AI Tools Suspected in Korea’s Shinhan Bank Hack, Yonhap News Reports

AI Tools Suspected in Korea’s Shinhan Bank Hack, Yonhap News Reports

Advanced artificial intelligence tools may have been used in a cyberattack on South Korea’s Shinhan Bank Co. that exposed information on about 25,000 customers, Yonhap News reported, highlighting the risk of automated hacking against financial institutions. Attackers probably used sophisticated AI agents to probe for vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access to a service used by …

Florida Commissioner Suspends A-Cap’s Atlantic Coast Life Over Surplus Issues

Florida Commissioner Suspends A-Cap’s Atlantic Coast Life Over Surplus Issues

Two weeks after South Carolina’s insurance regulator took steps to place Atlantic Coast Life Insurance into rehabilitation, another state’s commissioner has suspended the company amid concerns about its finances. “In making the decision to suspend Atlantic Coast’s COA (certificate of authority), the Office determined that Atlantic Coast is impaired and that another insurance supervisory official, …

Connecticut Weighs 4.9% Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease for 2027

Connecticut Weighs 4.9% Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease for 2027

Connecticut’s insurance regulator is weighing whether to approve a workers’ compensation industry proposal for an overall average decrease of 4.9% to the current voluntary loss costs and an average decrease of 5.8% to the current assigned risk rate level. If approved by the Connecticut Insurance Department, the new loss costs and assigned risk rates would …