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Diplomats in Southeast Asia were targeted in a cyber-espionage campaign earlier this year, likely waged in support of operations aligned with the strategic interests of China, according to Google. The attacks, using social engineering and malware disguised as innocuous software …

A recently discovered data breach may impact more than one million customers of Farmers Insurance, warned a recent notification to Maine’s Attorney General. Farmers Insurance Exchange, Farmers Group, Inc. (its attorney-in fact), and their subsidiaries and affiliates provided notice of …

AM Best upgraded Baton Rouge based regional workers’ compensation insurer, Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company’s Financial Strength and Credit Ratings from A – (Excellent) to A (Excellent). Stonetrust offers workers’ compensation coverage and services to more than 5,000 policyholders in Louisiana …

Northwestern University has reached a settlement with former longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald two years after he sued the prestigious school amid a team hazing scandal, attorneys and the school announced Thursday. “Though I maintain Northwestern had no legal basis …

Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose. Firefighters and police raced to help, having little guidance on where or how. Top emergency leaders were asleep or out …

Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent …

American International Group Inc., headquartered in New York City, named Scott Hallworth as chief digital officer, effective September 1. Hallworth will be responsible for leading AIG’s digital, data and GenAI strategy. Based in New York City, he will become a …

The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of coastline. Mark Bove, a meteorologist with the German …

The manager of an off-the-books construction-worker payroll operation in Naples, Florida, pleaded guilty last week to a scheme that prosecutors said defrauded the U.S. government of $4 million and swindled insurers out of workers’ compensation premiums. Alexis Garcia, manager of …

More and more consumers are looking for lower prices to protect their investments as the costs of owning both properties and vehicles continue to rise. According to the Q3 2025 Insurance Personal Lines Trends and Perspectives report from TransUnion, customers …