Thanksgiving seems like the safest of holidays. No fireworks, no green beer, no candles burning brightly next to tinsel-covered kindling. Just eat your dinner, take a nap and call it a day. And yet, Thanksgiving is among the most dangerous …
The same conservative activists who helped gut race-related college admissions at the US Supreme Court have now set their sights on corporate diversity programs, barraging airlines, tech giants and law firms with lawsuits and complaints. And they’re already having an …
In February 2019, Binance Holdings Ltd.’s then-Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim acknowledged that the cryptocurrency exchange was being used to funnel money to Hamas, explaining to a colleague that terrorists normally sent “small sums.” Hamas could “barely buy an AK47 …
Despite the reversal seen in the U.S. equity market and rising inflation and interest rates, property/casualty insurers performed well in 2022, according to the latest report on the long-term impairment rates of U.S.-domiciled insurance companies. The report released earlier this …
Specialist insurer CFC announced a major upgrade to its packaged insurance policies for professional services businesses. Brokers selling CFC’s professional liability policies can offer SME clients add-on cyber cover that now includes broad cybercrime coverage, as well as giving SMEs …
A Florida judge found “reasonable evidence” that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew the automaker’s vehicles had a defective Autopilot system but still allowed the cars to be driven unsafely, according to a ruling. Judge Reid Scott, …
The threat of cargo theft activity this Thanksgiving is “extremely high” and “unlike any recent year,” according to CargoNet. CargoNet, a Verisk product, has tracked a sharp increase in year-over-year theft reports. Since November 2022, the average number of reports …
X Corp. failed to persuade a federal judge to curb the US Federal Trade Commission’s close watch over the social media platform’s data privacy policies and block the agency from questioning company owner Elon Musk. US Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson …
In February, Mark Bova purchased a used 2018 Tesla Model S. Before leaving the dealer, he bought insurance from Tesla, finding the initial $93 monthly premium “really reasonable.” Sixteen days later, as he drove along the Capital Beltway to his …
Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations. Since a White House conference …
