Insurance Journal (2/10/2021)
The United States' insurance regulators are vowing to prioritize the monitoring of the use of consumer and non-consumer data by companies, the use of artificial intelligence, and the availability and affordability of insurance products for racial minorities.

Risk Management Magazine (2/1/2021)
In today's connected, cloud-based computing environment, you often hear that security is part of everyone's job. Unfortunately, not all parts of all jobs can be entirely secure - particularly when operational policy and security solutions are directly at odds. 

Commercial Risk (2/10/2021)
Facebook is being sued under a consumer representative action for the "loss of control" of about one million users' personal data in England and Wales. The claim has been filed in the High Court by journalist and writer Peter Jukes on behalf of himself and affected Facebook users.

Property Casualty 360 (2/10/2021)
With two federal courts in the state handing down divergent rulings on whether COVID-19 would constitute a physical loss for business interruption (BI) claims, Ohio is the center for these cases, with judges around the country watching to see which side prevails during appeals.

Insurance Journal (2/9/2021)
While it obviously presented challenges, 2020 is looking like it may not have been such a bad year for workers' compensation insurers and insureds after all.

Risk Management Magazine (2/1/2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed glaring deficiencies in business continuity and crisis management plans at organizations across all industries. While executives and management are focusing most of their efforts on responding to the day-to-day upheaval caused by the virus, companies must prepare now for extended disruptions to their operations.

Commercial Risk (2/10/2021)
UK businesses have increased wellbeing support for staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey from group risk protection body GRiD, which found 63% of employers have boosted their mental, financial, physical or social wellbeing offering. 

Engadget (2/11/2021)
The Oldsmar, Florida water plant hacked earlier this week used outdated Windows 7 PCs and shared passwords, the Associated Press has reported. A government advisory also revealed that the relatively unsophisticated attack used the remote-access program TeamViewer. 

Property Casualty 360 (2/5/2021)
Instead of taking a defensive approach to consumer privacy by focusing mainly on data protection and regulatory compliance, what if insurers strove to become more transparent and proactive in communicating with policyholders about the new types of information they want, why they need it, how they intend to collect it, and what added value they could offer in return?

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RIMS Risk Leaders
Carol Fox set out to be an art teacher, but a twist of fate led her down a decades-long journey as a risk professional. The former RIMS VP of Strategic Initiatives discusses her career, her contributions to ISO frameworks and her successful methods for communicating to executive leadership. Listen to her new interview.