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Travelers: Costliest Claims Driven by Most Common Workplace Accidents

Analysis of 1.2 million workers compensation claims reveals the costliest claims are driven by the most common workplace accidents, according to Travelers 2024 Injury Impact Report. The data also shows first-year employees are still among those most vulnerable to injury. …

US Expected to Propose Barring Chinese Software in Autonomous Vehicles

The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming weeks, according to sources briefed on the matter. The Biden administration plans to issue a proposed rule that would bar Chinese …

Justice Deptartment Launches Whistleblower Program Aimed at Corporate Crime

The U.S. Justice Department on Aug. 1 debuted its first-ever whistleblower program offering monetary awards to tipsters who report certain types of corporate misconduct, an effort designed to ratchet up the pressure on companies who face allegations of wrongdoing. The …

CrowdStrike Rejects Delta Air Lines Claims Over Flight Woes

CrowdStrike on Sunday rejected a claim by Delta Air Lines that it should be blamed for flight disruptions following a July 19 global outage sparked by a faulty update, and suggested it had minimal potential liability. Delta CEO Ed Bastian …

Experts Say More Collaboration Needed for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Risk

Insurers continue to grapple with elusive and ever changing cyber risks in the critical infrastructure sector, and Matthew McCabe, managing director for Guy Carpenter’s Cyber Center of Excellence, said he sees a three-party system emerging between insurers, policyholders, and the …

NHTSA: 51 Million Air Bag Inflators Pose Safety Risks Despite Automaker Objections

A U.S. regulator said on Wednesday it still believes that air bag inflators in 49 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers pose serious safety risks and it is considering issuing a recall. The issue has been linked to one …

TikTok Sued by US for Allegedly Breaking Kids’ Privacy Law

TikTok was sued by the US for allegedly collecting data on children in violation of an online privacy act, three months after the popular video app sued the government over a law that could ban it across the country. In …

Boar’s Head Hit With Consumer Lawsuit After Deli Meat Recall Over Listeria Concerns

Boar’s Head Provisions was hit with a proposed consumer class action lawsuit in New York federal court on Thursday, a day after it expanded its recall to more than seven million pounds of deli meats and other products over concerns …

Guy Carpenter: ‘Kitty Cat’ CrowdStrike Outage to Cause $300M-$1B in Insured Losses

Due to the limited amount of impacted companies with insurance and the deployment of a quick fix to mitigate losses, Guy Carpenter said the insured losses from the CrowdStrike outage is likely between $300 million and $1 billion. The leading …

AI Startup Suno Says Music Industry Suit Aims to Stifle Competition

AI music startup Suno is pushing back against the world’s biggest record labels, saying in a court filing that a lawsuit they filed against the company aims to stifle competition. In a filing Thursday in federal court in Massachusetts, Suno …

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