Car Used by Suspected Insurance Scammers Found
Car Used by Suspected Insurance Scammers Found.....»»
Deposit insurance and depositor behavior: Evidence from Colombia
One of the feats that earned Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics (joint with Ben Bernanke) is a model of bank runs and related financial crises. In an article published in 1983, they noted that, in 1930s America, peopl.....»»
Charter settles with family of murder victim, says insurance will cover it
Settlement under $262 million "shouldn't cost Charter anything" due to insurance. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Tony Webster) Charter Communications was once on the hook for over $7 billion in a case involving a former.....»»
Volvo reboots, revives subscription service in Calif.
Revised California subscription service is similar to Volvo's program in New York: Customers can choose a vehicle from retailer stock and must secure their own insurance coverage......»»
Tesla, insurers take different paths to deal with expensive repairs
Tesla is making design and software changes to lower repair costs while insurance carriers are writing off low-mileage Model Ys that have been in crashes......»»
Automotive News hires dealers, retail technology reporter
Mark Hollmer most recently wrote about insurance and mortgage industry technology for Insurance Business America and Mortgage Professional America......»»
China"s population is now inexorably shrinking
China's National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected—that 2022 was the year China's population turned down, the first time that has happened since the great famine brought on by Chinese leader Mao.....»»
Aggressive shrimp and surprising predators make life tough for spanner crabs
For years, fishers have suspected sharks of stealing their spanner crab catch. Now a University of the Sunshine Coast study has cleared sharks and instead uncovered three unexpected culprits taking a bite out of Australia's commercial crab industry......»»
Cyber insurance can offset the risks of potential breaches
SMBs are aware of increasing cyber threats and allocating resources and investing in areas such as network and cloud security, according to Datto. Key takeaways from this survey include: About a fifth of IT budget is dedicated to security and many ar.....»»
nsKnox raises $17 million to strengthen B2B payment security
nsKnox has unveiled a new funding round of $17 million, bringing its total funding to date to $35.6M. Two new investors, U.S.-based Internet & technology venture capital firm Link Ventures and Harel Insurance & Finance, took a significant part in the.....»»
Migrating birds: Disturbances in magnetic field suspected when birds go astray
It seems logical enough that bad weather can sometimes cause birds to become disoriented during their annual fall migrations—causing them to wind up in territory they're unaccustomed to. But why, even when weather is not a major factor, do birds tr.....»»
This ChatGPT scam duped thousands of people into downloading fake app
Scammers have attempted to profit from OpenAI's ChatGPT AI text generator on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store......»»
This ChatGPT scam duped thousands of people into downloading
Scammers have attempted to profit from OpenAI's ChatGPT AI text generator on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store......»»
Climate risk insurance can effectively mitigate economic losses
Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially increase the economic losses caused by these storms. Better insurance could effectively mitigate the climate change-.....»»
APCO Holdings buys F&I competitor National Auto Care
Tony Wanderon, who led National Auto Care, is CEO of the newly combined finance and insurance company APCO Holdings......»»
How can businesses decrease cyber insurance premiums while maintaining coverage?
In 2022, significant geopolitical developments have led to equally significant changes within the cyber insurance market. In this Help Net Security video, Chris Denbigh-White, Global Director of Customer Success for Next DLP, discusses how, with the.....»»
Google AdWords is being hijacked by scammers
Seemingly benign campaigns promoting popular programs are actually delivering malware......»»
Mystery Nevada fossil site could be ancient maternity ward
Scientists have uncovered new clues about a curious fossil site in Nevada, a graveyard for dozens of giant marine reptiles. Instead of the site of a massive die-off as suspected, it might have been an ancient maternity ward where the creatures came t.....»»
NHTSA probes two more Tesla crashes involving suspected driver assistance
The new crashes under investigation include an eight-vehicle crash in San Francisco in which the driver of a 2021 Tesla Model S reported the Full-Self Driving feature had malfunctioned, according to a police report......»»
Guardian newspaper hit by suspected ransomware attack
The paper says its IT network is being affected by a "serious incident" and staff are working from home......»»
Study: Amendments to insurance and international environmental laws needed for carbon capture, use and storage
"Robust" amendments to insurance law and international environmental law are needed to allow carbon capture, utilization and storage to take place legally so the technology can be used in the fight against global warming, a new study says......»»