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#1 How Technology is Combating Insurance Fraud

Feb 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.We recently wrote in great detail about the different types of insurance fraud, including how to go about committing each type (just for informational purposes, of...

#2 Tech Firm Settles Over Failure to Accommodate Deaf Job Candidate

Dec 4 2023 // A San Diego-based technology firm for the hospitality industry has avoided a trial over charges it discriminated against a qualified deaf applicant from Massachusetts for a remote IT job.U.S. District Judge Richard G....

#3 What Does Red Sea Disruption Mean for Europe’s Economy?

Jan 23 2024 // Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe, carrying around 15% of global sea trade.For the...

#4 Georgia Town Aims to Disrupt Student Beach Bash After Last Year’s Chaos

Apr 19 2024 // TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia’s largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades...

#5 Berkshire’s ‘Most Important’ Biz Drives Q1 Results; GEICO Still Behind on Tech

May 6 2024 // Berkshire Hathaway continued to deliver eye-popping results for its insurance and reinsurance operations during the first quarter of 2024, with underwriting profits for personal auto insurer GEICO and reinsurance...

#6 Six Presumed Dead After Bridge Collapse, as Port Disruptions Hit Cars to Coal

Mar 27 2024 // The 1.6 mile-long bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks.As much as 2.5 million tons of coal, hundreds of cars made by Ford Motor Co., and General Motors...

#7 Why Near-Miss Cyberattack Put US Officials and Tech Industry on Edge

Apr 8 2024 // German software developer Andres Freund was running some detailed performance tests last month when he noticed odd behavior in a little-known program. What he found when he investigated has sent shudders across the...

#8 Underwriters’ Dilemma: Is AI a Cyber or Tech E&O Risk?

Mar 19 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...

#9 Trigger Warning: Cyber Policy Wordings to Impact Coverage for Tech Outage

Jul 22 2024 // Industry stakeholders continue to try to get a grasp of the implications from last week’s massive technology outage affecting motley industries around the world, but the theme of policy language is reoccurring for a...

#10 SEC Ramps Up Massive-Hack Probe With Focus on Tech, Telecom Companies

Mar 27 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking tech and telecom companies how they handled the sprawling 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack, and drawing fire from the cybersecurity industry and big business for what they...

#11 New Drivers and Electric-Vehicle Tech Bring New Risks to Auto Insurance Market

Jun 21 2024 // High claim severities, persistent risky driving behavior, electric vehicles and shop-and-swap consumers are challenging auto insurers to stay profitable.The challenges will continue through the end of the year and beyond,...

#12 10 Things You Could Be Spending Money On Instead of Maintaining Legacy Insurance Technology

Jun 11 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.In 2023, companies in the financial services industry spent an average of 15 percent of their revenue on technology. Not only is that up from 10 percent in 2022, but...

#13 SEC Bribery Unit Probes Technology Companies’ Use of Contractors

Apr 4 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking publicly traded tech companies about their relationships with distributors and other business partners outside the US in a push to root out possible corruption, according...

#14 Technology’s Grip on Modern Life Pushing Us Down a Path of Digital Land Mines

Aug 2 2024 // “Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation. It now seems more like an elegy for...

#15 Employers Turn to New Technology to Safeguard Workers From Extreme Heat

Jul 26 2024 // McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the essentials: hard hat. Safety glasses. A reflective vest. And a small, watch-like band for his wrist.But rather than...

#16 US Appeals Court Takes Aim at Big Tech Liability Shield

Aug 29 2024 // A US appeals court has struck down a long-standing argument from social media platforms: that a federal law grants them blanket immunity from being held accountable for user harms – even the wrongful death of children.In...

#17 Tech Update: Hiscox London Mkt, Google Collaborate to Boost Underwriting With AI

Dec 12 2023 // Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has collaborated with Google Cloud to create the first AI-enhanced lead underwriting model in the London market insurance industry.The collaboration combines Hiscox London...

#18 East Coast 4.8 Earthquake Causes Disruption But No Injuries or Sweeping Damage

Apr 7 2024 // An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors.The U.S....

#19 Change Healthcare Cyberattack Is Still Disrupting Pharmacies, Other Providers

Feb 28 2024 // A cyberattack that has disrupted Change Healthcare’s computer networks for nearly a week is creating a growing administrative problem for pharmacies and health-care providers around the nation.Change Healthcare, a...

#20 Big Tech Wants AI to Be Regulated. Why Do They Oppose a California AI Bill?

Aug 22 2024 // California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in California even as a number of tech giants have voiced broad...