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US Charges Five in ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Scheme

Nov 22 2024 // U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Wednesday against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, a loose-knit community of hackers suspected of breaking into dozens of U.S. companies to steal confidential...

Musk, Ramaswamy Will Lean on Supreme Court Rulings to Cut US Agencies

Nov 21 2024 // Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said the government efficiency panel that President-elect Donald Trump has named them to lead will follow recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that they say can be used to take power away from...

Australia’s Top Female Executives Make US$103,000 Less Than Men

Nov 21 2024 // Australia’s top female business chiefs are earning A$158,632 ($103,340) less per year than their male counterparts, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, with the overall pay disparity between men and...

US Faces Growing Crisis Over High Traffic Deaths, NTSB Chair Says

Nov 20 2024 // The United States must address a growing public-health crisis over traffic deaths that remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said on...

US High Court Declines Appeal, Upholds Coverage Ruling on Treated Wood

Nov 20 2024 // Insurance carriers may want to examine policy language – and what information they request from insureds – after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court’s ruling which could force Argo Group to cover...

Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars

Nov 19 2024 // Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for self-driving vehicles one of the Transportation Department’s priorities, according to...

Sedgwick: US Product Recalls on Pace to Hit 6-Year High

Nov 19 2024 // If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the end of the year, a new report from Sedgwick shows.Year-to-date there have been 2,454 product recalls across five...

Amazon, SpaceX to Test US Labor Board’s Powers at Conservative Appeals Court

Nov 18 2024 // A U.S. labor board whose enforcement powers are being challenged in a series of lawsuits is set to defend itself from attacks by Amazon.com and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in a conservative U.S. appeals court, as the agency...

People Moves: Zurich Names Bernard Head of Industry Practices for US Middle Market; FM Promotes Hodge to COO

Nov 15 2024 // Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, promoted Stan Bernard to head of industry practices for U.S. Middle Market.Bernard succeeds Lynn Zeitler, who is retiring in December after 31 years with Zurich....

US Alleges Contractor Denied Workers Wages, Tried to Deport Any Who Complained

Nov 15 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed suit to recover back wages, liquidated damages, punitive damages and injunctive relief from a Tonawanda, New York construction contractor that allegedly underpaid employees and...

US Accuses China of Vast Cyber-Espionage Against Telecoms

Nov 14 2024 // Chinese state-sponsored hackers perpetrated a “broad and significant cyber-espionage campaign” in which they breached multiple telecommunications companies, US officials said in a statement on Wednesday,...

People Moves: Everest Insurance Appoints Corbo to Lead US Primary Casualty, Weiser to Lead US Excess Casualty

Nov 14 2024 // Nina Corbo Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Group, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, appointed Nina Corbo to lead U.S. primary casualty and Debbie Weiser to lead U.S. excess casualty. Corbo oversees...

People Moves: US Premium Finance Hires Malone From AFCO Direct

Nov 13 2024 // Malone US Premium Finance, a division of Atlanta-based Ameris Bank, named Alan Malone director of sales and marketing. Malone has more than 30 years of experience in insurance premium finance. He was previously senior vice...

Fire Crews on Both US Coasts Battle Wildfires; 1 Death in New York-New Jersey Fire

Nov 12 2024 // Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than...

Fires Flare in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Amid US East Drought

Nov 8 2024 // Brush fires broke out in a major New York City park and in New Jersey on Friday as the worst drought in more than two decades gripped the US Northeast.Firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze in Brooklyn’s Prospect...

US Supreme Court to Hear Facebook Bid to Escape Securities Fraud Suit

Nov 8 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to consider a bid by Meta’s Facebook to scuttle a federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders who accused the social media platform of misleading them about the...

UCLA and NOAA: Climate Change Baked Western US Despite the Rainfall

Nov 8 2024 // Even with all the storms the Western U.S. received in the last two years, climate change is baking the region.That’s because higher temperatures are increasing evaporation enough to cause drought, according to a...

Volkswagen to Recall Over 114,000 US Vehicles Over Airbag Concern, NHTSA Says

Nov 7 2024 // Volkswagen will recall 114,478 vehicles in the United States on concerns over the driver-side airbag, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday.The recall consists of some Beetle and Passat...

Swiss Re Cuts 2024 Profit Target After Raising US Reserves

Nov 7 2024 // Swiss Re AG said it was raising reserves in its US Property & Casualty business by $2.4 billion in the third quarter, a move analysts said was positive despite a resulting downgrade to full-year profit...

Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices to US

Nov 5 2024 // European and US intelligence officials believe Russia is behind a plan that would ultimately place incendiary devices on planes to North America through air cargo shipments, according to people familiar with the...