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U.S.-Led Alliance of 40 Countries Vow to Deny Ransom Payments to Cybercriminals
Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on ...
EPA Proposes Ban on Cancer-Causing Chemical TCE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, ...
NICB: Vehicle Thefts Top 1M in 2022, Hot Spots Vary Across U.S.
There were more than one million vehicles stolen in 2022, equating to two vehicles stolen every minute, according to the latest vehicle theft report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau ...
California Property Insurer of Last Resort Partners With ZestyAI
The California FAIR Plan Association, the state's property insurer of last resort, announced it will use climate and property analytics provider ZestyAI's Z-FIRE wildfire risk analytics product to ...
White House Unveils Safety Initiatives to Mitigate AI Risks
U.S. President Joe Biden will take wider-ranging action on artificial intelligence (AI) on Monday by seeking to increase safety while protecting consumers, workers and minority groups from the ...
GM Halts Operations of All Cruise Robotaxis Nationwide
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by General Motors, is suspending driverless operations nationwide days after regulators in California found that its driverless cars posed a danger to public ...
Asbestos Wrongful Death Claim Allowed Against Employer as Workers Comp Exception
A Connecticut appeals court has revived a wrongful death claim that tests a narrow exception to the state law that makes workers compensation the exclusive remedy for ...
Markel Leadership Changes, Sanders to Retire by 2024 Year End
Bryan Sanders, president of Markel's Specialty division, will retire by Dec. 31, 2024, according to an announcement made today by Markel Group Inc. In addition, effective Dec. 1, 2023, Sanders will ...