The oil and gas industry may not be to blame if northeastern Colorado tap water is so full of methane it can be set on fire, researchers say. Fewer than 5 percent of the region’s water wells that were checked …
California Gov. Jerry Brown has launched a campaign to extend some of the most ambitious climate-change programs in the country and ensure his environmental legacy when he leaves office in two years. The centerpiece of the push is a cap-and-trade …
Portland. Ore.-based ID Experts has named Kimberly Holmes senior vice president and counsel in cyber insurance, liability and emerging risks. Holmes will be responsible for overseeing cyber and insurance litigation developments, as well as the corresponding cyber liability and enforcement …
Buffalo, New York-based insurance agency Lawley has added Pat Malleolo to its employee benefits sales division in its recently relocated Purchase, N.Y. office. The hiring of Malleolo in Lawley’s Westchester County office introduces a dedicated employee benefits consultant to the …
Mark Paccione has been appointed as executive vice president of Commercial Management Solutions (CMS) at Bermuda-based specialty insurers AXIS Insurance. The CMS team specializes in commercial public and private directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary liability and crime insurance products. …
Lawyers for Fox News chairman Roger Ailes on Friday asked a judge to halt anchor Gretchen Carlson’s “shameless publicity campaign” against her former boss, and send her sexual harassment lawsuit against him to arbitration in accordance with her employment contract. …
A staffing agency that placed a medical technician at Exeter Hospital who infected patients with hepatitis C in 2012 says it shouldn’t have to compensate the hospital for payouts made to patients who tested negative for the virus. David Kwiatkowski …
Firefighting is largely a man’s world, but one suburban Boston firefighter is among a few women trying to change that. Ashland, Mass. fire Lt. Lyn Moraghan founded Camp Bailout for girls in 2011 to give them a feel for what …
Small SUVs for 2016 and 2017 did poorly during new headlight tests done by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Tuesday that none of the 21 SUVs tested earned its highest ranking. The Ford Escape, Honda …
The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday will try to answer complaints it stacks the deck against defendants at in-house trials by approving its first major revisions to the administrative proceedings in two decades. But the changes by the Securities …
