Archive: December 2024

Zoom Offers $18 Million to Settle SEC Privacy Probe From 2020
Insurance Journal | December 2, 2024
Zoom Offers $18 Million to Settle SEC Privacy Probe From 2020
Zoom Communications Inc. has offered $18 million to settle a four-year-old US Securities and Exchange Commission probe related to its privacy policies and communications. In the most recent quarter, the company recorded an $18 million expense for a “tentative settlement …
Microsoft Faces Wide-Ranging Antitrust Probe
Insurance Journal | December 2, 2024
Microsoft Faces Wide-Ranging Antitrust Probe
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including of its software licensing and cloud computing businesses, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The probe was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan …
Best Agency to Work For – Southeast Silver Winner: Energy Insurance
Insurance Journal | December 2, 2024
Best Agency to Work For – Southeast Silver Winner: Energy Insurance
The president of Energy Insurance Agency, an operation with a large presence in Kentucky, said it is “incredibly humbling” for the agency to again be named one of Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For in the Southeast. “This recognition …
Alleged Snowflake Hacker ‘Danger’ to the Public
Insurance Journal | December 2, 2024
Alleged Snowflake Hacker ‘Danger’ to the Public
The man accused of carrying out cyberattacks against dozens of Snowflake Inc. customers will face an extradition hearing later this year, after Canadian officials accused him of cybercrimes and being “a risk of danger to the public, police and himself.” …
Best Agency to Work For – East Silver Winner: Deland, Gibson
Insurance Journal | December 1, 2024
Best Agency to Work For – East Silver Winner: Deland, Gibson
Investing in Employees Is a Priority at Deland, Gibson As Deland, Gibson Insurance Associates Inc. (DG) approaches its 125-year anniversary, the Massachusetts-based independent agency is expanding its footprint and revenue. DG is also continuing its tradition of treating employees right. …