Full content: State Farm will issue dividends to Louisiana drivers totaling $136 million following stronger than expected underwriting performances nationally. State Farm, which writes approximately 30% of the personal auto insurance market in Louisiana, will send the dividend to policyholders this summer, …

Full content: OpenAI said it banned accounts linked to Chinese law enforcement, romance scammers and influence operations, including a smear campaign against Japan’s first woman prime minister, in a report detailing the misuse of its ChatGPT technology. The company said several accounts …

Full content: Surveillance video captured the dramatic moment a sinkhole opened up on a busy intersection in south-central Omaha, Nebraska, swallowing up two vehicles. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon in a trendy section of the Midwest city, when a sport utility vehicle …

Full content: A Tennessee man was released on bond after he was indicted for allegedly collecting premiums then absconding with the money. Richard Darrel Wolfe, 67, of Hendersonville, was indicted by a Sumner County grand jury last week, charged with 14 counts …

Full content: The state of New Hampshire and a federal judge remain on a collision course over the fate of the state’s motor vehicle safety and emissions inspection program. An injunction against a new law that sought to abolish the mandatory inspection …

Full content: Crews in South Florida were trying to contain a wildfire in Big Cypress National Preserve that had burned more than 25,000 acres (100 square kilometers) near the immigration detention facility known as ” Alligator Alcatraz ” as of Wednesday. The …

Full content: A large Chinese military drone has conducted regular flights over the South China Sea in recent months while transmitting false transponder signals that made it appear to be other aircraft, including a sanctioned Belarusian cargo plane and a British Typhoon …

Full content: Treasury departments in global companies are struggling to adopt artificial intelligence tools, according to a Crisil Coalition Greenwich survey, underscoring how slowly the technology is penetrating a critical function in corporate finance. Crisil’s survey of 100-plus firms from the US, …

Full content: Sweden has told its energy industry to raise security levels following a recent cyberattack on Polish infrastructure, although this was not in response to a specific threat, the Nordic country’s signal intelligence agency said on Thursday. Swedish TV4, citing unnamed …

Full content: Ford Motor Thursday it is recalling 4.3 million pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. because a software error may cause trailer brakes not to function and exterior lights to fail. The U.S. automaker said the recall covers the 2021 …

Full content: A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and voter information, according to cybersecurity researchers. The unknown Claude …

Full content: For more than a decade, insurance companies and physician groups have battled it out over the true meaning of Florida statutes: Are doctors considered pharmacists, allowed to dispense medications to injured workers, often at a higher price? A Florida appeals …

Full content: New York’s attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota, accusing it of promoting illegal gambling and threatening to addict children through its use of “loot boxes.” In a complaint filed on …

Full content: Specialty Program Group LLC has acquired Proper Insurance headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. As part of the transaction, Michael Grimland has been named president of Proper. Grimland will lead the business and oversee day-to-day operations, underwriting strategy and continued development of …