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U.S. Sees More Deadly Billion-Dollar Disasters as Carbon Emissions Soar
The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021 while the nation's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6 percent because ...
‘Cybersecurity Failure’ Identified as Critical Global Threat: WEF Report
"Cybersecurity failure" was identified as a critical short-and-medium-term threat to the world by respondents of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS). GRPS respondents ...
The Hidden Cost of Standing Still: Legacy Platforms Slow Growth and Halt the Shift to AI-Enabled Insurance Business
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There is a hidden disease that is killing insurers — the disease of legacy technology. The problem is a matter...
U.S. Security Agencies Issue Advisory for Russian Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure
Federal cybersecurity officials are again warning of Russian cyber attacks and urging critical infrastructure networks in particular to be on alert. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
Smart Guns Could Be Available in U.S. in 2022
Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers after two decades of questions about reliability and concerns they will usher in a ...
TypTap IPO Delayed
Insurance tech company TypTap and human resources software firm Justworks postponed their U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) on Wednesday, joining several companies rethinking their plans to go ...
Travelers Expands Telematics Offerings With IntelliDrivePlus
The Travelers Companies Inc. is expanding its telematics auto insurance offerings with the launch of IntelliDrivePlus, an app-based program that calculates a new premium at each renewal by measuring ...
U.S. Businesses Fear They Could Face Never-Ending Chain of Liability From Take-Home COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood that companies will be sued for infections, even by people who are not ...
Insurers Have No Duty to Defend Rite Aid Against Opioid Lawsuits, Says Delaware Supreme Court
Chubb Ltd. has no duty to defend Rite Aid Corp. against lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties that allege the drug store chain's failure to identify suspicious orders contributed to an oversupply of ...