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Archive: January 2023

AI Tools Can Create New Images, but Who Is the Real Artist?
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
AI Tools Can Create New Images, but Who Is the Real Artist?
ountless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images …
People Moves: The Hartford Names Dominioni as Northeast Sales Chief; Plymouth Rock Home Appoints Switchenko; Sayata Adds Gidro to R&D
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
People Moves: The Hartford Names Dominioni as Northeast Sales Chief; Plymouth Rock Home Appoints Switchenko; Sayata Adds Gidro to R&D
The Hartford Names Dominioni Head of Northeast Sales and Underwriting for Middle and Large Commercial The Hartford has appointed Hank Dominioni head of sales and underwriting for its middle and large commercial businesses’ northeast division. Dominioni will lead sales and …
Massachusetts Firm Charged with Illegal Dumping of Contaminated Fill in Providence
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
Massachusetts Firm Charged with Illegal Dumping of Contaminated Fill in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Massachusetts construction company and a former employee have been charged with illegally dumping thousands of tons of contaminated fill in Providence during a highway construction project, the Rhode Island attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Barletta …
EPA Will Help Extinguish Alabama Landfill Fire
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
EPA Will Help Extinguish Alabama Landfill Fire
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday. The Alabama Department …
Critics Hit Marketing of Flavored Cannabis Products They Say Targets kids
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
Critics Hit Marketing of Flavored Cannabis Products They Say Targets kids
When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd. Outside the Manhattan shop, he displayed another purchase …
Florida Governor Awards $100 Million for Beach Restoration Efforts
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
Florida Governor Awards $100 Million for Beach Restoration Efforts
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday awarded $100 million for beach erosion projects and other restoration efforts in 16 coastal counties damaged by Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole. The Republican announced the funding at a news conference in Daytona Beach …
Florida Congressman Steube Recovering After Being Injured in 25-Foot Fall at Home
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
Florida Congressman Steube Recovering After Being Injured in 25-Foot Fall at Home
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, is improving after sustained serious injuries when he fell 25 feet off a ladder while cutting tree limbs at his home on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The 44-year-old congressman, in office since 2019, was knocked off …
Parents, Teachers Air Concerns Over School Safety in City Where 6-Year-Old Shot Teacher
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
Parents, Teachers Air Concerns Over School Safety in City Where 6-Year-Old Shot Teacher
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia’s coast, the community reacted with collective shock. But the sentiment has percolated into rage from parents and particularly from teachers, …
Cyber Attack Hits 1,000 Merchant Ships as Norway Firm Targeted
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
Cyber Attack Hits 1,000 Merchant Ships as Norway Firm Targeted
A cyberattack on a Norwegian shipping services firm ensnared about 70 companies and 1,000 ships. Oslo-based DNV, one of the world’s top ship-classification firms, suffered a ransomware cyberattack on Jan. 7, it said in a statement on its website. The …
Four Countries Urge EU to Set Date for New CO2-Emitting Trucks
Insurance Journal | January 20, 2023
Four Countries Urge EU to Set Date for New CO2-Emitting Trucks
The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero carbon dioxide emissions. The European Commission is set to propose tougher CO2 standards …