May 15, 2023
U.S. lawmakers are grappling with what guardrails to put around burgeoning artificial intelligence, but months after ChatGPT got Washington’s attention, consensus is far from certain. Interviews with a U.S. senator, congressional staffers, AI companies and interest groups show there are …
May 15, 2023
AXA, Europe’s second-biggest insurance company, posted a better-than-expected key capital buffer measure in the first quarter, reassuring investors on its capacity to generate cash as it navigates a higher interest rate environment. The group’s solvency II ratio – a measure …
May 15, 2023
Alliant Insurance Services, one of the largest U.S. insurance brokerages, has named Gerry Armbruster vice president of its employee benefits group. Armbruster, based in Nashville, was previously an assistant vice president at a health care organization, Alliant said in a …
May 15, 2023
McDonald’s and a franchise holder are at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little girl’s leg and caused second-degree burns, a jury in South Florida found in a case reminiscent of the famous …
May 15, 2023
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it is awarding $1 million in grants to 10 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for business owners, employees and the general public. Texas Mutual began its commitment to supporting safety education at …
May 15, 2023
Since February, a mysterious hacker group calling itself Anonymous Sudan has targeted dozens of Swedish airports, hospitals and banks with distributed denial-of-service attacks, ostensibly in response to the burning of a Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm …
May 15, 2023
The European Union is weighing a plan that would require cloud providers to store all of their data within the bloc in order to qualify for its highest cybersecurity certification. ENISA, the EU’s cybersecurity regulator, is drawing up the new, …
May 15, 2023
Texas Attorney General Ken announced a $1.4 million settlement in an environmental enforcement action against a Port Arthur refinery operated by TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (“TotalEnergies”). The Port Arthur refinery violated the Texas Clean Air Act while emitting …
May 15, 2023
Cyclone Mocha made landfall on Sunday as Bangladesh and Myanmar evacuated hundreds of thousands of people on fears of widespread destruction to one of the most vulnerable areas in the region. The storm is set to cross the world’s biggest …
May 15, 2023
A London judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Shell Plc’s board members of failing to manage climate change risks. In a decision published Friday the judge threw ClientEarth’s suit out before a full hearing as there isn’t a clear case against …