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Climate Change Poses Added Risk to Farm Workers’ Health
Mily Trevino-Sauceda was nine when her mother fell as she worked to move irrigation pipes along rows of potato and alfalfa on an Idaho farm. Her 10-year-old brother splashed water over their mother's ...
Zurich Adds Cyber Insurance Product for Middle Market Businesses
Zurich North America, offering cyber risk coverage for more than a decade, announced a cyber insurance product designed specifically for middle-market businesses. The Zurich Cyber Insurance Policy ...
Ransomware Criminals are Dumping Kids` Private Files Online After School Hacks
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive ...
Conning: Fronting Market Growth Expected to Slow
The U.S. fronting market, where specialized carriers offer their financial strength rating, licensing and other services primarily to managing general agents (MGAs), has seen dramatic growth in ...
Robots Promise They Won’t Steal Jobs, Rebel Against Humans
Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and that they would not steal humans' jobs or rebel against us. But in the world's ...
Earth Hit Record High Temperatures Last Week
Earth's average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen a series of climate-change-driven extremes. The ...
Executives on the Move at Farmers, Hiscox, Swiss Re
Farmers Insurance announced that Kevin Yoo will join the organization as chief claims officer effective July 12. Yoo has an extensive insurance background, having served in senior claims roles at ...
CSU: Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Now Expected
Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers have upped their hurricane season forecast. An above average Atlantic hurricane season is now expected for 2023, though there is a greater level ...