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AI Being Used to Scam Small Business Owners, Says Nationwide Survey

Just when employees have learned to ignore scammy texts and emails from the boss, along comes the next generation of impersonation using artificial intelligence. Cybercriminals increasingly use generative AI, including voice calls and video, to scam businesses. And small businesses …

Insurance Czar Has ‘Harsh’ Message About Climate: You May Just Have to Move

The soaring cost and difficulty of insuring against climate risks may force people to relocate, the head of Canada’s main financial regulator warned. Rising damages from extreme weather don’t seem to be a regulatory problem, but rather a cost problem, …

Snowflake Hacker Still Active, Finding New Victims, Expert Says

A hacker responsible for a cybercrime campaign that impacted up to 165 companies this summer is still at large and recently broke into a “handful” of new organizations, according to a cybersecurity specialist at Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The attacker, who …

Survey Shows Most Actuaries and Underwriters Worry About Being Replaced by AI

With the vast majority (91%) of insurance companies already investing in AI or planning to in the next five years, it’s not surprising that nearly seven-in-10 actuaries and underwriters are worried about being replaced by artificial intelligence, according to a …

More Than 250,000 U.S. Properties Reported to Have Repeated NFIP Claims

More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in claims, according to new federal data compiled by the National Resources Defense Council. Four states account …

Report Shows Bump in Federal Trade Secret Litigation in 2023

Analytics from Lex Machina 2024 Trade Secret Litigation Report reveals a rise in trade secret cases filed in federal district court in 2023, along with the continued steady trend of trade secret cases that involved Defend Trade Secret Act (DTSA) …

Moody’s: Private Market Insured Losses From Francine Won’t Exceed $2B

U.S. private market insured losses from Hurricane Francine are estimated to not exceed $2 billion, Moody’s RMS Event Response team said. Losses to the National Flood Insurance Program from the hurricane are estimated to be less than $200 million, the …

U.S. Sues Ship Owner, Operator Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse

The U.S. sued the owner and the operator of a Singapore-flagged ship that rammed into a Baltimore bridge in March, the most aggressive action to date in response to a disaster that killed six workers and threw the region’s transportation …

U.S. Property Insurance Rates Fall for First Time Since 2017

U.S. property insurance rates are decreasing for the first time in almost seven years, after insurers returned to profitability amid lower losses tied to catastrophes. The average U.S. property insurance rate decreased 0.94% in the second quarter from a year …

Insurers Say Dark Fleet Oil Tankers Pose a Major Claims Risk

Marine insurance markets face significant risk from the growth of a shadow fleet of ships hauling oil from sanctioned producers like Russian and Iran, an industry group said. The opaque nature of the ownership of those vessels makes it hard …

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