The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a tour helicopter crash on a remote Hawaii Island lava field that sent the pilot and five passengers to the hospital on Wednesday.

For nearly 50 years, the state has purchased catastrophic wildfire insurance coverage from Lloyd’s of London. It’s the only state with such a policy, and the Oregon Department of Forestry says in the last decade alone, Oregon has filed twice as much in claims as the cost of the premiums.

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Cargo theft costs are rising in the U.S. as higher-value goods such as vehicles and electronics are targeted, and as inflation pushes up the cost of goods.

NotPetya malware first cropped up on computers worldwide in June 2017, setting the stage for today’s ransomware attacks and ultimately causing $10 billion in damages globally.

Aircraft lessors are filing claims for payouts, but insurers don’t agree that coverage extends that far. When Russia invaded Ukraine, it threw a number of markets into turmoil, and in the case of the aircraft market, it has also led to a tremendous insurance battle.

A recent study by IBM and the Ponemon Institute quantifies the rising cost of data breaches as workers moved to remote environments during the coronavirus pandemic. According to the report, an average data breach in 2021 cost $4.24 million – up from $3.86 million in 2020. However, where remote work was a factor in causing the breach, the cost increased by $1.07 million.

In United States Automatic Sprinkler Corp. v. Erie Ins. Exch., et al., No. 21A-CT-580, 2022 Ind. App. LEXIS 87 (Automatic Sprinkler), the Court of Appeals of Indiana (Court of Appeals) considered whether there is a privity requirement for property damage claims against contractors. The court imposed a privity requirement.

The United States has linked North Korean hackers to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency tied to the popular online game Axie Infinity, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday.

The insurance and reinsurance industry loss from the conflict in Ukraine could exceed US $20 billion, according to Verisk-owned specialist claims and loss data unit PCS.

Winter Storm Uri rolled into Texas like nothing the state had ever seen before. Unprepared for such a freeze, the power grid shutdown.

Lloyd’s of London has announced that it is working with the government of the United Kingdom for the implementation of sanctions against Russian firms due to the war in Ukraine, including cancelling their insurance policies.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin, with a stroke of his pen, upended the entire aviation industry in one fell swoop. After Bermuda suspended all airworthiness certificates for Russian-operated aircraft on its registry to comply with sanctions against Russia, Putin signed a law to allow regional and national airlines that leased aircraft from foreign companies to list on Russia’s registry and ‘to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of activities in the field of civil aviation.’

In the late 1980s, Qualcomm Inc. made a revolutionary change by developing two-way mobile satellite communications and vehicle tracking for the commercial trucking industry. For the first time, a fleet manager could pinpoint the location of one of his assets in real time and communicate with its driver.

Ukraine (UKR) is one of the largest insured risks for political risk insurance (PRI) and trade credit insurance (TCI). This predates the current situation in Ukraine and started immediately after the country’s accession to sovereignty in 1991.