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Ransomware Criminals Are Dumping Kids’ Private Files Online After School Hacks
The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts. “Please do something,” begged a student in one leaked …
Two New Jersey Firefighters Died Battling Fire on Cargo Ship Carrying 5,000 Cars
Two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that began when cars caught fire deep inside a cargo ship carrying 5,000 cars at a New Jersey port, Newark`s fire chief said Thursday. Responding firefighters found five to seven vehicles already on …
Ukraine Finance Chief Sees Urgent Need for War-Risk Insurance
Ukraine’s wartime defense spending will remain high next year, underscoring the need for allies to provide war-risk insurance to help attract investment, the nation’s finance minister said. “Without international support, without war-risk insurance, we will not attract as much investment …
Siemens Energy’s Turbine Troubles Rattle Wind Sector
Siemens Energy’s disclosure of quality issues in its newer wind turbine models has exposed broader challenges in a sector suffering from rushed development, soaring materials costs and a flawed market design. Siemens Energy shocked the wind sector in late June …
World Insurance Buys Schlegel & Schlegel Brokers on Cape Cod
Insurance broker World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Schlegel & Schlegel Insurance Brokers Inc. of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts on July 1, 2023. Schlegel & Schlegel has been providing home, auto and business insurance to customers in …
90 Vermont Schools Sue Monsanto Over Toxic PCB Contamination of Buildings
Dozens of Vermont school districts have sued chemical giant Monsanto over toxic contamination in educational buildings from now-banned industrial chemicals known as PCBs. Last year, Vermont became the first state in the country to require older schools to test their …
Generali Buys U.S. Asset Manager Conning Under Deal With Cathay Life
Generali has agreed to buy Connecticut-based asset manager Conning Holdings as part of a partnership with Cathay Life, a unit of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holding, the Italian insurer said on Thursday. The deal, structured as an exchange of assets without …
China to End Ant Group’s Regulatory Revamp With Fine of at Least $1.1B: Sources
Chinese authorities are likely to announce a fine of at least 8 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) on Ant Group as soon as Friday, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, bringing an end to the fintech company’s years-long regulatory …
Viewpoint: What Role Could Insurance Premium Finance Have Played in Recent Bank Failures? (Part 2)
The longer the maturity and the lower the coupon, the more sensitive the note/bond price is to changes in interest rates. To pause and reflect for a moment on what we’ve discuss so far, the price of the bonds held …
As Ukraine Grain Deadline Approaches, Pact Is Already Nearly Broken
Global leaders are racing to salvage an international deal to allow Ukraine’s grain shipments by sea before it expires in less than two weeks. They face a key problem: the pact, already extended three times, is nearly defunct. The nation’s …
Republican Attorneys General Urge Biden to Drop EPA Emissions Plan
A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general Thursday urged the Biden administration to abandon its proposal to sharply cut vehicle tailpipe emissions, which would require dramatically more electric vehicles, saying it would harm the economy and burden the electrical …
CSU: Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Now Expected
Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers have upped their hurricane season forecast. An above average Atlantic hurricane season is now expected for 2023, though there is a greater level of uncertainty than normal. The CSU team now predicts 18 named …