Virginia Still Battling Shenandoah Valley Wildfires March 24, 2024 By Sarah Rankin Crews who have been battling still-burning wildfires in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley this week have gotten an assist from rain and...
Alabama Bill Would Let Alfa Federation, Not Insurer, Sell Health Plans. BCBS Opposes March 22, 2024 By William Rabb Alfa, one of the largest property-casualty insurers in Alabama, is clarifying that it is not planning to move into the...
Minnesota Homeowners Report Surge in Insurance Complaints March 22, 2024 Minnesota homeowners insurance complaints rose 108% from 2020 to 2023, with of those complaints from homeowners concerned their claims were...
Oklahoma Contractor Faces $103K in Fines After Fatal Workplace Asphyxiation March 22, 2024 An Oklahoma City employer’s failure to follow federal safety procedures left a 30-year-old worker suffering fatal asphyxiation as they tried...
Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit March 22, 2024 By Elizabeth Elkin, Madlin Mekelburg and Ari Natter Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export...
Apple Antitrust Suit Mirrors Strategy That Beat Microsoft, but Tech Industry Has Changed March 22, 2024 By Mike Scarcella The U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft’s stranglehold on desktop software,...
Challenges to SEC’s Climate Rules Sent to Appeals Court March 22, 2024 By Clark Mindock A U.S. judicial panel on Thursday consolidated at least nine lawsuits challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules...
Vermont Communities Hit by Summer Flooding Seek $3.5M to Elevate 20 Homes March 22, 2024 By Lisa Rathke Two of the Vermont communities hardest hit by last summer’s catastrophic flooding have requested $3.5 million in state funding to...
China Scrutinizes PwC Role in $78 Billion Evergrande Fraud Case March 22, 2024 By Bloomberg News Chinese authorities are examining the role of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in China Evergrande Group’s accounting practices after the developer was accused...
People Moves: Massaro Joins Hartford in Northeast; Alliant Adds Spina in New York March 22, 2024 The Hartford, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, appointed Matthew Massaro head of sales and underwriting for its middle and large commercial...