New York City officials say retailers and food delivery companies must do more to halt the proliferation of unsafe e-bike and e-scooter batteries, after a fire blamed on an electric scooter`s lithium ion battery killed three people over the weekend. …
Zurich Insurance Group announced that its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc. (FGI), has agreed to acquire three insurance brokers of the Farmers Exchanges for US$760 million. The deal also includes the Farmers Exchanges’ flood program servicing arm. The wholesale brokerages – …
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The concept of working from home isn’t entirely new. In fact, it’s been around since well before the digital age, although most “work from home” jobs back then were agricultural …
The nearly year-long saga involving Root Inc. and its former chief marketing officer continues – with him in county jail. Brinson Caleb “BC” Silver, Root’s CMO from November 8, 2021 to November 9, 2022, has been in jail in Butler …
The poorest and most vulnerable countries do not benefit enough from pre-arranged financing to cope with disasters and are most exposed to the losses and damage caused by climate change, the London-based Centre for Disaster Protection said on Thursday. Pre-arranged …
Before he committed mass murder in Colorado late last year, Anderson Lee Aldrich was a lively presence among a group of friends who regularly assembled online for hours to chat, play video games and trade internet memes. The four irreverent …
An independent U.S. aviation review team called on Wednesday for “urgent action” to prevent plane crashes, and made a series of recommendations to boost safety after a series of close calls involving passenger jets. The panel, named by the Federal …
The chief information security officer at Clorox Co. has left the company as it works to recover from a hack that devastated its supply chain earlier this year. Amy Bogac departed after about two and a half years in the …
Editor’s note: For almost three decades, Florida contractors and building officials have operated under two different building codes: One for most of the state and another for the southeastern corner – Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, known as the High Velocity …
The state of New York has filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo Inc. for allegedly harming the public and the environment with its single-use plastic bottles, caps and wrappers. The suit, brought by the office of Attorney General Letitia James, maintains …
