicates U.S. drivers have a 1 in 127 chance of colliding with an animal, while the most common time of the year for these types of collisions to occur is during ...
Executives on the Move at The Hartford, WTW, Hamilton
The Hartford and WTW each announced appointments of chief claims officers. Hamilton Insurance appointed a head of investor relations. *** The Hartford appointed Stephen Deane chief claims officer, ...