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More U.S. Firms Follow Europeans in Valuing Apprenticeships to Attract Talent
May 31 2018 // The rise of the apprentice: a European tradition comes to the U.S. The growing number of apprenticeships in the U.S. has more to do with European companies importing the practice into their American operations than with...
New York Attorney General Leads Suit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May 31 2018 // New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, joined by Attorneys General Xavier Becerra of California and Brian Frosh of Maryland, has led a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for...
How to Succeed in Today’s Small Business Insurance Market
May 30 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
European Insurers Bypassing U.S. Treasuries
May 29 2018 // U.S. Treasuries need to get a lot cheaper to attract some European investors. Even with yields at multi-year highs, Treasuries are paying less than their pricier German peers when European insurers account for steep...
Alberto Weakens to Depression, Moving North Across Alabama
May 29 2018 // Storm Alberto weakened to a subtropical depression, moving across central Alabama after making landfall in the Florida Panhandle and bringing heavy rains that threaten the U.S. South with economic losses of $1...
FBI Urges Rebooting, Upgrading Office, Home Routers After Russian Hacking
May 29 2018 // The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and could collect user information or shut down network traffic. The U.S. law enforcement agency urged...
FEMA Reorganizing, Top Jobs Unfilled as Hurricane Season Gets Underway
May 29 2018 // With the hurricane season beginning, top jobs at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency remain vacant and critics say that will make it harder for the government to respond to disasters. FEMA lacks a...
Tesla Settles Class Action Over ‘Inoperable’ Autopilot Features
May 29 2018 // Tesla Inc. on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company’s assisted-driving Autopilot system was “essentially...
Weakening Alberto Brings Heavy Rains to Southeast for Memorial Day
May 28 2018 // Subtropical Storm Alberto lost strength as it came ashore near Laguna Beach in Florida Monday, bringing heavy rains that threaten the U.S. South with economic losses of $1 billion. Alberto was 15 miles (24 kilometers) from...
What NOAA Forecasts for 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season
May 25 2018 // On the heels of the costliest hurricane year on record, the Atlantic is expected to produce five to nine of the mighty storms during the six-month season that starts June 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
United Airlines Settles with Passenger Over Death of Puppy
May 24 2018 // United Airlines has reached a “resolution” with the owners of a small French bulldog puppy that died during a flight after a cabin attendant ordered it stowed in an overhead bin in March, the carrier said on...
Professor Says Window to Prevent Dangerous Impacts from Climate Change Closing Fast
May 24 2018 // Costs from climate change-driven extreme weather events are on the rise, and the amount of time left to stop those impacts before they get progressively worse is rapidly closing, according to a Columbia University...
More Large Employers Add Financial Wellness Tools to Benefits Menu
May 24 2018 // Study after study shows that money stress can be as bad for workplace productivity as back pain. The latest study, released by PwC on Tuesday, found that a quarter of U.S. workers said financial worries caused them health...
Microsoft to Extend EU Data Privacy Rights Globally. Facebook, Google Not Quite.
May 24 2018 // Microsoft promised this week to give users worldwide the same data and privacy rights Europeans will get under new regulations there. That’s in contrast to some of its tech rivals, who are hedging on how much privacy...
Bond Insurer Assured Guaranty Sues Puerto Rico Again Over Turnaround Plan
May 23 2018 // Bond insurer Assured Guaranty sued Puerto Rico and its federally-appointed oversight board on Wednesday, saying their plan to resuscitate the storm-ravaged, bankrupt U.S. territory violates the U.S. Constitution by...
Ukraine Says Russia Plotting Cyber Attack
May 23 2018 // Hackers have infected at least 500,000 routers and storage devices in dozens of countries, some of the world’s biggest cyber security firms warned on Wednesday, in a campaign that Ukraine said was preparation for a...
Insurers Welcome Global Regulation Provision in Banking Reform Bill
May 23 2018 // The financial services regulatory reform measure passed by Congress yesterday, which contains parts of more than 25 different bills, includes a provision on international insurance regulation that is being met with cheers...
U.S. Safety Board Urges Seat Belts, Automatic Brakes on School Buses
May 23 2018 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended for the first time that all new school buses in the U.S. be equipped with lap and shoulder belts. The NTSB also voted to recommend that the National Highway...
TWFG in Texas Gets Capital Infusion for National Growth
May 22 2018 // The Woodlands Financial Group has completed the sale of a minority interest in its capital stock to RenaissanceRe Ventures U.S. LLC. The transaction will provide a capital infusion that Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG will...
Supreme Court Pro-Arbitration Ruling a Big Win for Employers
May 22 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to the rights of workers on Monday by allowing companies to require them to sign away their ability to bring class-action claims against management, agreements already in place for...
