February 14, 2024
The US Internal Revenue Service is seeking to recover about $1.4 billion in taxes it claims are owed by Silicon Valley Bank, the regional lender that failed last year. The federal tax agency claims the California-based lender owes both corporate …
February 14, 2024
Prudential Financial has disclosed a hacker gained unauthorized access to its systems earlier this month. In a Feb. 13 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Prudential said that on Feb. 5 it detected a threat actor — believed …
February 14, 2024
When Rahm Emanuel ran Chicago and wanted to boast about the health of the city, the then-mayor pointed to the number of construction cranes across the skyline — 60 at the end of 2017. Almost five years after he left …
February 14, 2024
The South Carolina House of Representatives has approved a framework for paid family leave insurance in the state, sending House Bill 4832 to the Senate. By a vote of 110-0, the House last week passed the bill that would allow …
February 14, 2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday expanded her lawsuit against Digital Currency Group and other cryptocurrency defendants, tripling the size of their alleged fraud scheme to more than $3 billion. James had in October sued DCG, its Genesis …
February 14, 2024
SAIF in Oregon, which reported receiving 400-plus claims after January’s winter weather, said more Oregon workers were injured from slips, trips, and falls due to snow or ice than during any other storm since January 2017. SAIF, Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’ …
February 14, 2024
California lawmakers and labor unions rallied to call for laws to not allow autonomous trucks without human drivers, amid rising safety concerns after accidents involving self-driving taxis from General Motors and Alphabet. A robotaxi from Alphabet’s GOOGL.OWaymo was torched by …
February 14, 2024
American International Group (AIG) during the fourth quarter 2023 recorded underwriting income of $642 million within its General Insurance segment — a slight increase from $635 million during the same quarter the prior year. Adjusted pretax income (APTI) in the …
February 13, 2024
Privacy risk is so 2014, right? Ten years ago, numerous retail and healthcare companies were hit with data breaches related to the exposure of credit card or healthcare data. Given many data breach claims, which included fines by state attorney …
February 13, 2024
Despite organizations’ increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), 71% don’t provide internal guidance on when, where or how to use the technology, according to Gallagher’s 2023/24 State of the Sector report. Drawing on insights from more than 2,300 communication and …