March 4, 2022
Pinnacol Assurance named John O’Donnell president and CEO. He will join the company Feb. 28. O’Donnell will succeed Phil Kalin, who is retiring on March 31. O’Donnell has 30 years of leadership experience. He most recently was an executive vice …
March 4, 2022
Maryland lawmakers highlighted a package of measures Wednesday to tighten cybersecurity in the state. Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones noted that Baltimore County was one of about 50 school systems across the nation attacked with ransomware in 2020, costing the …
March 4, 2022
With this week’s U.N. climate science report laying bare the staggering economic costs and losses already faced from climate change, an inevitable question arises: who should pay? Within U.N. climate negotiations, “loss and damage” refers to the costs countries are …
March 3, 2022
A Washington judge issued a stay on a rule banning the use of credit scoring by insurers in that state, and consolidated cases challenging the ruling, until the merits of the cases are decided. The rule handed down from Insurance …
March 3, 2022
A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stating that climate change is leading to increasingly irreversible impacts, with a narrowing window to adapt to it, is garnering a lot of reaction. The IPCC Working Group II report: Climate …
March 3, 2022
Jewelers Mutual Group is sponsoring a championship ring sweepstakes with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks giving fans a chance to win an authentic Bucks championship ring. The championship ring commemorates the Bucks’ 2021 title that culminated in an NBA Finals victory …
March 3, 2022
The parents of a newborn child who was fed and changed by a stranger at a Des Moines, Iowa hospital is suing the hospital and the man. Police have said the man, Adam Wedig, entered the neonatal intensive care unit …
March 3, 2022
Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday grilled Democratic energy regulators who recently approved guidelines for approving new natural gas projects that allow consideration of environmental justice, landowner and climate issues. The three Democrats on the five-member Federal Energy …
March 3, 2022
Insurance broker Truist Insurance Holdings, Inc. reports it has closed on the acquisition of Kensington Vanguard National Land Services (KV), a national title insurance agency. BridgeTrust Title Group, the company’s existing title and settlement services business, will be integrated into …
March 3, 2022
Global supply chain pressures eased in February as backlogs and delivery times improved in several key markets and a measure of ocean shipping costs declined, according to new data from the New York Federal Reserve released on Thursday. The New …