Meat Producer JBS Paid $11M in Ransom to Cyber Attackers June 10, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Meat producer JBS USA paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom in response to the May 30 criminal hack...
Embroker, with Plan to Become Full-Stack Insurance Carrier, Raises $100M June 9, 2021 Embroker, a digital broker focused on business insurance, aims to become a full-stack insurance carrier – an expansion of its...
Marsh McLennan Black MBA Fellowship Fuses Social Justice, Business Lessons June 9, 2021 Insurance broker and professional services firm Marsh McLennan has launched a global MBA fellowship program in partnership with the National...
People Moves: Safety National Signs O’Grady; MMC’s McMillan Joins AIG Investor Relations June 9, 2021 O’Grady Joins Safety National’s Large Casualty Unit Safety National announced that Tim O’Grady joined the company as vice president for...
Unions Divided Over Big Gig Firms’ Lobbying for State Worker Laws, Benefits June 9, 2021 By Tina Bellon Uber and other gig economy companies are trying a new approach to ending their battles with unions, and getting ahead...
Forgotten Your Passwords? They Soon May Be Lost Altogether – with Insurers’ Help June 9, 2021 By James Patterson The most popular password in 2020 was exposed almost 24 million times and took less than a second to crack....
Amazon.com Offers Prescriptions Starting at $6; Considers Physical Locations June 9, 2021 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Dania Nadeem Amazon.com Inc. said on Tuesday it was now offering six-month prescriptions starting at $6 for medications of common health issues...
Hackers Only Needed a Single Password to Disrupt Colonial Pipeline, CEO Testifies June 9, 2021 By Stephanie Kelly and Jessica Resnick-Ault The head of Colonial Pipeline told U.S. senators on Tuesday that hackers who launched last month’s cyber attack against the...
New Falcon Risk MGA Targets Financial, Cyber With Argo Pro Ex-President Landi as CEO June 8, 2021 Falcon Risk Holdings is the name of a new managing general agency formed by Griffin Highline Capital, HDI Global Specialty...
First U.S. Artificial Intelligence Czar Seeks ‘Responsible Use’ of AI Tools June 8, 2021 By Matt O'Brien, AP Technology Writer Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning...