Healthcare organizations continue to find themselves at the forefront of cyber risk. Exposures such as IT supply chain dependencies, website tracking litigation, ransomware attacks, new security regulations, and data breach class actions put healthcare organizations of all sizes at high …
Viewpoint: A Favorable Prognosis—Healthcare at the Forefront of Cyber Risk Read More »
U.S. officials will extend support for 11 months for a database of cyber weaknesses that plays a critical role in fighting bugs and hacks, a spokesperson said on Wednesday, just as the funding was due to run out. The expected …
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Wildfire losses obscured what executives of Travelers described as outstanding underlying results for the insurer’s first quarter—and looking ahead, the company is well-positioned to face the impacts of macroeconomic uncertainty, the chief executive said. During a first-quarter earnings conference call …
Potential Tariff Auto Severity Impact on Travelers: Single-Digits or Less Read More »
A North Carolina House of Representatives committee voted Wednesday to do away with educational course requirements for insurance agent licenses, a move that could help address what has been called a shortage of producers in the state. “It’s a 40-hour …
NC Committee Approves Bill to End Education Requirements for Insurance Agents Read More »
It was once known as Anchor Property & Casualty Insurance Co., based in St. Petersburg, Florida, and launched in 2014. Then it was known as another Florida carrier that had slipped into financial troubles and was placed into an orderly …
Florida’s Anchor Insurance is Reborn as Patriot Select With $29M in Capital Read More »
A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday for driving under the influence in Connecticut a month before the deadly crash — an offense that …
Truck Driver Acquitted in Bikers’ Deaths Sentenced for Prior Impaired Driving Charge Read More »
New York State’s Inspector General said her office identified $2.7 million in workers’ compensation fraud in 2024, a nearly 30% increase compared to 2023. Inspector General Lucy Lang also reported there were 14 arrests for workers’ compensation fraud, also a …
New York Inspector Uncovered $2.7 Million in Workers’ Compensation Fraud in 2024 Read More »
The Newark fire department’s lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the East Coast’s largest port in July 2023 amounted to a “failure of leadership,” the head of the National Transportation Safety …
NTSB Faults ‘Failure’ in Training Before Deadly Newark Cargo Ship Fire Read More »
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation on Monday that will provide more than $170 million in state funding to help prevent wildfires while signing an order aimed at speeding up the work by easing environmental permitting. The funding — which …
California Sets Aside $170M to Thin Vegetation, Forests to Help Prevent Wildfires Read More »
A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under climate investment and infrastructure laws of his Democratic predecessor, former President Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy in Providence, …
Judge Blocks Trump’s Freeze on Climate, Infrastructure Grants Read More »
