Monthly Archives: <span>March 2024</span>

Marsh Specialty: 2024 Elections to Direct Global Course for Next Decade-Plus

More than 60 elections will be held worldwide in 2024, and the outcomes will likely affect international relationships, drive policy uncertainty and disrupt markets, Marsh Specialty leaders said in a new political risk report. “The outcomes of the elections taking …

Texas Fires Have Emitted a Near-Record Amount of Carbon

Texas fires released roughly 3.4 million metric ton of carbon dioxide in January and February, according to a new analysis. In January, Texas fires pumped out 440,400 tons of CO2 emissions, according to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service data shared with …

Moonlighting Cop Not Independent Contractor? NC Supreme Court Says Hold on.

The North Carolina Supreme Court has temporarily put the brakes on an appeals court decision that had upset years of workers’ compensation case law on when a moonlighting law officer is considered an independent contractor. In the case of Stephen …

Viewpoint: UIM Coverage and The ‘Floating Layer’ Theory

Most insurance claims professionals understand that, as opposed to uninsured motorist (UM) coverage, which pays damages to an insured who is involved in an accident with an uninsured driver, underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage is automobile insurance coverage which protects an …

Report: Ransomware Attacks ‘More Frequent, More Sophisticated, More Effective’

Ransomware attackers are using a multitude of techniques to gain access in attacks that are becoming “more frequent, more sophisticated, and more effective,” according to new report compiled from surveys with more than 1,000 IT professionals. Additionally, organizations breached in …

Virginia Governor Faces Decision on Bad Faith Insurance Claims Bill Opposed by Auto Insurers

Property/casualty insurers are urging Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to veto a “bad faith” insurance claims measure that they contend will “open the floodgates of litigation against insurance companies” and raise motor vehicle insurance premiums for consumers and businesses in the …

Government Commissioned Report: AI is Creating New Categories of Weapons of Mass Destruction

A U.S. State Department-commissioned report asserts that advanced artificial intelligence is creating entirely new categories of weapons of mass destruction-like (WMD-like) and WMD-enabling catastrophic. The risks associated with these developments are global, have deeply technical origins and are quickly evolving, …

Class Action Lawsuits Pile up Over Unitedhealth Data Breach

UnitedHealth Group has already been hit with at least six class action lawsuits accusing it of failing to protect millions of people’s personal data from last month’s hack of Change Healthcare, its payment processing unit, with more lawsuits likely to …

NHTSA Opens Probe Into Emergency Braking Issues in Certain Honda Vehicles

U.S. auto-safety regulators on Monday launched a preliminary probe into emergency braking issues in certain Honda vehicles following complaints of crashes and fires. The problem affects the 2019-2022 models of the Honda Insight, a hybrid electric car, and the Honda …

Tesla, Rivals Get Low Marks for Automated-Driving Technology

Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received “poor” ratings from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a new study released on Tuesday. The IIHS, a safety research arm …