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Aviva Flags Higher UK Home Subsidence Claims After Dry Summer
Aviva Plc has seen higher UK subsidence claims, the latest sign of the impact of this summer’s heat wave, which has dried out soil and caused the ground beneath homes to sink or shift. The British insurer experienced a “peak …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 1:08 PM |
Cowbell to Offer Standalone AI Liability Insurance for US SMEs
Cowbell announced Cowbell AI Liability Insurance, a standalone policy for U.S. businesses deploying AI agents that act on their behalf across customer service, payments, and core operations. Available starting Jan. 1, 2027, the policy is built around a specific “AI …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 1:01 PM |
Viewpoint: The Cyber Insurance Industry’s AI Blind Spot
Highly sophisticated AI tools have become integral to modern business operations. According to McKinsey & Company, 88% of organizations report regular AI use in at least one business function. But as businesses adopt AI, the insurance market is still playing …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 12:17 PM |
Microsoft Races to Fix Outlook in One of Its Longest Outages
Microsoft Corp. is struggling to restore access to its flagship software and end an outage that has paralyzed government offices, traders and businesses globally. Disruptions for Outlook, Teams and the Copilot artificial intelligence tool continued into a second day on …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 11:29 AM |
Freezer Hacks ‘a Wake-Up Call for Society’ Pentagon CIO Says
Kirsten Davies, the Pentagon’s Chief Information Officer, said the potential significance for the US of the recent supermarket freezer hacks in Europe dawned on her abruptly when she first read about them. “Holy cow! What else uses refrigeration?” she recalled …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 6:13 AM |
OpenAI, Google, Anthropic Hit With Lawsuit Seeking to Halt Frontier AI Development
A group of nonprofits sued OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX’s AI division, Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google on Thursday, seeking to block the further development of the most advanced AI models over concerns, voiced by the companies’ own leaders, that the technology …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 6:08 AM |
Mamdani Vows 100 Construction Site Probes After 8 Killed in Building Collapse
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said city officials would commence sweeps of 100 construction sites after eight people died in the collapse of a three-story Brooklyn apartment building. The building collapsed shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, trapping people inside …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 6:00 AM |
Wildfires Causing $1 Billion in Damage Have Jumped in Frequency in US
Billion-dollar wildfires in the US have become more than five times as frequent and 10 times as costly over the past two decades, according to a new analysis of the nation’s most destructive fires. The analysis, from Climate Central, a …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 6:00 AM |
California Orders Insurance Nonrenewal Moratorium for 50,000 Following Dove Fire
Property insurers are prohibited from canceling or declining to renew coverage for 50,000 residential policyholders in Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Calaveras counties for one year following the Dove Fire. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued the moratorium following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 6:00 AM |
Driver in Deadly LA Metro Station Crash Arrested on DUI And Murder Counts
The driver of a minivan that crashed outside a Los Angeles metro station, killing three women and critically injuring two more, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and three counts of murder, police said. Authorities said the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 13, 2026 6:00 AM |
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