Industry Panel Highlights Challenges in Selling Cyber Insurance to SMEs October 19, 2026 By Chad Hemenway Small- and mid-sized businesses hear and read the same news everyone else does. Awareness of cyber risk isn’t the problem....
Supreme Court Rejects Google Challenge to US Patent Agency Review Policy October 19, 2026 By Blake Brittain The US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge by Alphabet’s Google to a US Patent and Trademark Office rule...
How One Hacker Used AI Agents, a Few Thousand Dollars to Break Into Websites October 19, 2026 By Raphael Satter Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more...
Report: Auto Insurance Total Loss Frequency Climbs, More Drivers Pay Repairs October 19, 2026 The share of auto insurance claims flagged as total losses reached 23.5% in the first half of the year, up...
Anthropic Pitches AI Safety Bill to Lawmakers October 19, 2026 By Shirin Ghaffary Anthropic PBC has presented its own draft bill to US lawmakers with a plan for regulating artificial intelligence safety and...
Appeals Court Blocks Class Actions Over Tesla’s Self-Driving Claims October 19, 2026 By Mike Scarcella A US appeals court threw out an order allowing Tesla customers in California to pursue class action claims accusing the...
Travelers Reports Solid Underwriting, Record Investment Income for Q3 October 16, 2026 Travelers Insurance reported continued solid underwriting and historic investment income for the third quarter along with higher catastrophe losses. “It...
IMF Chief: AI Risks May Exceed Opportunities Without Safeguards, Ethics Framework October 16, 2026 By Maria Martinez and Andrea Shalal The risks of artificial intelligence may exceed its opportunities if no adequate safeguards and ethical framework are put in place,...
Cyber Rates Are Down, Risks Are Up but Small Businesses Slow to Adopt October 16, 2026 The commercial cyber insurance market is strong and growing, but small to midsize businesses may be falling behind as cybercriminals...
Broad AI Exclusions in Insurance Policies Could Create Uncertainty, Marsh CEO Says October 16, 2026 By Manya Saini A broad-based AI exclusion in insurance policies could create “real confusion and uncertainty,” Marsh CEO John Doyle said, calling for...