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FDA Slaps ‘Most Serious’ Label on Philips Ventilator Recall Over Low Oxygen Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday classified the recent recall of some of Philips' ventilators as Class 1, or the most serious type of recall, saying the use of these devices may cause ...
While Funding Levels Rise, So Do InsurTech Death Rates
While the aggregate InsurTech funding level for the first-half of 2021 soared past the amount raised for InsurTech businesses for the entire year 2020, InsurTechs continued to quietly shut their ...
COVID Variant, Disasters Cripple Global Supply Chains
LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South African ports. Events have conspired to drive global supply chains ...
Within 80 Years, Global Warming Could Kill 83M
A population equivalent to that of Germany—83 million people—could be killed by 2100 because of rising temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study that might ...
Robo-Lawyer DoNotPay Valued at $210M; Expanding to Small Biz Customers
DoNotPay, a startup that describes itself as a robot lawyer striving to beat bureaucracy, has more than doubled its valuation to about $210 million, according to Chief Executive Officer Joshua ...
Class Action Targets Insurance Broker Gallagher Over Ransomware Attack
Insurance and benefits broker Arthur J. Gallagher is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit over a ransomware attack it suffered in 2020. The plaintiffs allege that Gallagher failed to follow ...
Are Reserve Releases Ahead? Appellate Ct. Ruling Seen Slowing COVID Suits
A federal appellate court ruling that dismissed a dental practice's COVID-19 business interruption claim might be the beginning of the end for policyholder arguments that income lost because of ...
Amid Hot Real Estate Market, InsurTech Hippo Eyes a Cool $638M Listing Today
Hippo Enterprises Inc. wants to change homeowners' insurance by using customer data to make it faster and easier to get coverage, Hippo's chief executive said in an interview. The company, which has ...