July 5, 2024
A hacker gained access to the internal messaging systems at OpenAI last year and stole details about the design of the company’s artificial intelligence technologies, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The hacker lifted details from discussions in an …
July 5, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed four bills Wednesday that include the creation of a new registry for vaping products and a slew of changes related to transportation laws and the state DMV. Cooper also vetoed …
July 5, 2024
The average rate increase for U.S. personal lines coverages was about 7.6% in the second quarter, up from about 4.8% for the first three months of the year, according to MarketScout. Dallas-based MarketScout, a division of Novatae Risk Group, said …
July 5, 2024
Progressive Insurance has agreed to a $48 million settlement with a class of 93,000 New York policyholders who claim the insurer underpaid their total loss claims on their vehicles. The $48 million represents approximately 54% of the compensatory damages alleged …
July 5, 2024
Insurers are nervous that militant attacks or AI-generated fake images could derail the Paris Olympics, risking event cancellations and millions of dollars in claims. Insurers faced losses after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed for a year due to the …
July 5, 2024
Labour’s landslide election win shows few signs of unsettling London’s financial heartland after the party’s lengthy pro-business overtures, though many in finance remain wary they could be targeted to prop up Britain’s stretched public finances further down the line. Under …
July 5, 2024
Attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants on the Red Sea have reinvigorated piracy networks in Somalia, with criminal groups growing in both number and force, a European naval commander said. The Yemen-based Houthis began attacking vessels in the Red Sea last …
July 5, 2024
An abandoned tanker that was drifting off Yemen’s coast in June has disappeared and is believed to have sunk, three navy and security sources said, the latest vessel lost in the strategically important Red Sea. The area, on the main …
July 5, 2024
Switzerland and the European Union resumed talks on financial market regulation on Thursday after dialog was suspended in 2017, the Swiss government said. Issues relating to financial market stability, cross-border activities, capital markets, digital finance, cybersecurity, sustainable finance and insurance …
July 5, 2024
Global banking regulators have approved templates for banks to disclose their exposure to crypto assets from January 2026, they said on Wednesday [July 3], a year later than originally indicated. “These disclosures aim to enhance information availability and support market …