Vermont businesses are going to be getting a break on the costs of their unemployment insurance, and people collecting unemployment benefits will be getting more money, Governor Phil Scott said Tuesday. Starting July 1, the Vermont Department of Labor will …
Global insurance broker Marsh has created a dedicated Sport, Entertainment & Media (SEM) industry group in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Led by global events specialist Richard Tolley, the group brings together 60 client management, technical, placement and risk management …
A group of Jewish summer camp operators has filed a lawsuit against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his decision to keep overnight camps closed this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Association of Jewish Camp Operators and a …
A sweeping global standard that sets out how the world’s largest miners care for waste dams falls short of measures environmental and civil society groups say are needed to avert future disasters, according to a copy of the final draft …
London-based independent insurance broker Howden Broking Group reports it been granted a license to operate in the Belgian market, further strengthening the group’s presence in Europe. Herman Kerremans will lead this latest opening as CEO of Howden Belgium. Kerremans, previously …
Insurance startup Lemonade Inc., which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp., said on Thursday it was looking to raise up to $286 million in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), as the IPO market gains momentum after COVID-19 put many …
Ireland and Luxembourg, European headquarters to Google, Facebook, Twitter and Amazon, need a substantial boost in resources to deal with data breaches by U.S. tech giants, a European Union report said. The report by the European Commission, seen by Reuters, …
FRANKFURT/NEW YORK— Seeking to forestall further claims, Bayer AG is taking a risky bet that an independent scientific review will ultimately show that its widely used weed killer Roundup does not cause cancer, legal experts said. The company on Wednesday …
Two U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to reform part of a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter from legal liability for the material their users post. The legislation, titled the Platform Accountability and …
California plans to ask a state court judge to force Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. to classify their ride-hail drivers as employees rather than contractors, ratcheting up the tension over a new gig worker law. Shares of both companies …
