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Greek firefighters are bracing for an increase in wind speeds on Tuesday afternoon, after partly containing a huge wildfire on the outskirts of Athens. The biggest blaze of the summer started northeast of the capital Sunday, fueled by strong winds, …

Ford Motor and Mazda issued advisories to drivers of certain vehicles still affected by faulty Takata airbags and inflators that can cause potentially severe or fatal injuries. The National Highway Safety Administration has previously warned that air bag inflators could …

James Kirsh expects the cost of the property and casualty insurance for his family-owned foundry in Wisconsin that makes cast iron parts for tractors and other equipment to at least double when it’s up for renewal this fall. He’s been …

Insured losses from recent riots in the United Kingdom are expected to remain at manageable levels with a limited impact on insurers’ credit profiles, according to credit agency Morningstar DBRS, in a market commentary. The main reason for manageable claims …

Ten of the top 15 metropolitan areas for wildfire risk concentration are in California, while more than 2.6 million homes across 14 states with a total reconstruction cost of $1.3 trillion are at moderate to very high risk of wildfire …

Two people were killed and 12 families displaced after a Maryland house exploded Sunday amid reports of a possible gas leak, fire officials said. Neighbors described feeling and hearing the early morning blast that damaged a number of surrounding houses …

Thai authorities are racing to stop about 100 shipping containers allegedly filled with hazardous industrial waste from Albania reaching the nation’s ports. Basel Action Network, a US-based nonprofit that tracks toxic trade which precarviously alerted Malaysia to illegal e-waste shipments, …

Hiscox, the global specialist insurer, has launched the London insurance market’s first lead underwriting platform enhanced by generative AI, aiming to provide sabotage and terrorism insurance quotes to customers faster and more efficiently than ever before. Initially developed as a …

UK spies are stepping up efforts to tackle cyber and artificial intelligence threats from hostile foreign states, including the sort of online manipulation that helped foment rioting across the country in the past 10 days. GCHQ, the UK’s national security …

Schlatter Industries’ network was attacked with malware on Friday and it can be assumed this was a professional attack, the Switzerland-based company said on Monday. The group was hit on Friday by a cyberattack using malware, and the unknown perpetrators …