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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Workplace Safety Agency

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by an Ohio company to the power of the federal workplace safety regulator as the justices avoided another legal effort to pare back the authority of federal agencies. The …

Scientists Concerned That a Bird Flu Pandemic Is ‘Unfolding in Slow Motion’

Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts. Many of them have been …

Beryl Becomes Earliest Ever Category 5 Hurricane in Atlantic

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened after becoming the earliest ever Category 5 storm in the Atlantic, with the system heading toward Jamaica with life-threatening winds and heavy rainfall. Maximum sustained winds increased to 165 miles (270 kilometers) per hour with higher …

Justice Department to Charge Boeing, Seeks Guilty Plea From Planemaker

The US Justice Department will charge Boeing Co. with criminal fraud, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing has until the end of …

Wall Street’s Top Regulator Faces Worsening Battle in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling

The Supreme Court’s move to curb federal agency powers could curtail efforts by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to establish new rules to police Wall Street and invite more litigation, legal experts said in the wake of Friday’s landmark …

CDK Expects All Dealers to Be Live by Early July 4

CDK said on Monday it anticipates all dealers to be live on its dealer management system (DMS) by late July 3 or early morning on July 4. The company, which provides software to car dealerships, had briefly shut down all …

Markets/Coverages: Resilience Doubles Cyber Limits to $20M

Resilience said it doubled the cyber insurance limits it can offer to clients in the U.S. to $20 million per client. This announcement follows the launch of new features and capabilities that enable enterprises to continuously manage the mitigation and …

Ryan Specialty Announces Succession Plan: Pat Ryan to Exec Chair, Turner to Be CEO

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. said company founder, chairman and chief executive Patrick G. Ryan will move to an executive chairman role and Timothy W. Turner will take over as will become CEO. Turner is currently president of Ryan Specialty and …

US Home Insurance Still Priced Too Low for Climate Risk, Says Swiss Re Chair

This has been a year of insurance sticker shock in the US. But the man who provides insurance to insurers thinks maybe the shock still isn’t enough to steer people away from risk in a changing climate. “There is not …

US Roof Maintenance Lags: Hanover

More than half of U.S. homeowners did not check their roofs for issues between February 2023 and 2024, according to a recent report by The Hanover Insurance Group. Only 38% of survey respondents reported checking for roof issues — including …

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