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Security Budgets Expected to Increase as Businesses Deal With Theft, Fraud
Almost half of security chiefs at the world's biggest companies expect to increase their budgets significantly in the next year as they see economic and social unrest driving more cases of theft, ...
Wait ‘Til 2025: The Hartford Won’t See Auto Profit Next Year
Even after putting through 20 percent rate hikes over the course of this year, The Hartford needs another round of similar magnitude next year, the insurance company's leader said recently. The ...
Is Hurricane Lee a Harbinger of Monster Storms to Come?
Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee could also be a dreadful harbinger of what is to come ...
Accidental Falls Result in More Than 5M ER Visits Annually: Study
A new study highlights the non-fatal injuries that frequently land Americans in the emergency room, with accidental falls topping the list. Unintentional firearm incidents are the least common, ...
U.S. Auto Safety Agency Says 52M Air Bag Inflators Should Be Recalled Over Rupture Threat
U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday that 52 million air bag inflators produced by auto suppliers ARC Automotive and Delphi Automotive need to be recalled because they may rupture and send ...
Lawyers Claim Cable TV and Phone Companies Liable in Maui Fires
After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be key to the investigation of last month's devastating fires on Maui, lawyers ...
After Countrywide Pause, InsurTech Hippo Slowly Reemerging Next Week
A profitability problem that would have otherwise taken InsurTech Hippo half a year to correct is on the mend after just 30 days, the chief executive officer said at an investor conference Thursday. ...
California Crisis Fixes: RAA Recommends Insurance Code Changes
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has weighed in with some recommended fixes to the growing homeowners insurance crisis in California, warning policymakers to be mindful of the risks of ...