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U.S. House Panel Considers Reviving Self-Driving Car Regulation
U.S. lawmakers will look to jump start long-stalled legislation on the safe and regulated adoption of self-driving cars at a congressional hearing on July 26. The panel will consider separate draft ...
Tech Companies Agree to AI Safeguards Set by the White House
President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI ...
Coastal Construction, Rising Replacement Values Contribute to Costly Hurricane Claims
Insured losses from hurricanes have risen steadily over just the past 15 years, with nine of the 10 costliest hurricanes in U.S. history occurring since 2005, according to the Insurance Information ...
Specialty P/C Insurers Outperform Their U.S. Peers: Report
Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. that focused on difficult-to-place risks distanced themselves from their peers in key metrics measuring earnings, underwriting profitability, balance sheet ...
Aon: Global Disasters Push Economic Losses to a 21st Century High at $194B
A new report estimates $194 billion in economic losses due to global disasters for the first half of 2023. According to Aon's H1 2023 Global Catastrophe Recap, this is well above the 21st century ...
Historic Catastrophe Losses Blamed for Slump in Travelers’ Profit
This week, Travelers Companies Inc. reported a 98 percent fall in quarterly profit, as severe wind and hail storms in parts of the United States pushed up its catastrophe losses. Core income of the ...
Florida Girl Burned by McDonald’s Chicken McNugget Awarded $800,000 in Damages
A South Florida jury awarded $800,000 in damages to a little girl who received second-degree burns when a hot Chicken McNugget fell on her leg as her mother pulled away from the drive-thru of a ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at NEXT, VIU by HUB, Cover Genius
NEXT Insurance, a digital InsurTech in the small business insurance space, announced its integration with Ivans Download for general liability and workers' compensation policies. This feature offers ...