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Get an Education on School Liability and Property Risks

Jun 3 2024 // Discrimination, active assailants and an aging infrastructure — educational institutions today face tough liability and property risks that were uncommon in the not-too-distant past. Pair those with longtime risks...

Contamination Fears Stoked by Water Leak at German Nuclear Site

May 24 2024 // Water is leaking into an underground nuclear waste facility in Germany creating fears about toxic contamination of groundwater and highlighting the legacy that the shuttered nuclear industry has left behind. The operator...

Staffing Shortages, Reduced Safety Training Fuel Risks for Company Drivers

May 17 2024 // Increased distractions, staffing shortages, and safety risks mean that 60% of company drivers are worried about their personal safety and liability behind the wheel. Over half have been involved in or witnessed an accident...

Sony Music Warns Companies to Stop Training AI on Its Artists’ Content

May 17 2024 // Sony Music Group, one of the world’s biggest record labels, warned artificial intelligence companies and music streaming platforms not to use the company’s content without explicit permission. Sony Music, whose...

Body of Last Missing Construction Worker Recovered from Baltimore Bridge Site

May 10 2024 // The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives...

Construction Site Fatalities Down, Injuries Up in New York City

May 9 2024 // Building construction-related fatalities in the five boroughs of New York City are at the lowest number in nearly a decade, with seven deaths in 2023 as compared to a high of 14 in 2019. While fatalities are down, the...

Runaway Steel Drum From Construction Site Kills Woman

May 7 2024 // A steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on a nearby sidewalk, police said. The accident occurred around...

Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement Over AI Training

May 1 2024 // A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their generative...

One Novel Approach to Solving the Talent Crisis

Apr 25 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. It’s not a secret. Insurance has a talent crisis. Not that people who work in insurance aren’t talented – whooooo boy. But that there aren’t enough...

National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Launches AlliBot: An AI Knowledge Bot for Risk & Insurance Professionals

Apr 18 2024 // Austin, TX., April 18, 2024 — The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research is thrilled to announce the launch of AlliBot v2.0, the Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Bot built exclusively for the risk...

Manhattan Tourist Site The Vessel, Closed in 2021 After Suicides, Will Reopen This Year

Apr 16 2024 // The Vessel, a climbable sculpture that drew hordes of tourists to the Hudson Yards megadevelopment on Manhattan’s west side before a string of suicides forced its closure in 2021, will reopen to the public later this...

Fourth Construction Worker Recovered From Site of Baltimore Bridge Tragedy

Apr 15 2024 // The body of a fourth victim of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been recovered. The body of the deceased construction worker was transported to the chief medical examiner and positively...

Small Quake Shook California Desert Near Site of Coachella Music Festival

Apr 14 2024 // A small earthquake shook the Southern California desert Saturday near Coachella, where the famous music festival was being held this weekend. No damage or injuries were reported. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of...

Progress Reported in Salvage Operations at Baltimore Bridge Site

Apr 12 2024 // https://video.wixstatic.com/video/f1b1b7_21110a5cf52c43efaf5bfc58cd46ee85/720p/mp4/file.mp4 Salvors continue to remove containers from the cargo ship Dali and clear wreckage at the Francis Scott Key Bridge incident site,...

The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Announces the Launch of the 2024 Outstanding CSR of the Year Competition

Mar 12 2024 // AUSTIN, TX., March 12, 2024 — The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research is pleased to commence the 2024 Outstanding CSR of the Year Competition. Since 1991, this prestigious competition has celebrated...

Catholic News Site to Pay $500K to New Hampshire Priest in Defamation Case

Mar 6 2024 // A far-right, unofficial Catholic media website has agreed to pay $500,000 to a New Hampshire priest who sued for defamation over a 2019 article that it now disavows. The website also is planning to shut down soon, the...

Maui County Officials Select Final Disposal Site For Debris From Lahaina Wildfire

Mar 4 2024 // Hawaii officials plan to send debris and ash from the August wildfire that destroyed Lahaina town to Maui’s central landfill. Maui County officials said Wednesday that they picked the permanent disposal site in...

That Insurance Talent Crisis? It’s a Global Knowledge Opportunity

Mar 4 2024 // Over the next 15 years, 50% of the current insurance workforce will retire. It’s a jarring number. This leaves more than 400,000 open positions unfilled, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. At the same time,...

Markets/Coverages: Legal & Contingency Launches EV Charging Site Insurance for England and Wales

Feb 28 2024 // Legal & Contingency Ltd. (L&C), the London-based MGA that specializes in underwriting legal indemnities and title risks, announced the launch of an insurance policy which will cover the installation of electric...

How Apprenticeship Programs May Be the Best Solution to Today’s Talent Crisis

Feb 19 2024 // Four-year degree required. It’s been a standard part of job descriptions in the insurance industry for the better part of the past two decades. Now, it’s time for an overhaul. The college degree prerequisite,...