Insurance Journal News Feed

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1. AI Finding Twice as Many Cyber Flaws in 2026 as It Did in 2025

   The number of software security flaws discovered in popular technology products in 2026 is on pace to roughly double the tally of vulnerabilities that surfaced in 2025, an explosion driven by increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems. The US National Vulnerabilities …

2. EPA Says Power for Data Centers Can Sidestep Pollution Laws

   Power sources providing electricity only to data centers and not the public grid may not be subject to federal pollution laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said July 27. The EPA said if the power plants are not supplying electricity …

3. NHTSA Rejects Petition Seeking Tesla Door-Release Defect Probe

   The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has denied a petition seeking a defect investigation into the emergency mechanical door release on about 180,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles. NHTSA said the petition did not present evidence of a likely safety-related …

4. Rapidly Expanding Howden Says Miami Office to be its Americas Headquarters

   Howden, the international brokerage that made a much-talked-about entrance into Florida last year with the alleged poaching of more than 200 Brown & Brown employees, now plans to make the state its headquarters for the Western Hemisphere. “Miami is one …

5. Johnson & Johnson Announces $5.5 Billion Settlement of Talc Lawsuits

   Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it would pay $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, in a landmark settlement aimed at closing a chapter of contentious …