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Yellen Embraces Carbon Market Potential With Integrity Push

The Biden administration unveiled a framework for using carbon offsets to drive climate progress, with principles it says are meant to help ensure the trading regimes deliver real emissions reductions — not a green mirage. The documents released Tuesday by …

Live Nation Ticket Buyers Sue in Wake of US Justice Department Case

Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit have been hit with the first in a likely wave of new consumer antitrust lawsuits after the U.S. government and states sued to break up the two companies on Thursday. The first consumer class …

US Intelligence Agencies’ Embrace of Generative AI Is Wary and Urgent

Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. intelligence agencies. The operation’s results far exceeded human-only analysis, finding …

Safety Probe Into Waymo Self-Driving Vehicles Finds More Incidents

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it has learned of nine additional incidents that raise concerns about the performance of Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving vehicles. Earlier this month, the U.S. auto safety regulator opened an investigation after 22 reports …

Insurers Are Working to Shore Up the $2 Billion Carbon Offset Market

Data fraud, questionable accounting practices and intensified catastrophes are just some of the issues that have battered the voluntary carbon market. Those misfortunes have helped spur a new line of business: Insurance policies designed to de-risk credits that polluters buy …

A.M. Best: Rapid Premium Growth Warrants Greater MGA Oversight

Though A.M. Best remains bullish on the delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) market, it remains cautious of the risk managing general agents (MGAs) bring to insurers. In its latest market segment report, the rating agency said “MGAs provide a cost-effective …

Bayer Plans Renewed Push for Legal Shield Against Cancer-Related Lawsuits

After failing in several U.S. states this year, global chemical manufacturer Bayer said Tuesday that it plans to amplify efforts to create a legal shield against a proliferation of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn that its popular weedkiller could …

People Moves: World Insurance Names Woosley Head of National Practice Groups; Former Ascot Re CEO Berger Joins Coaction Board

World Insurance Associates Names Woosley EVP, Head of National Practice Groups World Insurance Associates LLC, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, named Thaddeus Woosley as executive vice president and head of national practice groups. Woosley is based in Chicago. Woosley’s background …

Zantac Not a Cause of Woman’s Cancer, Jury Says in First Trial Over Drug

A jury in Chicago on Thursday rejected an Illinois woman’s claim that the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused her colon cancer, in the first trial out of thousands of lawsuits making similar allegations. The jury in Cook County, Illinois …

Boeing Faces ‘Long Road’ on Safety Issues, FAA Says

U.S. planemaker Boeing faces a “long road” to address safety issues, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday as it prepares to receive the company’s plan to address concerns. In late February, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker gave …

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