January 29, 2025
Any pet owner who has been hit by sticker shock at the vet’s office understands why pet insurance is a booming business. Pet health insurance purchases have been up over the last several years, dramatically expanding premiums for the inland …
January 29, 2025
Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, reflecting another year of costly severe storms, floods and droughts. Damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton helped push total economic …
January 29, 2025
A pharmacy benefits manager bill passed by the Mississippi House of Representatives last week may have little impact on drug costs in the state’s workers’ compensation system, even if that is part of the bill’s intent. “The problem is, drug …
January 29, 2025
New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm. The avian flu outbreak that has led to the slaughter of millions of birds at U.S. poultry farms and …
January 29, 2025
Brooks Insurance hired Tiffani Ann Garabedian as senior vice president of underwriting. Garabedian is based in Los Angeles. Garabedian has nearly 20 years of insurance industry experience, most recently serving as a territory manager with Nationwide for the Northeast region. …
January 29, 2025
More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe’s family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment that ended in 2015 when his murder conviction was overturned in the rape and …
January 29, 2025
Climate change made Southern California’s dangerous wildfire conditions in early January 35% more likely than they would have been before the industrial era, according to a new analysis by the scientific group World Weather Attribution. Greenhouse gas pollution raised temperatures, …
January 29, 2025
A Pierce County, Washington, man has been ordered to pay back more than $60,000 to Washington’s workers’ compensation fund after videos reportedly showed he was working and carrying heavy objects in the years he was allegedly unable to work from …
January 29, 2025
In a 5-2 opinion, the Maine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2021 state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for claims of sexual abuse of minors. The ruling is a victory for the Roman Catholic Church of Portland …
January 28, 2025
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the southern Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away. The earthquake took place at about 10:22 a.m. on Monday and …