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The Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer: Leading AI Innovation and Risk Management
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a new technology with the potential to completely reshape business practices and create new avenues for innovation. It will significantly impact virtually every industry sector. Organizations have rushed to embrace it, as evidenced …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:16 AM |
AccuWeather Increases Estimate of Helene’s Economic Loss to $225B-$250B
AccuWeather has increased its estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Helene in the U.S. to between $225 billion and $250 billion. The range makes Hurricane Helene one of the most damaging and impactful storms in U.S. …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:14 AM |
Nowhere in America Is Safe From Climate-Fueled Storms and Fires
Forecasters had warned for days that Hurricane Helene was likely to cause widespread devastation. But when the powerful storm struck Florida and barreled through the eastern US last week, killing more than 180 people and taking whole communities offline, it …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:06 AM |
WCIRB Summarizes 2024 California Workers’ Comp Legislation
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is giving its take on bills passed and passed on by California Legislature this year. The Legislature recessed for the year and Gov. Gavin Newsom had until Sept. 30 to sign or veto any …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:00 AM |
Maryland Approves $2.75 Million Settlement in State Police Discrimination Case
Maryland officials approved a $2.75 million settlement on Wednesday to resolve a federal investigation into discriminatory hiring practices affecting Black and female applicants to the Maryland State Police. The settlement, approved by the Maryland Board of Public Works, will include …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:00 AM |
Lawsuit Filed Over Road Rage Shooting by Off-Duty Police Officer
The family of a man who was left permanently disabled after he was shot in the head during a road rage encounter in New Jersey, allegedly by an off-duty New York City police officer, has filed a lawsuit against the …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:00 AM |
California Woman Who Lost Job After Talking with Auditors Won $8.7M Whistleblower Case
Tamara Evans found something fishy in the expenses filed by a San Diego contractor for the state’s police certification commission. Classes were reported as full to her employer, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, even if they weren’t. …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:00 AM |
Washington Paper Mill Fined Nearly $650K in Machine Operator Death
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited and fined a mill operator in Camas following an investigation into the death of a worker who was crushed by a packing machine that had no safety guards in place. The …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:00 AM |
Massachusetts Man Charged With Defrauding Home Repair Insurance Provider
A Massachusetts man has been charged with defrauding a home repair insurance provider by billing for repair jobs that were never performed, the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy reported. According to the charging document, Christian Decristofaro, 40, …
POSTED OCTOBER 04, 2024 5:00 AM |
Environmental Group Turns to Oyster Shells to Rebuild Sinking Louisiana Coastline
Jonathan Phillips says he thinks about Louisiana’s disappearing coastline every day. As a commercial fisherman and member of the Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe, he sees water levels rising in Plaquemines Parish firsthand. He grew up in Marrero but spent a lot of …
POSTED OCTOBER 03, 2024 4:32 PM |
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