New York Names InnSure to Manage Clean Tech Insurance Innovation Project April 19, 2023 New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the nonprofit InnSure will administer the state’s $6.5 million insurance innovation fund that...
EU Announces $1.2B Plan to Counter Growing Cyber-security Threats April 19, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee The European Commission on Tuesday announced a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.2 billion) plan to counter growing cybersecurity threats, underscoring mounting concerns about...
Viewpoint: D&O Market Conundrum — Softening Rates With Rising Claims Severity April 19, 2023 By Dan Beatty and Erin Zimmerman Executive Summary: An uncertain economic landscape leading to a rise in claims, decreasing rates, and proposed US Securities and Exchange...
Small Town Debates Students’ Pastry Mural. Is It Art or Zoning Violation? April 19, 2023 By Kathy McCormack and Robert F. Bukaty CONWAY, N.H. (AP) – Bakery owner Sean Young was thrilled when high school art students covered the big blank wall...
J&J Talc Unit Asks Judge to Halt Cancer Lawsuits as it Pursues $8.9B Settlement April 19, 2023 By Dietrich Knauth A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary is again asking a U.S. judge to pause tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging the...
Russian Hackers Target Western Critical Infrastructure, UK Warns April 19, 2023 By James Pearson The UK government’s cyber defense agency warned on Wednesday of an emerging threat to Western critical national infrastructure posed by...
Fox News to Pay $787 Million to Settle Election Suit, Dominion Says April 19, 2023 By Erik Larson and Jef Feeley Fox News’s agreement to pay $787.5 million to settle a voting machine maker’s defamation lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election...
Hyundai Auto Canada Guilty of Safety Violation, Transport Canada Says April 19, 2023 Transport Canada said on Tuesday Hyundai Auto Canada Corp pleaded guilty to six different counts of criminal charges for violating...
Japanese Banks (and Insurers) Face Spotlight for ‘Gender Washing’ Women Managers April 19, 2023 By Taiga Uranaka and Komaki Ito Some Japanese banks may soon come under the spotlight for potential “gender washing” over the way they count the number...
People Moves: Ascot Names Williams U.S. CIO; Falcon Expands Leadership Team; Everest Names Mulray President of N.A. Insurance April 19, 2023 By Jahna Jacobson Ascot Group Names Williams U.S. CIO Ascot Group has appointed Owen Williams to the newly created role of chief information...