Newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria received emailed bomb threats on Friday from a purported “Mikhail Andropov,” claiming responsibility for a widening wave of hoax threats disrupting passenger flights across Europe. The messages, sent to Bulgaria’s Nova TV and the Irish …
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. spent about $9.6 billion to buy back its own shares in the third quarter, a sign the company’s executives viewed the stock as undervalued. But declining insurance underwriting weighed on its operating earnings in a mixed quarter …
Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the winter edition of “AI Tools for MGAs” Winter Edition Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for managing general agencies, wholesalers, program administrators, and specialty carriers. In partnership …
Governments should consider regulating foods that include added colors, flavors or sweeteners designed to make the product more appealing to consumers, according to new draft World Health Organization guidance that has sparked swift pushback from the food industry. The WHO …
Kaiser Ng, the chief financial officer at Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest crypto exchange, is leaving, the company announced just days after hackers stole more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from the platform. “Kaiser Ng has decided to pursue …
Protests against data centers continued across Europe on Saturday as citizens took to the streets to voice their concerns about the impact on society and the environment. Some 2,000 people marched in Dublin, according to broadcaster RTE, and about 1,300 …
Oil prices fell on Monday after US President Donald Trump downplayed the likelihood of renewed strikes on Iran, though attacks on ships near the Strait of Hormuz kept supply concerns in focus. Brent crude LCOc1 dropped by 75 cents, or …
Last week’s $6.3 billion Binance heist is prompting insurers to scrutinize crypto companies’ security more closely, with underwriters expected to probe if clients are vulnerable to a similar attack when they seek new coverage or renew existing policies, industry insiders …
Man Group Plc’s shares fell after a judge ruled it could have to pay around $155 million for its role in “corruption on a breathtaking scale” that siphoned $1 billion from a Kuwaiti state-run pension fund over decades. The world’s …
French lender Credit Mutuel Arkea said on Thursday hackers had stolen around €100 million ($112.61 million) in a cyber heist and it was working to try to recover the money, in a rare case of cybercriminals successfully stealing from a …