Baby monitors and wireless cameras risk being hacked by cyber criminals unless people take security measures to protect themselves, British security experts warned on Tuesday [March 3]. Internet-connected cameras used in the home are becoming popular and affordable but security …
Haynes and Boone LLP has hired Stephen Raptis as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office, bolstering the national expansion of the firm’s Insurance Recovery Practice Group. Over his 25-year career, Raptis has represented commercial policyholders across the nation in …
Massachusetts officials are launching an aggressive plan to regularly disinfect the state transit system and are calling on colleges and high schools to cancel study abroad programs as more than 700 residents have been quarantined amid the global spread of …
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday as the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling. An increasing number of people faced a new reality …
AmTrust Financial Services said it will transfer to Liberty Mutual renewal rights in six states for its Republic personal lines business. The deal involves Liberty’s Safeco Insurance unit, and it will allow Republic General Agency personal lines agents to transition …
It’s now illegal to use a hand-held device while driving in Boise. The city council unanimously approved an ordinance banning hand-held cell phone use while driving during a meeting on Tuesday. The new rule means drivers in the capital city …
Although businesses are increasingly at risk for cyber attacks on their mobile devices, many aren’t taking steps to protect smartphones and tablets. That’s one of the conclusions of a report on mobile security released last week by Verizon, which found …
Insurance data analytics and risk modeling firm Verisk announced the expansion of its new insurtech solution OneXperience™ into commercial insurance. This expansion will enable agents and businesses to engage and closely collaborate with insurers by sharing video surveys of commercial …
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $21.7 million verdict against a Connecticut rabbi accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage boy in the early 2000s. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New …
InsurTech NY, an insurtech community in the New York metro area, has announced the finalists of its 2020 InsurTech Competition. More than 200 startups applied to compete in a two-track competition, pitting early and growth-stage companies against each other, for …