June 24, 2024
According to industry rating agency AM Best, there are enough positive factors to give the cyber insurance market a ‘stable’ outlook despite a stall in premium growth. Analysts at AM Best issued a segment outlook and report Monday, and said …
June 24, 2024
The head of the Homeland Security Department said Friday that the agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is prepared as it goes into what is expected to be an intense hurricane and wildfire season but he’s concerned …
June 24, 2024
U.S. prosecutors are recommending to senior Justice Department officials that criminal charges be brought against Boeing after finding the planemaker violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Justice Department must …
June 24, 2024
The US Justice Department is dropping one of two proposed claims against ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok, planning to focus a consumer protection lawsuit later this year on children’s privacy instead of allegations the video-sharing platform misled consumers about their data security. …
June 24, 2024
Hackers are selling data about consumers of the LendingTree Inc. subsidiary QuoteWizard after the company detected unauthorized access on a cloud database hosted by Snowflake Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter. There have been several listings of …
June 24, 2024
Retail technology and software provider CDK Global has begun work to restore systems used by over 15,000 retail locations across North America, the company said in a statement on Sunday, adding that it expects the process to take “several days.” …
June 21, 2024
Ledgebrook, the Boston-based excess-and-surplus managing general agent, announced it will be expanding its professional lines offerings by launching an architects and engineers product with its capacity provider, the insurer Obsidian. Carolyn Pearce has joined Ledgebrook as its A&E practice leader …
June 21, 2024
Hackers are selling data about consumers of the LendingTree Inc. subsidiary QuoteWizard after the company detected unauthorized access on a cloud database hosted by Snowflake Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter. There have been several listings of …
June 21, 2024
The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo saying that Russia’s influence over the company poses a significant security risk. …
June 21, 2024
A new report from a climate activist group portrays a “mixed picture of progress and persistent challenges” in the insurance sector in addressing climate-related risks, with some insurers successfully integrating climate-related risks and others leaving “significant gaps and disparities.” The …