Carbon dioxide emissions are on track for one of the biggest increases on record this year, pushing the planet closer to catastrophic climate change. That jump is the result human-induced pollution, plus the El Niño weather pattern, which weakens the …
Brokerage Hub International announced Jan 18 that it is today the launch of the HUB Property Practice. Blake Giannisis, who recently joined Chicago-based HUB as executive vice president, will serve as North American property practice leader and will lead the …
Not all analysts think an underwriting profit is out of reach for 2024. While a recent forecast from Fitch Ratings puts the 2024 combined ratio above 100, an improvement from 2023, a report by Swiss Re Institute projects both 2024 …
Alera Group, an insurance and financial services firm in the U.S., announced the acquisition of CLS Healthcare Liability Specialists. Based in North Palm Beach, Florida, CLS provides malpractice coverage for physicians, surgeons, hospitals, locum tenens firms, nurse staffing firms and …
Online brokerage Robinhood on Thursday agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine and overhaul its practices to resolve allegations by Massachusetts’ securities regulators that it encouraged inexperienced investors to place risky trades. Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin filed an …
A television news helicopter that crashed in a southern New Jersey forest last month, killing the pilot and a photographer, had no engine problems that would have prevented normal operation, federal investigators said Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board released …
A fishing trawler that wrecked on rocks off the Maine coast during a powerful storm, requiring a harrowing early-morning rescue, is a total loss and will be removed over the next few days, a salvage business owner said Wednesday. The …
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl’s death by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that encouraged people to choke themselves. Members of a three-judge …
Blood tests of a construction worker who collapsed Wednesday outside a building owned by Yale University led emergency crews to uncover potentially lethal levels of carbon monoxide inside. Another 13 people were hospitalized, but the discovery may have prevented a …
The excess and surplus lines homeowners’ insurance market in California has undergone significant changes in recent years. The number of policies has changed substantially in over the last decade—first increasing, then declining rapidly. However, new data suggests the market may …
